ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a to c) Malnutrition is a multi- faceted problem. The important determinants are inadequate food, level of poverty leading to low purchasing power, poor socio- economic status of women, female illiteracy, high rate of population growth and low access of population to health education, safe drinking water, environmental, sanitation, hygiene and other social services. Key reasons for malnutrition setting in early life are early marriage, faulty and sub-optimal infant and young child feeding practices, childhood illnesses and low birth weight. The nutritional status of the population is outcome of complex and inter-related set of factors and needs a multi-pronged approach.
As per NFHS-4, 35.7% children under 5 years of age are underweight and 38.4% are stunted as against NFHS-3 conducted in 2005-06, which reported 42.5% children under 5 years of age as underweight and 48% stunted Further, as per the report of Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) (2016-18), prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight among children is 34.7%, 17% and 33.4% respectively, which indicates further reduction when compared to the levels reported by NFHS-4.
Government has set up POSHAN Abhiyaan for a three year time frame commencing from 2017-18.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. Poshan Abhiyaan ensure convergence of various programmes i.e. Anganwadi Services, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, Scheme for Adolescent Girls of Ministry of Women & Child Development; National Health Mission (NHM) of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; Swachh Bharat Mission of Ministry of Jal Shakti (‘rural’) and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (‘urban’) ; Public Distribution System (PDS) of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (CAF&PD); Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) of Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) etc. Convergence at State, district and block levels is ensured through the following committees
i. State level Convergence meeting with line departments chaired by Chief Secretary.
ii. District level Convergence meeting with line departments chaired by District Magistrate.
iii. Block level Convergence meeting with line departments chaired by Sub-Divisional Magistrate.
Regular reviews and meetings are conducted at National and State/UTs level to monitor the progress of implementation of POSHAN Abhiyaan and other schemes of the Ministry. National Council under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog and the Executive Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development also monitor the progress of POSHAN Abhiyaan regularly in which States are members of the Committee.
(d & e) The Government has accorded high priority to the issue of malnutrition and is implementing several schemes/programmes of different Ministries/Departments through States/UTs to address various aspects related to nutrition. This Ministry is implementing POSHAN Abhiyaan, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, Anganwadi Services and Scheme for Adolescent Girls under the Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS) as direct targeted interventions to address the problem of malnutrition in the country.
Further steps taken under the National Health Mission (NHM), a flagship programme of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to address malnutrition inter alia include promotion of appropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices, Anaemia Mukt Bharat, Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation, de-worming, promotion of iodized salt, Vitamin-A supplementation, Mission Indradhanush to ensure high coverage of vaccination in children, conducting intensified diarrhoea control fortnights to control childhood diarrhoea, management of sick severely malnourished children at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers, monthly Village Health and Nutrition Days, Home Based Newborn Care (HBNC) and Home Based Young Child care (HBYC) programmes, Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, etc.
All the above schemes/programmes have the potential to improve nutrition outcomes in the country.
