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Government of India
Ministry of Women and Child Development
01 DEC 2021 5:14PM by PIB Delhi
Implementation of Poshan Abhiyaan

POSHAN Abhiyaan aims to reduce malnutrition in the country in a phased manner by adopting a synergised and result oriented approach. The Programme strives to bring about behavioural change through peoples participation in Jan Andolans. The estimates of stunting among children below 5 years are provided in National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. As per NFHS 4 prevalence of stunting children up to 5 years was 38.4% which has reduced to 35.5% in NFHS 5.

The State/UT-wise details of funds released and utilized during the financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21 under POSHAN Abhiyaan is at Annexure I.

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 I

Amount in lakhs

SN

State/UT

Central Funds released in
FY 2019-20

Central Funds released in
FY 2020-21

Total Central Funds released till
31st March 2021

Total Central Funds utilization as on
31st March 2021

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

307.62

111.52

936.25

421.44

2

Andhra Pradesh

13296.52

889.71

25363.32

16601.84

3

Arunachal Pradesh

0

99.6

2815.88

708.11

4

Assam

14171

987.04

32948.67

18117.52

5

Bihar

25465

1835.49

49365.6

27823.99

6

Chandigarh

526.97

107.2

1099.87

513.96

7

Chhattisgarh

0

839.58

12137.21

6505.25

8

Dadra Nagar Haveli and

436.16

100

774.31

682.98

Daman & Diu

446.98

686.7

9

Delhi

0

174.35

3327.18

2432.58

10

Goa

0

20.19

456.04

222.24

11

Gujarat

14863

848.47

29976.16

21769.01

12

Haryana

0

415.39

6808.82

4326

13

Himachal Pradesh

4960

302.8

10973.21

7010.78

14

Jammu & Kashmir

0

492.24

9178.53

7912.09

15

Jharkhand

0

614.91

8154.95

5245.93

16

Karnataka

0

1054.58

14276.52

11133.42

17

Kerala

0

3209.45

10974.73

6696.51

18

Ladakh

0

118.77

164.59

51.41

19

Lakshadweep

126.75

101.71

427.36

287.27

20

Madhya Pradesh

17883

1554.16

39398.53

18516.83

21

Maharashtra

33061.47

1767.78

58390.84

40154.5

22

Manipur

0

184.16

4389.99

2138.4

23

Meghalaya

2802.8

94.34

5073.39

4979.05

24

Mizoram

1498

157.93

2732.96

2575.03

25

Nagaland

2298.17

1613.79

5327.67

5239.26

26

Odisha

0

1186.47

16358.58

7555.69

27

Puducherry

497

13.68

943.62

264.58

28

Punjab

0

437.02

7346.86

2470.04

29

Rajasthan

8941

992.32

23830.57

10349.79

30

Sikkim

923

20.93

1370.99

1276.83

31

Tamil Nadu

11509

871.02

25931.46

19476.85

32

Telangana

7003

571.2

17906.84

14824.33

33

Tripura

0

162.32

4135.95

3155.13

34

Uttar Pradesh

16166

2779.49

56968.96

19219.28

35

Uttarakhand

7086

321.07

13574.89

7898

36

West Bengal

0

1911.7

26751.08

0

Total

184268.44

26962.38

531279.08

298555.92

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