(a) whether it is a fact that several instances of deaths of children occur due to malnutrition in India.
(b) if so, the reasons thereof;
(c) the number of child deaths due to malnutrition reported in the country in the last 10 years; and
(d) the financial assistance or package provided by the Government to various States to tackle malnutrition along with the achievements thereof; and
(e) the further remedial measures undertaken by the Government in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) to (c) Malnutrition is not the direct cause of death among children under five years of age. Though it can increase morbidity and mortality by reducing resistance to infections. Malnourished children are more vulnerable to any infection than normal children. The overall under five mortality rate (number of deaths per thousand live births) has reduced from 74.3 as reported by 3rd National Family Health Survey report released in 2005-06 to 49.7 as 4th National Family Health Survey report released in 2015-16.
(d) & (e) This Ministry 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 details of funds allocated/released and utilized during last year under these schemes is at Annexure I, II and III respectively.
POSHAN Abhiyaan has been 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 by leveraging technology, convergence and Jan Andolan.
The details of funds allocated/released and utilized during last year under POSHAN Abhiyaan is at Annexure IV.
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Annexure-I
Statement referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No. 1023 for answer on 18.09.2020
Status of Funds Released and Expenditure under Anganwadi Services in FY 2019-20
Sl. No. State/UTs Funds released Funds Utilized
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 32726.24
Unspent Balance/Excess expenditure of F.Y 2019-20 will be adjusted in the funds released during 2020-21 after receiving UCs/SoEs from respective States/UTs.
2 BIHAR 76100.71
3 CHHATTISGARH 20930.7
4 GOA 826.38
5 GUJARAT 33671.97
6 HARYANA 4205.09
7 JHARKHAND 22959.33
8 KARNATAKA 42657.55
9 KERALA 14085.21
10 MADHYA PRADESH 71534.93
11 MAHARASHTRA 78949.43
12 ODISHA 49466.82
13 PUNJAB 5346.54
14 RAJASTHAN 29913.62
15 TAMIL NADU 37341.72
16 TELANGANA 22519.69
17 UTTAR PRADESH 148686.46
18 WEST BENGAL 59862
19 DELHI 4425.64
20 PUDUCHERRY 0
21 HIMACHAL PRADESH 7655.5
22 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2341.36
23 UTTARAKHAND 13308.15
24 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 327.44
25 CHANDIGARH 705.52
26 D. & NAGAR HAVELI 185.75
27 DAMAN & DIU 139.88
28 LAKSHADWEEP 55.14
29 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2332.96
30 ASSAM 49541.69
31 MANIPUR 4980.21
32 MEGHALAYA 11582.97
33 MIZORAM 2041.49
34 NAGALAND 7390.27
35 SIKKIM 291.42
36 TRIPURA 7028.04
Total 866117.82
Annexure-II
Statement referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No. 1023 for answer on 18.09.2020
Status of Funds Released and Expenditure under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana in FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19 and 2019-20
Sl. No. State/UT 2019-20
Central Share released Total amount disbursed to beneficiaries
(Including State Share)
(?in Lakhs) (?in Lakhs)
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 61 73
2 Andhra Pradesh 10,125 16,732
