Question : National Nutrition Mission

(a) the salient features of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM);
(b) the details of the various schemes implemented by the Government under NNM in order to prevent malnutrition among women and children;
(c) the amount of funds allocated, released and utilised thereunder during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
(d) the total number of persons benefited under such schemes, State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh;
(e) whether the Government has proposed to review the schemes under NNM to prevent malnutrition among children and if so, the details thereof;
(f) whether the Government has reviewed the status of prevailing malnourishment across the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Gujarat; and
(g) the efforts made by the Government to address the challenges and shortcomings detected during the said review?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

(a) & (b): National Nutrition Mission (NNM) renamed as POSHAN Abhiyaan set up by Government on 30.11.2017, aims to reduce the level of stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia and low birth weight babies. The important components of the Abhiyaan are: ensuring convergence with various programmes; incentivizing States/ UTs for achieving goals; IT enabled Real Time Monitoring (ICT-RTM); Evaluation; weighing efficiency and making nutrition visible; Community mobilization awareness advocacy; IEC, Jan Andolan - to educate the people on nutritional aspects, on-line Course on Nutrition for Children, Nutrition message from folk songs and songs on WASH, sending messages on nutrition and also creating ring-tones, Yoga for children at AWCs; strengthening human resource; measuring height and length of children below 6 years of age. Under POSHAN Abhiyaan, convergence of nutrition centric schemes is envisaged.

(c): The scheme was approved only on 30.11.2017. Therefore, the funds sanctioned to States/UTs during 2017-18 and funds sanctioned/released during 2018-19 are given at Annexure-I.

(d): POSHAN Abhiyaan is not a beneficiary centric scheme.

(e), (f) & (g): The status of malnutrition is reviewed by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare through NFHS which is conducted periodically. Last such survey was conducted in 2015-16. For addressing the challenge of malnourishment, Government is implementing various nutrition related schemes, i.e., Anganwadi Services, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG), etc.

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Annexure-I

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2054 FOR 21.12.2018. STATE/UT WISE SANCTION/RELEASE OF FUNDS AND UTILIZATION AS REPORTED BY THE STATES/UTS UNDER POSHAN ABHIYAAN
(Amount in ? lakhs)
S. No. State/UT Funds sanctioned in 2017-18 Funds sanctioned/ released in 2018-19 Utilization Reported in 2018-19
(upto November, 2018)
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 100.22 170.77 2.37
2 Andhra Pradesh 1284.63 6381.78 976.28
3 Arunachal Pradesh 52.93 765.91 0.00
4 Assam 2298.27 9043.76 0.00
5 Bihar 6724.06 10317.79 1061.27
6 Chandigarh 158.88 71.47 137.21
7 Chhattisgarh 965.45 7235.16 474.52
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 108.83 64.47 76.05
9 Daman & Diu 42.06 74.26 26.88
10 Goa 238.07 116.92 0.00
11 Gujarat 3036.66 6056.96 7544.80
12 Haryana 400.97 2663.12 3064.09
13 Himachal Pradesh 1557.26 519.67 1931.36
14 Jammu & Kashmir 388.59 3194.21 1768.43
15 Jharkhand 1555.35 4471.33 4668.89
16 Karnataka 3351.05 3969.07 5254.55
17 Kerala 1273.37 671.72 0.00
18 Lakshadweep 60.00 76.86 82.41
19 Madhya Pradesh 3441.49 11474.12 3086.96
20 Maharashtra 2572.31 10448.14 6633.33
21 Manipur 340.46 2752.33 2859.79
22 Meghalaya 462.98 1073.20 1427.92
23 Mizoram 119.38 559.84 679.22
24 Nagaland 163.74 730.60 133.77
25 NCT of Delhi 945.95 1457.15 0.00
26 Odisha 4600.46 9777.65 0.00
27 Puducherry 39.24 242.51 262.78
28 Punjab 819.51 902.43 2.33
29 Rajasthan 2045.73 6920.14 8211.45
30 Sikkim 98.59 151.69 135.62
31 Tamil Nadu 1340.51 2613.92 4.22
32 Telangana 1736.94 4399.84 7716.24
33 Tripura 277.91 1042.29 1320.00
34 Uttar Pradesh 8440.60 21273.96 2767.29
35 Uttarakhand 1866.25 3443.57 5251.64
36 West Bengal 5545.27 18644.87 0.00
Total 58453.97 153773.49 67561.67

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