The budgetary allocation (RE) under the Poshan Abhiyan from FY 2017-18 to FY 2020-21 is Rs. 11,600.00 crores. From 2021-22, the scheme is part of Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. Under POSHAN Abhiyaan, total Central funds amounting to Rs. 5256.97 crores have been released since 2017-18 and States/UTs have utilized Rs. 3572.18 crores.
As on 31st December 2021, the numbers of beneficiaries under POSHAN Abhiyaan are as follows:
|
Beneficiary Category
|
No. of Beneficiaries
|
|
Children (0-6 years)
|
7,75,66,662
|
|
Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers
|
1,27,95,327
|
|
Adolescent Girls
|
1,19,76,322
|
The States/UT wise prevalence of Wasting and Underweight among children under 5 years as per NFHS 4 (2015-16) and NFHS 5 (2019-21) survey is at Annexure I.
All districts of the country including 112 Aspirational Districts are covered under POSHAN Abhiyaan.
As per the Revised Budgetary Allocation (RE) for Mission Poshan 2.0 (comprising POSHAN Abhiyaan, Anganwadi Services and Scheme for Adolescent Girls), there is no decrease in the Budgetary Allocation (RE) for Mission Poshan 2.0 in 2021-22 as compared to allocation in 2020-21.
Mission Poshan 2.0, an integrated nutrition support programme seeks to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition. Steps have been taken to improve nutritional quality, strengthen delivery and leverage technology to improve governance under Poshan Tracker, a robust ICT platform, to improve governance with regard to real time monitoring of provisioning of supplementary nutrition for prompt supervisions and management of services. Government has advised States/UTs to ensure that the quality of supplementary nutrition conforms to prescribed standards laid down under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and regulations made thereunder. States/UTs have also been advised to promote use of AYUSH systems for prevention of malnutrition and related diseases. A programme to support development of Poshan Vatikas at Anganwadi centers to meet dietary diversity gap leveraging traditional knowledge in nutritional practices has also been taken up. Further, Streamlined Guidelines were issued on 13.01.2021 for transparency and accountability in delivery of supplementary nutrition and to track nutritional outcomes.
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Annexure I
States/UT wise prevalence of Wasting and Underweight among children under 5 years as per NFHS survey
|
S. No.
|
Name of State/UT
|
Wasting (%)
|
Underweight (%)
|
|
NHFS 4
(2015-16)
|
NHFS 5
(2019-21)
|
NHFS 4
(2015-16)
|
NHFS 5
(2019-21)
|
|
INDIA
|
21
|
19.3
|
35.8
|
32.1
|
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
18.9
|
16
|
21.6
|
23.7
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
17.2
|
16.1
|
31.9
|
29.6
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
17.3
|
13.1
|
19.4
|
15.4
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
17
|
21.7
|
29.8
|
32.8
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
20.8
|
22.9
|
43.9
|
41
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
10.9
|
8.4
|
24.5
|
20.6
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
23.1
|
18.9
|
37.7
|
31.3
|
|
8
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
|
26.7
|
21.6
|
35.8
|
38.7
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
15.9
|
11.2
|
27
|
21.8
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
21.9
|
19.1
|
23.8
|
24
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
26.4
|
25.1
|
39.3
|
39.7
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
21.2
|
11.5
|
29.4
|
21.5
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
13.7
|
17.4
|
21.2
|
25.5
|
|
14
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
12.1
|
19
|
16.6
|
21
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
29
|
22.4
|
47.8
|
39.4
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
26.1
|
19.5
|
35.2
|
32.9
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
15.7
|
15.8
|
16.1
|
19.7
|
|
18
|
Lakshadweep
|
13.7
|
17.4
|
23.6
|
25.8
|
|
19
|
Ladakh
|
9.3
|
17.5
|
18.7
|
20.4
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
25.8
|
19
|
42.8
|
33
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
25.6
|
25.6
|
36
|
36.1
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
6.8
|
9.9
|
13.8
|
13.3
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
15.3
|
12.1
|
28.9
|
26.6
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
6.1
|
9.8
|
12
|
12.7
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
11.3
|
19.1
|
16.7
|
26.9
|
|
26
|
Orissa
|
20.4
|
18.1
|
34.4
|
29.7
|
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
23.6
|
12.4
|
22
|
15.3
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
15.6
|
10.6
|
21.6
|
16.9
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
23
|
16.8
|
36.7
|
27.6
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
14.2
|
13.7
|
14.2
|
13.1
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
19.7
|
14.6
|
23.8
|
22
|
|
32
|
Telangana
|
18.1
|
21.7
|
28.4
|
31.8
|
|
33
|
Tripura
|
16.8
|
18.2
|
24.1
|
25.6
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
17.9
|
17.3
|
39.5
|
32.1
|
|
35
|
Uttarakhand
|
19.5
|
13.2
|
26.6
|
21
|
|
36
|
West Bengal
|
20.3
|
20.3
|
31.6
|
32.2
|
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BY/AS