3 Arunachal Pradesh - 330
4 Assam 11,991 16,317
5 Bihar 10,001 33,508
6 Chandigarh 394 275
7 Chhattisgarh 4,908 7,795
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 147 128
9 Daman & Diu 104 65
10 Delhi 2,688 3,623
11 Goa 140 195
12 Gujarat 9,677 15,058
13 Haryana 6,587 7,083
14 Himachal Pradesh 3,297 2,541
15 Jammu & Kashmir 3,012 2,919
16 Jharkhand 6,338 9,259
17 Karnataka 11,739 18,304
18 Kerala 6,419 9,210
19 Lakshadweep 14 8
20 Ladakh -
21 Madhya Pradesh 26,756 30,202
22 Maharashtra 28,788 38,189
23 Manipur 412 1,061
24 Meghalaya 143 657
25 Mizoram 422 329
26 Nagaland 95 708
27 Odisha - -
28 Puducherry 160 376
29 Punjab 3,554 5,007
30 Rajasthan 8,780 15,808
31 Sikkim 88 152
32 Tamil Nadu 4,621 14,394
33 Telangana - -
34 Tripura 529 1,501
35 Uttar Pradesh 38,391 57,623
36 Uttarakhand 2,422 2,487
37 West Bengal 8,769 20,130
Grand Total 211,571 332,046
Annexure-III
Statement referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No. 1023 for answer on 18.09.2020
Status of Funds Released and Expenditure under Scheme for Adolescent Girls in FY 2019-20
S. No. States/UTs Release Utilized
1 Andhra Pradesh 127.39 65.24
2 Arunachal Pradesh 33.71 -
3 Assam 488.62 1594.47
4 Bihar 582.91 23.78
5 Chhattisgarh 48.40 -
6 Goa 43.03 0.10
7 Gujarat 1937.79 2447.4
8 Haryana 70.56 22.19
9 Himachal pradesh 0 -
10 Jammu & Kashmir 46.53 -
11 Jharkhand 254.39 -
12 Karnataka 1253.33 37.63
13 Kerala 1.08 2.25
14 Madhya pradesh 1118.38 2124.80
15 Maharashtra 925.32 818.38
16 Manipur 96.86 2.71
17 Meghalaya 1278.91 1277.49
18 Mizoram 13.56 4.98
19 Nagaland 223.29 66.74
20 Odisha 72.60 -
21 Punjab 0 -
22 Rajasthan 0 130.35
23 Sikkim 0 -
24 Tamil Nadu 95.48 16.93
25 Telangana 151.54 -
26 Tripura 32.27 20.03
27 Uttar pradesh 1827.57 2798.24
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 27.11
35 Lakshadweep 0.07 -
36 Pondicherry 0 -
Total 10867.05
11480.82
Annexure-IV
Statement referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No. 1023 for answer on 18.09.2020
Status of Funds Released and Expenditure under POSHAN Abhiyaan in FY 2019-20
(? in lakhs)
S. No. State/UT Release in
FY 2019-20 Utilization in
FY 19-20
1 Andhra Pradesh 24473.61 10682.46
2 Bihar 47530.11 21082.82
3 Chhattisgarh 11297.63 5364.23
4 Delhi 3152.83 1804.53
5 Goa 435.85 192.46
6 Gujarat 29127.69 14348.53
7 Haryana 6393.43 3259.17
8 Jharkhand 7540.04 4086.12
9 Karnataka 13221.94 3945.42
10 Kerala 7765.28 4483.53
11 Madhya Pradesh 37844.37 14209.57
12 Maharashtra 56623.06 32037.00
13 Odisha 15172.11 1201.13
14 Puducherry 929.94 202.70
15 Punjab 6909.84 1544.89
16 Rajasthan 22838.25 7314.96
17 Tamil Nadu 25060.44 14144.35
18 Telangana 17335.64 4601.71
19 Uttar Pradesh 54189.47 16274.80
20 West Bengal 24839.38 0.00
21 Arunachal Pradesh 2716.28 257.68
22 Assam 31961.63 14532.07
23 Himachal Pradesh 10670.41 5632.90
24 Jammu & Kashmir 8732.11 3865.21
25 Manipur 4205.83 2138.40
26 Meghalaya 4979.05 3883.05
27 Mizoram 2575.03 1979.03
28 Nagaland 3713.88 2921.22
29 Sikkim 1350.06 962.82
30 Tripura 3973.63 633.53
31 Uttarakhand 13253.82 5433.41
Total 500812.64 203019.70
UTs without legislature
32 Andaman & Nicobar 824.73 313.57
33 Chandigarh 992.67 406.76
34 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 674.31 307.25
35 Daman & Diu 686.70 155.01
36 Ladakh 45.82 41.47
37 Lakshadweep 325.65 211.14
Total 3549.88 1435.20
Grand Total 504362.52 204454.90