Question : FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD

(a) the details of activities undertaken by the food & Nutrition Board (FNB) during 2005-06; and

(b) the success achieved by the FNB as a result thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI RENUKA CHOWDHURY)

(a) Details of activities undertaken by the Food & Nutrition Board are included in the Annual Report of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (2005-06) which is available in the Library of the House.

(b) Nutrition advocacy and sensitization of policy makers and Nutrition Education and Training Programmes undertaken by FNB have contributed significantly to the following:

· Reinstatement on ban of sale of non-iodized salt w.e.f.
17.11.2005.

· Use of iodized salt in ICDS and Mid Day meal schemes.

· Inclusion of iodized salt in the Public Distribution System.

· Fortification of wheat flour with iron and folic acid and
its distribution through PDS on a pilot scale in West Bengal,
Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.

· Distribution of candies fortified with micronutrients to
ICDS beneficiaries in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and
Gujarat.

· Awareness Generation on Nutrition at different levels.