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Government of India
Ministry of Women and Child Development
04 FEB 2021 6:09PM by PIB Delhi
Steps Taken For Alleviation of Malnutrition

For alleviation of malnutrition, Government has announced Mission Poshan 2.0 to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition. Steps have been taken to improve nutritional quality and testing in accredited labs, strengthen delivery and leverage technology to improve governance. Government has advised States/UTs to ensure that the quality of supplementary nutrition conforms to prescribed standards laid down under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and regulations made there under. States/UTs have been advised to promote use of AYUSH systems for prevention of malnutrition and related diseases. A programme to support development of Poshan Vatikas at Anganwadi centers to meet dietary diversity gap leveraging traditional knowledge in nutritional practices has also been taken up.

 

Government implements Anganwadi Services, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana and Scheme for Adolescent Girls under the Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS) as targeted interventions to address the problem of malnutrition in the country. The financial assistance provided to the States/UTs under these schemes during last year is at Annexure I, II and III respectively.

 The overall under five mortality rate (number of deaths per thousand live births) has reduced from 74.0 as reported by 3rd National Family Health Survey report released in 2005-06 to 50.0 as 4th National Family Health Survey report released in 2015-16.

 

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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Annexure-I

 

Funds released during last year (2019-20) to States/UTs in respect of Scheme for Anganwadi Services:

 

Sl. No.

State/UTs

SNP

ICDS (GENERAL)

Funds released during 2019-20

(Rupees in Lakhs)

Funds released during 2019-20

 

(Rupees in Lakhs)

1

ANDHRA
PRADESH

32726.24

29729.92

2

BIHAR

76100.71

47936.4

3

CHHATTISGARH

20930.7

24932.85

4

GOA

826.38

684.14

5

GUJARAT

33671.97

32422.06

6

HARYANA

4205.09

13106.67

7

JHARKHAND

22959.33

19206.2

8

KARNATAKA

42657.55

31421.97

9

KERALA

14085.21

17534.3

10

MADHYA
PRADESH

71534.93

45572.99

11

MAHARASHTRA

78949.43

50087.82

12

ODISHA

49466.82

33428.03

13

PUNJAB

5346.54

13993.14

14

RAJASTHAN

29913.62

28231.53

15

TAMIL NADU

37341.72

25108.19

16

TELANGANA

22519.69

21987.17

17

UTTAR PRADESH

148686.46

82387.61

18

WEST BENGAL

59862

51068.97

19

DELHI

4425.64

8573.36

20

PUDUCHERRY

0

453.16

21

HIMACHAL
PRADESH

7655.5

16651.3

22

JAMMU &
KASHMIR

2341.36

28275.8

23

UTTARAKHAND

13308.15

16103.22

24

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

327.44

802.54

25

CHANDIGARH

705.52

622.16

26

D. &
NAGAR HAVELI

185.75

375.9

27

DAMAN & DIU

139.88

121.59

28

LAKSHADWEEP

55.14

71.84

29

ARUNACHAL
PRADESH

2332.96

9472.2

30

ASSAM

49541.69

57539.63

31

MANIPUR

4980.21

10678.57

32

MEGHALAYA

11582.97

6624.75

33

MIZORAM

2041.49

2566.79

34

NAGALAND

7390.27

7636.36

35

SIKKIM

291.42

1636.62

36

TRIPURA

7028.04

8849.84

Total

866117.82

745895.59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annexure II

State/UT-wise and Year-wise details of funds released and funds utilised during the financial years 2019-20 under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

 

Sl. No.

State/UT

Funds released during 2019-20

(Rs. In Lakh)

1

A & N Islands

127.03

2

Andhra Pradesh

10,125.00

3

Arunachal Pradesh

0.00

4

Assam

12,594.97

5

Bihar

10,187.67

6

Chandigarh

399.34

7

Chhattisgarh

5,292.96

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

146.80

9

Daman & Diu

103.91

10

Goa

140.13

11

Gujarat

10,267.92

12

Haryana

6,586.80

13

Himachal Pradesh

3,368.73

14

Jammu & Kashmir

3,012.10

15

Jharkhand

6,338.22

16

Karnataka

11,952.84

17

Kerala

6,418.56

18

Ladakh

-

19

Lakshadweep

17.92

20

Madhya Pradesh

28,515.68

21

Maharashtra

29,413.53

22

Manipur

411.51

23

Meghalaya

421.47

24

Mizoram

812.10

25

Nagaland

266.85

26

NCT Of Delhi

2,687.95

27

Odisha

0.00

28

Puducherry

159.84

29

Punjab

3,553.68

30

Rajasthan

9,651.71

31

Sikkim

87.99

32

Tamil Nadu

4,620.70

33

Telangana

0.00

34

Tripura

529.44

35

Uttar Pradesh

40,556.13

36

Uttarakhand

2,766.00

37

West Bengal

8,768.76

Total

2,20,304.24

 

 

 

Annexure III

 

Funds released during last year (2019-20) to States/UTs in respect of Scheme for Adolescent Girls

 

Sl.No.

States/UT

Funds released during 2019-20

(Rs. in Lakhs)

1

Andhra Pradesh

127.39

2

Arunachal Pradesh

33.71

3

Assam

488.62

4

Bihar

582.91

5

Chhattisgarh

48.40

6

Goa

43.03

7

Gujarat

1937.79

8

Haryana

70.56

9

Himachal Pradesh

0

10

Jammu & Kashmir

46.53

11

Jharkhand

254.39

12

Karnataka

1253.33

13

Kerala

1.08

14

Madhya Pradesh

1118.38

15

Maharashtra

925.32

16

Manipur

96.86

17

Meghalaya

1278.91

18

Mizoram

13.56

19

Nagaland

223.29

20

Odisha

72.60

21

Punjab

0

22

Rajasthan

59.39

23

Sikkim

0.00

24

Tamil Nadu

32.28

25

Telangana

0.00

26

Tripura

32.27

27

Uttar Pradesh

1827.57

28

Uttaranchal

0

29

West Bengal

126.72

30

A & N Islands

1.02

31

Chandigarh

2.46

32

Daman & Diu

0

33

D & NH

0.42

34

Delhi

12.84

35

Lakshadweep

0.07

36

Pondicherry

0

Total

10867.05

 

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