POSHAN Abhiyaan launched on 8^th March, 2018 addresses malnutrition issues across the nation through components like ICT Application, Convergence, Community Mobilization, Behavioural Change & Jan Andolan, Capacity Building, Incentives and Awards and Innovations. Activities undertaken in POSHAN Abhiyaan in last three years are as follows:

1. Under the Abhiyaan, a robust ICT platform., the Poshan Tracker has been developed and rolled out across 12.27 lakh Anganwadis covering approximately 9.84 crore beneficiaries.
2. The Abhiyaan empowers Anganwadi workers and Lady Supervisors by providing them with smartphones. As of now the number of Smartphones and GMDs (comprising Stadiometer, Infantometer, Weighing Scale for Infant and Mother & Child) made available to States/UTs are 11.03 lakh and 11.94 lakh respectively.
3. Under Convergence, key Ministries/Departments are working in coordination with Ministry of Women and Child Development for addressing issues concerning malnutrition.
4. Community Mobilization, Behavioural Change & Jan Andolan component helped reach out to the masses through the nation’s biggest nutrition-centric annual Jan Andolans, in the form of Poshan Maahs (September) and Poshan Pakhwadas (March). Since the launch of Poshan Abhiyaan, 4 Poshan Maah and 3 Poshan Pakhwada have been conducted. About 3.70 crore Community Based Events (CBEs) have also been conducted.
5. Under Capacity Building component approx., 10.22 lakh frontline functionaries have been successfully trained. Additionally, approx. 6.61 lakh field functionaries have undergone training through digital platform. Till date, 8.3 lakh Anganwadi Workers/ Anganwadi Helpers have been trained in the ICT application.
6. AWWs and AWHs are incentivized @Rs 500 and Rs 250 per month respectively on achieving targets under Home Visits and Weighing and Measuring of Children.
7. Under Innovations, 26 States/UTs have taken up more than 50 innovative initiatives so far since the launch of POSHAN Abhiyaan.

Under POSHAN Abhiyaan, the budgetary allocation is for programme components like ICT Application, Convergence, Community Mobilization, Behavioural Change & Jan Andolan, Capacity Building, Incentives and Awards, and Innovations. The details of funds distributed to State Governments over these years, State-wise and year-wise is at Annexure.

This information was given by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

Annexure

 

State/UT-wise details of funds released and utilized since FY 2018-19 under POSHAN Abhiyaan

 

Amount in ₹ lakhs

 

SN	State/UT	Total Central Funds released till 31st March 2021	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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