The year -wise details of the total expenditure made under these schemes is at Annexure I, II, III and IV.
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Annexure-I
Statement referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1987 for answer on 29.11.2019
The State/UT-wise details of funds released during last three years under POSHAN Abhiyaan
Sl. No. State/UT Funds released (Rs. in lakhs)
2017 – 18 + Unspent Balance of ISSNIP 2018-19
1 Andhra Pradesh 2572.41 8604.68
2 Bihar 7063.44 15001.67
3 Chhattisgarh 1668.12 9629.51
4 Delhi 945.95 2206.88
5 Goa 238.07 197.78
6 Gujarat 3036.66 11228.03
7 Haryana 400.97 5992.46
8 Jharkhand 2429.59 5110.45
9 Karnataka 3351.05 9870.89
10 Kerala 1273.37 6491.91
11 Madhya Pradesh 4067.2 15894.17
12 Maharashtra 2572.31 20989.28
13 Odisha 4600.46 10571.65
14 Puducherry 39.24 393.7
15 Punjab 819.51 6090.33
16 Rajasthan 4216.26 9680.99
17 Tamil Nadu 1340.51 12210.93
18 Telangana 1736.94 8595.7
19 Uttar Pradesh 8440.6 29582.87
20 West Bengal 5545.27 19294.11
21 Arunachal Pradesh 52.93 2663.35
22 Assam 2298.27 15492.36
23 Himachal Pradesh 1557.26 4153.15
24 Jammu & Kashmir 388.59 8343.52
25 Manipur 340.46 3865.37
26 Meghalaya 462.98 1713.27
27 Mizoram 119.38 957.65
28 Nagaland 163.74 1251.97
29 Sikkim 98.59 328.47
30 Tripura 277.91 3695.72
31 Uttarakhand 1866.25 4301.57
Total 63984.29 254404.39
UTs without Legislature
Sl. No. UT without Legislature Funds released (Rs. in lakhs)
2017 – 18 2018-19
1 Andaman & Nicobar 100.22 416.89
2 Chandigarh 158.88 306.82
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 108.83 129.32
4 Daman & Diu 42.06 197.66
5 Lakshadweep 60 138.9
TOTAL 469.99 1189.59
• POSHAN Abhiyaan approved w.e.f. 18.12.2017
Annexure-II
Statement referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1987 for answer on 29.11.2019
State/UT-wise Fund released under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana*
Sl. No. State/UT 2017-18 2018-19
1 A & N Islands 163.08 41.13
2 Andhra Pradesh 7022.36 14101.75
3 Arunachal Pradesh 912.83 36
4 Assam 10448.26 817
5 Bihar 17351.38 1253
6 Chandigarh 290.41 248.08
7 Chhattisgarh 4382.58 2025.85
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 102.62 75.85
9 Daman & Diu (UT) 61.56 28.98
10 Goa 168.85 107.26
11 Gujarat 10186.87 5958.97
12 Haryana 4324.3 3674.84
13 Himachal Pradesh 1821.64 1793.84
14 Jammu & Kashmir 3137.84 828.42
15 Jharkhand 5622.7 1453.37
16 Karnataka 10248.81 6361.72
17 Kerala 5536.64 3514.27
18 Lakshadweep 27.82 4.44
19 Madhya Pradesh 12320.53 18581.47
20 Maharashtra 12821.1 11795.62
21 Manipur 1474.07 75
22 Meghalaya 1110.83 102
23 Mizoram 710.78 294.7
24 Nagaland 1035.06 52
25 NCT Of Delhi 2008.9 795.75
26 Orissa 7143.33 383
27 Puducherry 331.68 63.53
28 Punjab 4648.73 1141.42
29 Rajasthan 11486.97 9605.43
30 Sikkim 354.33 21
31 Tamil Nadu 12087.85 658
32 Telangana 7196.4 385
33 Tripura 1845.49 96
34 Uttar Pradesh 33616.64 14216.71
35 Uttarakhand 2610.99 1425.66
36 West Bengal 10245.03 2938.72
Total 204859.26 104955.77
* The PMMVY scheme (Pan India) has been implemented w.e.f. 01.01.2017.
Annexure-III
Statement referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1987 for answer on 29.11.2019
State/UT-wise Fund released under the Anganwadi Services Scheme during last 5 years
Sl. No. State/UTs 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
SNP GENERAL SNP GENERAL SNP GENERAL SNP GENERAL SNP GENERAL
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 31693.85 66728.10 36298.39 29903.77 31467.53 14590.85 31596.87 24629.79 37353.55 31895.05
2 BIHAR 53875.44 61415.23 69357.73 31869.23 52520.17 32823.24 53741.97 35851.96 76987.83 35974.64
3 CHHATTISGARH 11302.16 40143.85 32879.98 16188.12 22461.93 16921.47 25724.9 28345.16 24279.95 28735.52
4 GOA 515.46 2095.48 593.45 625.43 591.45 458.83 1011.2 585.64 859.5 778.06
5 GUJARAT 18445.91 30113.17 30058.92 30862.36 36162.61 31788.45 38496.97 21581.54 32051.56 29206.4
6 HARYANA 7424.01 23330.31 5545.06 10163.42 7131.04 12893.84 3945.75 13601.08 7305.22 13276.2
7 JHARKHAND 20478.70 26107.87 15927.08 27300.88 28723.1 13325.75 25347.42 14879.45 29083.25 18797.43
8 KARNATAKA 40184.11 41873.19 59330.30 36236.35 33914.94 16235.33 56009.24 32177.98 43588.97 43506.22
9 KERALA 4917.75 19520.23 9411.98 18264.67 8305.96 24850.34 10976.6 20186.77 10785.38 17058
10 MADHYA PRADESH 48462.49 73680.15 57366.69 47019.97 55779.33 43124.79 66775.88 46683.69 64088.78 49633.10
