Ministry of Women and Child Development
NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION
Posted On:
02 FEB 2022 5:05PM by PIB Delhi
POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched on 8th March, 2018 with the vision of a malnutrition-free India. The Abhiyaan aims to reduce malnutrition from the country in a phased manner and achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner. The Abhiyaan has been rolled out in all the 36 States/UTs.
The recently released report of NFHS-5 (2019-21) by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW) has validated the efforts of POSHAN Abhiyaan, reflecting a decline in key nutrition indicators. Among children under 5 years of age, Stunting has reduced from 38.4% to 35.5%, while Wasting has reduced from 21.0% to 19.3% and Underweight prevalence has reduced from 35.8% to 32.1%.
Further, Mission Poshan 2.0, an integrated nutrition support programme which subsumes Supplementary Nutrition Programme and POSHAN Abhiyaan ahead, has been announced in budget 2021-2022 for all the States/UTs. It intends to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition.
The State/UT wise statement of funds released, funds utilized and unspent funds under POSHAN Abhiyaan till 1st January, 2022 is at Annexure-1.
Any unutilized fund / excess expenditure incurred during a particular year under POSHAN Abhiyaan is adjusted in the allocation/release of the succeeding year.*
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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Annexure-1
State/UT wise statement of funds released, funds utilized and funds unspent under POSHAN Abhiyaan
(Amount in ₹ lakh)
|
SN
|
States/UTs
|
Total Central Funds released till 01.01.2022
|
Total Central Funds utilised as on 01.01.2022
|
Unspent balance available with States/UTs as on 01.01.2022
|
|
1
|
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
|
824.51
|
413.54
|
410.97
|
|
2
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
25363.32
|
17560.81
|
7802.51
|
|
3
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
2815.88
|
1064.21
|
1751.67
|
|
4
|
ASSAM
|
32948.67
|
21276.28
|
11672.39
|
|
5
|
BIHAR
|
49365.59
|
30678.39
|
18687.2
|
|
6
|
CHANDIGARH
|
767.38
|
513.96
|
253.42
|
|
7
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
11434.54
|
7303.88
|
4130.66
|
|
8
|
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU
|
1196.11
|
769.67
|
426.44
|
|
9
|
DELHI
|
3327.18
|
2549.6
|
777.58
|
|
10
|
GOA
|
455.95
|
249.13
|
206.82
|
|
11
|
GUJARAT
|
29127.69
|
22074.12
|
7053.57
|
|
12
|
HARYANA
|
6808.82
|
5790.88
|
1017.94
|
|
13
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
10895.41
|
7711.43
|
3183.98
|
|
14
|
JAMMU & KASHMIR
|
9224.35
|
9160.82
|
63.53
|
|
15
|
JHARKHAND
|
6665.8
|
5467.55
|
1198.25
|
|
16
|
KARNATAKA
|
14276.52
|
13221.94
|
1054.58
|
|
17
|
KERALA
|
10444.89
|
7474.28
|
2970.61
|
|
18
|
LADAKH
|
118.768
|
9.94
|
108.828
|
|
19
|
LAKSHADWEEP
|
425.62
|
356.05
|
69.57
|
|
20
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
39398.53
|
20087.83
|
19310.7
|
|
21
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
60810.326
|
43714.39
|
17095.936
|
|
22
|
MANIPUR
|
4389.99
|
3714.79
|
675.2
|
|
23
|
MEGHALAYA
|
5073.386
|
5073.386
|
0
|
|
24
|
MIZORAM
|
2575.03
|
2575.03
|
0
|
|
25
|
NAGALAND
|
5263.99
|
5263.99
|
0
|
|
26
|
ODISHA
|
15172.11
|
15172.11
|
0
|
|
27
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
943.62
|
264.58
|
679.04
|
|
28
|
PUNJAB
|
6909.84
|
30.24
|
6879.6
|
|
29
|
RAJASTHAN
|
22904.21
|
12258.06
|
10646.15
|
|
30
|
SIKKIM
|
1370.98
|
1370.98
|
0
|
|
31
|
TAMIL NADU
|
25060.44
|
21879.36
|
3181.08
|
|
32
|
TELANGANA
|
17906.84
|
15786.92
|
2119.92
|
|
33
|
TRIPURA
|
4135.95
|
3774.79
|
361.16
|
|
34
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
56968.96
|
41834.8
|
15134.16
|
|
35
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
13574.89
|
10769.92
|
2804.97
|
|
36
|
WEST BENGAL
|
26751.08
|
0
|
26751.08
|
|
Total
|
525697.18
|
357217.66
|
168479.51
|
(Release ID: 1794748)
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