(a) POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched in March 2018 to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner and to achieve reduction in stunting and wasting in children (0-6 years) as well as reduction in anaemia in women, children and adolescent girls. The Abhiyaan has been rolled out in 36 States/UTs covering 738 Districts. Components under POSHAN Abhiyaan include ICT Application, Convergence, Community Mobilization, Behavioural Change & Jan Andolan, Capacity Building, Incentives and Awards and Innovations.
(b) & (c) All districts of Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu including Ajmer and Thiruvannamalai district are covered under POSHAN Abhiyaan. Under the Abhiyaan, a total of 45,65,877 & 34,15,545 beneficiaries are availing services in the States of Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu respectively. The State/UT wise details of funds allocated in the last three years is at Annexure I which includes States of Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
(d) Under Capacity Building component of POSHAN Abhiyaan, approx., 10.22 lakh frontline functionaries have been successfully trained. Additionally, approx. 6.61 lakh field functionaries have undergone training through digital platform. Also, till date, 8.3 lakhs Anganwadi Workers/ Anganwadi Helpers have been trained in the ICT application (Poshan Tracker).
(e) Government has taken measures 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 also been taken to improve nutritional quality and testing, strengthen delivery and leverage technology under Poshan Tracker to improve governance. Streamlined Guidelines were issued for transparency and accountability in delivery of supplementary nutrition and to track nutritional outcomes on 13.01.2021. 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 also 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. As informed by States/UTs, Poshan Vatikas have been developed in 4.37 lakh Anganwadi Centres. Further, during Poshan Pakhwada 2021, 1.10 lakh saplings of medicinal plants were planted.
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Annexure-I
State/UT-wise details of funds released and utilised from F.Y. 2018-19 to 2020-21 under POSHAN Abhiyaan
Amount in ? lakhs
SN State/UT Total Central Funds released from 2018-19 to 2020-21 Total Central Funds utilization as on 31st March 2021
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 936.25 421.44
2 Andhra Pradesh 25363.32 16601.84
3 Arunachal Pradesh 2815.88 708.11
4 Assam 32948.67 18117.52
5 Bihar 49365.6 27823.99
6 Chandigarh 1099.87 513.96
7 Chhattisgarh 12137.21 6505.25
8 Dadra Nagar Haveli and 774.31 682.98
Daman & Diu 686.7
9 Delhi 3327.18 2432.58
10 Goa 456.04 222.24
11 Gujarat 29976.16 21769.01
12 Haryana 6808.82 4326
13 Himachal Pradesh 10973.21 7010.78
14 Jammu & Kashmir 9178.53 7912.09
15 Jharkhand 8154.95 5245.93
16 Karnataka 14276.52 11133.42
17 Kerala 10974.73 6696.51
18 Ladakh 164.59 51.41
19 Lakshadweep 427.36 287.27
20 Madhya Pradesh 39398.53 18516.83
21 Maharashtra 58390.84 40154.5
22 Manipur 4389.99 2138.4
23 Meghalaya 5073.39 4979.05
24 Mizoram 2732.96 2575.03
25 Nagaland 5327.67 5239.26
26 Odisha 16358.58 7555.69
27 Puducherry 943.62 264.58
28 Punjab 7346.86 2470.04
29 Rajasthan 23830.57 10349.79
30 Sikkim 1370.99 1276.83
31 Tamil Nadu 25931.46 19476.85
32 Telangana 17906.84 14824.33
33 Tripura 4135.95 3155.13
34 Uttar Pradesh 56968.96 19219.28
35 Uttarakhand 13574.89 7898
36 West Bengal 26751.08 0
Total 531279.08 298555.92
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