11 MAHARASHTRA 37860.23 52412.65 37690.90 62704.71 32053.19 71393.73 41445.78 58469.85 106535.22 55705.39
12 ODISHA 38610.37 48488.02 37421.34 24195.11 25519.58 38085.8 47316.24 34543.96 43450.56 33841.79
13 PUNJAB 5577.39 20162.52 3184.64 10120.80 3124.57 11246.52 5282.25 13998.21 3744.1 13411.95
14 RAJASTHAN 23837.65 49797.15 22694.59 25556.94 33045.65 25486.48 34931.86 30339.08 34950.74 29085.81
15 TAMIL NADU 26961.81 40377.67 27006.20 36251.13 26017.9 15731.91 33186.7 14394.25 37271.35 26488.7
16 TELANGANA 13088.78 32478.71 18292.97 18357.03 17418.86 9654.88 18130.74 18905.07 22045.61 21257.53
17 UTTAR PRADESH 152371.18 119659.71 203927.22 69995.93 160784.24 95627.23 129353.52 80279.47 104579.08 84554.34
18 WEST BENGAL 37687.47 58551.50 42524.56 35748.46 30462.46 27805.02 67697.94 27805.04 68046.87 53839.34
19 DELHI 4978.98 12720.37 6740.28 6723.78 7551.09 6560.79 4051.41 6560.53 3474.65 5457.19
20 PUDUCHERRY 182.37 1092.97 340.04 1333.23 1702.02 590.87 851.02 590.88 0 452.11
21 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2839.15 14271.17 3707.29 15191.05 4662.06 18694.25 5795.63 14898.51 6976.21 24112.44
22 JAMMU & KASHMIR 5141.04 20722.25 4169.34 22849.90 4035.18 21105.03 4035.17 14383.93 2128.5 34361.46
23 UTTARAKHAND 6014.82 13651.18 21307.95 11491.10 4649.44 12043.25 15212.13 11666.46 13612.57 18465.2
24 A & N ISLANDS 147.23 740.85 267.67 1142.59 262.68 934.06 284.57 974.13 369.94 883.04
25 CHANDIGARH 341.99 654.19 535.56 884.69 190.49 571.7 592.09 471.88 769.72 634.14
26 D&NAGAR HAVELI 123.48 157.83 62.38 148.59 203.8 365.81 129.89 182.9 168.86 354.23
27 DAMAN & DIU 67.34 128.43 4.24 93.31 174.12 133.84 130.83 139.28 170.08 97.13
28 LAKSHADWEEP 46.96 91.20 68.31 86.54 68.32 78.63 85.35 39.46 100.26 245.2
29 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 5032.15 10426.74 4194.48 8585.96 4052.72 7199.13 4035.02 8218.4 4411.4 7375.84
30 ASSAM 45517.33 56806.51 33637.97 56936.62 17921.03 44425.65 31554.71 37115.73 30597.01 49561.1
31 MANIPUR 3632.78 11178.22 1150.60 6766.17 500 7412.65 5244.2 10284.52 7134.08 8892.39
32 MEGHALAYA 9380.22 4953.03 7565.63 4720.59 11184.72 5370.85 12238.89 5466.89 12364.04 4996.77
33 MIZORAM 2437.62 3185.37 1551.50 3618.97 2156.92 2172.8 1539.37 3416.45 1843.36 2493.46
34 NAGALAND 5308.79 6864.94 1717.06 6982.73 10611.05 4469.91 7000.08 6816.95 8231.2 3721
35 SIKKIM 734.59 2248.15 434.30 1551.68 644.34 768.68 481.21 1426.33 450.66 1500.366
36 TRIPURA 5969.31 8063.42 7870.18 9284.88 4010.56 7671.45 6456.59 6381.42 7781.78 9406.72
Total 671190.91 975343.43 804872.78 689756.70 680065.05 642613.81 790689.99 646292.64 847591.84 760055.26
Annexure-IV
Statement referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1987 for answer on 29.11.2019
State/UT-wise Fund released under the Scheme for Adolescent Girls*
(Rs. in lakh)
S. No. States/UTs 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1 Andhra Pradesh 762.99 2259.52 1011.98
2 Arunachal Pradesh 126.25 87.96 0
3 Assam 1356.94 341.92 0
4 Bihar 2696.83 4003.74 25.54
5 Chhattisgarh 1389.69 2792.61 724.75
6 Goa 131.5 302.77 0.4
7 Gujarat 1443.18 2690.09 5092.44
8 Haryana 104.74 589.97 37.41
9 Himachal Pradesh 720.45 1129.42 0
10 Jammu & Kashmir 194.63 255.91 560.39
11 Jharkhand 145.57 1495.55 0
12 Karnataka 740.73 2466.93 923.76
13 Kerala 1057.73 692.91 289.74
14 Madhya Pradesh 5302.02 8641.18 5442.4
15 Maharashtra 5334.42 3995.68 3536.78
16 Manipur 49.65 170.28 0
17 Meghalaya 919.65 528.83 12.55
18 Mizoram 91.78 123.95 69.32
19 Nagaland 206.31 193.14 214.3
20 Odisha 2867.25 2442.6 866.77
21 Punjab 0 40.6 26.3
22 Rajasthan 0 39.38 0
23 Sikkim 32.54 15.42 0
24 Tamil Nadu 2655.26 3196.22 0
25 Telangana 572.39 81.4 107.49
26 Tripura 334.81 674.38 19.16
27 Uttar Pradesh 10932.99 4486.13 1000.35
28 Uttaranchal 43.02 3.3 0
29 West Bengal 40.41 282.47 101.85
30 A & N Islands 107.05 51.35 3.18
31 Chandigarh 12.11 12.68 2.33
32 Daman & Diu 14.14 14.14 4.53
33 Dadar& Nagar H 16.44 16.44 4.94
34 Delhi 276.66 490.19 320.48
35 Lakshadweep 2.2 11.65 3.11
36 Pondicherry 17.72 8.81 1.63
Total 47700.06 44629.53 20403.88
*The scheme has been implemented for out of school adolescent girls in the age group of 11-14 years w.e.f. 01.12.2017 and extended to all the districts w.e.f. 01.04.2018.
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