ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) to (e) All the States/UTs except West Bengal have started implementation of the POSHAN Abhiyaan. Government is implementing POSHAN Abhiyaan (earlier known as National Nutrition Mission) since 18th December 2017 to address the problem of malnutrition in the country including stunting. The goals of POSHAN Abhiyaan are to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner during the three years with fixed targets as under:
S.No Objective Target
1. Prevent and reduce Stunting in children (0- 6 years) By 6% @ 2% p.a.
2. Prevent and reduce under-nutrition (underweight prevalence) in children (0-6 years) By 6% @ 2% p.a.
3. Reduce the prevalence of anemia among young Children(6-59 months) By 9% @ 3% p.a.
4. Reduce the prevalence of anemia among Women and Adolescent Girls in the age group of 15-49 years. By 9% @ 3% p.a.
5. Reduce Low Birth Weight (LBW). By 6% @ 2% p.a.
State-wise statement of funds released and utilisation under POSHAN Abhiyaan including West Bengal as on 31.12.2019 is at Annexure-I.
West Bengal is yet to implement POSHAN Abhiyaan.
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Annexure-I
Statement referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4461 for 20.03.2020
State-wise statement of funds released and utilisation under POSHAN Abhiyaan (as on 31.12.2019)
(Amount in ? in lakh)
S. No. State/UTs Released in FY
2017 – 18
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Unspent balance of ISSNIP Released in FY
2018-19 Released in FY
2019-20 Total Released Total Central fund Utilization as on 31.12.2019
1 Andhra Pradesh 2,572.41 8,604.68 5,582.52 16,759.61 8,677.99
2 Bihar 7,063.44 15,001.67 10,000.00 32,065.11 18,373.30
3 Chhattisgarh 1,668.12 9,629.51 0.00 11,297.63 3,096.26
4 Delhi 945.95 2,206.88 0.00 3,152.83 1,254.14
5 Goa 238.07 197.78 0.00 435.85 101.68
6 Gujarat 3,036.66 11,228.04 7,531.00 21,795.7 11222.25
7 Haryana 400.97 5,992.46 0.00 6,393.43 2,696.94
8 Himachal Pradesh 1,557.26 4,153.15 2,480.00 8,190.41 4,966.17
9* Jammu & Kashmir 388.59 8,343.52 0.00 8,732.11 2188.33
10 Jharkhand 2,429.59 5,110.45 0.00 7,540.04 2,065.05
11 Karnataka 3,351.05 9,870.89 0.00 13,221.94 420.68
12 Kerala 1,273.37 6,491.91 0.00 7,765.28 2455.31
13 Madhya Pradesh 4,067.20 15,894.17 17,883.00 37,844.37 12,404.30
14 Maharashtra 2,572.31 20,989.28 33,061.47 56,623.06 23,602.32
15 Odisha 4,600.46 10,571.65 0.00 15,172.11 0.00
16 Puducherry 39.24 393.70 497.00 929.94 224.71
17 Punjab 819.51 6,090.33 0.00 6,909.84 306.50
18 Rajasthan 4,216.26 9,680.99 0.00 13,897.25 6,315.69
19 Tamil Nadu 1,340.51 12,210.93 0.00 13,551.44 10464.20
20 Telangana 1,736.94 8,595.70 7,003.00 17,335.64 4,579.10
21 Uttar Pradesh 8,440.60 29,582.87 0.00 38,023.47 17132.35
22 Uttarakhand 1,866.25 4,301.57 3,696.00 9,863.82 3,768.19
23 West Bengal 5,545.27 19,294.11 0.00 24,839.38 0.00
24 Arunachal Pradesh 52.93 2,663.35 0.00 2,716.28 0.00
25 Assam 2,298.27 15,492.36 14,171.00 31,961.63 11,591.74
26 Manipur 340.46 3,865.37 0.00 4,205.83 1,233.24
S. No. State/UTs Released in FY
2017 – 18
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Unspent balance of ISSNIP Released in FY
2018-19 Released in FY
2019-20 Total Released Total Central fund Utilization as on 31.12.2019
27 Meghalaya 462.98 1,713.27 1,706.80 3,883.05 2,144.45
28 Mizoram 119.38 957.65 902.00 1,979.03 1,461.47
29 Nagaland 163.74 1,251.97 1,445.17 2,860.88 1,561.92
30 Sikkim 98.59 328.47 544.00 971.06 436.75
31 Tripura 277.91 3,695.72 0.00 3,973.63 810.75
32 Andaman & Nicobar 100.22 416.89 307.62 824.73 224.49
33 Chandigarh 158.88 306.82 526.97 992.67 257.68
34 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 108.83 129.32 681.16* 919.31 805.14
Daman & Diu # 42.06 197.66 446.98 686.70 197.66
35 Ladakh - - - - -
36 Lakshadweep 60.00 138.90 126.75 325.65 198.90
TOTAL 64,454.28 2,55,593.98 1,08,592.44 4,28,640.71 1,57,239.65
* Jammu and Kashmir figures include Ladakh UT.
# Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu now merged
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