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Ministry of Women and Child Development
28-June-2019 16:36 IST
Prevalence of Malnutrition

As per the last two rounds of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3 in 2005-06 and NFHS-4 in 2015-16) conducted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the prevalence of malnutrition among women and children in the country has reduced. The details are:

 

S. No

Parameter

Rural

ST

Total

NFHS-3

NFHS-4

NFHS-3

NFHS-4

NFHS-3

NFHS-4

1

Stunting (Children under 5 years)

50.7

41.2

53.9

43.8

48

38.4

2

Underweight (Children under 5 years)

45.6

38.3

54.5

45.3

42.5

35.7

3

Anaemia (Children under 5 years)

71.5

59.5

76.8

63.3

69.5

58.5

4

Chronic Energy Deficiency (BMI < 18.5)

38.4

26.8

41.3

31.7

34.2

22.9

5

Anaemia (Women 15-49 years)

57.4

54.2

68.5

59.9

55.3

53.1

 

Further, malnutrition is a complex and multi-dimensional issue, affected mainly by a number of generic factors including poverty, inadequate food consumption due to access and availability issues, inequitable food distribution, improper maternal infant and child feeding and care practices, inequity and gender imbalances, poor sanitary and environmental conditions; and restricted access to quality health, education and social care services.

As per National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4 in 2015-16), the State-wise number of districts with the prevalence of Stunting among children under 5 years and underweight in women (15-49 years) higher than the national average are as follows:

 

S.No.

Stunting (Children under 5 years)

Women (15-49 years) with BMI less than 18.5)

States/UTs

No. of Districts

States/UTs

No. of Districts

1

Andhra Pradesh

2

Andhra Pradesh

1

2

Arunachal Pradesh

4

Assam

14

3

Assam

8

Bihar

38

4

Bihar

36

Chhattisgarh

15

5

Chhattisgarh

8

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

1

6

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

1

Gujarat

17

7

Gujarat

16

Haryana

1

8

Haryana

5

Jharkhand

23

9

Jammu & Kashmir

2

Karnataka

11

10

Jharkhand

24

Madhya Pradesh

44

11

Karnataka

9

Maharashtra

23

12

Madhya Pradesh

35

Delhi

1

13

Maharashtra

15

Odisha

22

14

Meghalaya

4

Rajasthan

29

15

Nagaland

1

Tamil Nadu

1

16

Delhi

1

Telangana

7

17

Odisha

11

Tripura

1

18

Rajasthan

16

Uttar Pradesh

51

19

Sikkim

1

Uttarakhand

2

20

Uttar Pradesh

63

West Bengal

10

21

Uttarakhand

1

 

 

22

West Bengal

4

 

 

Total

22

267

20

312

 

 

 

The status of malnutrition in the country is reflected in the data captured by the National Family Health Surveys conducted periodically by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Consultations and discussions with WHO, UNICEF and other stakeholders to reduce the level of malnutrition amongst children and women is a continuous process.

 

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 MantriMatruVandanaYojana, 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. The details of funds allocated/released and utilized during the last three years and the current year under these schemes is at Annexure I, II, III and IV.

All these schemes address one or other aspects related to nutrition and have the potential to improve nutritional outcomes in the country. As a result of the concerted efforts, the level of malnutrition has reduced in the country as is evident from the report of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – 4 conducted in 2015-16. Further, Government has set up POSHAN Abhiyaan in December, 2017, with an aim to reduce malnutrition in the country in a phased manner, through the lifecycle, by adopting a synergized and result oriented approach. The major works undertaken under this Abhiyaan are ensuring convergence with various other programme, Information Technology enabled Common Application Software for strengthening service delivery and interventions, Community Mobilization and Awareness advocacy leading to Jan Andolan - to educate the people on nutritional aspects, Capacity Building of Frontline Functionaries and incentivizing States/ UTs for achieving goals.

Annexure-I

 

Status of Funds Released and Expenditure under POSHAN Abhiyaan in FY 2017-18, FY 2018-19 and FY 2019-20

(₹ in lakhs)

S. No.

State/UT

Release in FY 2017-18

Utilization in FY 2017-18

Release in FY 2018-19

Utilization in FY 2018-19

Release in FY 2019-20

1

Andhra Pradesh

1284.63

0.00

8604.68

3011.16

-

2

Arunachal Pradesh

52.93

0.00

2663.35

1709.66

-

3

Assam

2298.27

0.00

15492.36

785.58

-

4

Bihar

6724.06

0.00

15001.67

5380.00

-

5

Chhattisgarh

965.45

0.00

9629.51

1550.93

-

6

Delhi

945.95

0.00

2206.88

140.45

-

7

Goa

238.07

0.00

197.78

0.00*

-

8

Gujarat

3036.66

0.00

11228.04

2606.06

-

9

Haryana

400.97

0.00

5992.46

310.11

-

10

Himachal Pradesh

1557.26

0.00

4153.15

1288.28

-

11

Jammu & Kashmir

388.59

0.00

8343.52

1417.25

-

12

Jharkhand

1555.35

0.00

5110.45

305.19

-

13

Karnataka

3351.05

0.00

9870.89

0.00*

-

14

Kerala

1273.37

0.00

6491.91

137.78

-

15

Madhya Pradesh

3441.49

0.00

15894.17

5516.17

-

16

Maharashtra

2572.31

0.00

20989.28

11379.26

-

17

Manipur

340.46

0.00

3865.37

1233.24

-

18

Meghalaya

462.98

0.00

1713.27

1512.60

-

19

Mizoram

119.38

119.38

957.65

689.84

-

20

Nagaland

163.74

0.00

1251.97

811.06

-

21

Odisha

4600.46

0.00

10571.65

0.00#

-

22

Puducherry

39.24

0.00

393.70

104.33

-

23

Punjab

819.51

0.00

6090.33

30.88

-

24

Rajasthan

2045.73

0.00

9680.99

3078.70

-

25

Sikkim

98.59

0.00

328.47

157.16

-

26

Tamil Nadu

1340.51

0.00

12210.93

2692.37

-

27

Telangana

1736.94

0.00

8595.70

2897.82

-

28

Tripura

277.91

0.00

3695.72

606.01

-

29

Uttar Pradesh

8440.60

0.00

29582.87

5986.37

-

30

Uttarakhand

1866.25

0.00

4301.57

1030.43

-

31

West Bengal

5545.27

0.00

19294.11

0.00#

-

32

Andaman & Nicobar

100.22

0.00

416.89

109.27

307.62

33

Chandigarh

158.88

0.36

306.82

132.85

173.97

34

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

108.83

0.00

129.32

123.98

114.16

35

Daman & Diu

42.06

0.00

197.66

65.68

131.98

36

Lakshadweep

60.00

0.00

138.90

72.15

126.75

 

TOTAL

58453.97

119.74

255593.99

56872.62

854.48

* -        The States have not utilized the Central Share of funds as on 31.03.2019

# -         The Financial Statements/UCs have not been received from the State Governments

Note: This is to mention that NNM (renamed as POSHAN Abhiyaan) has been set up on 18.12.2017.

Annexure-II

Status of Funds Released and Expenditure under Pradhan MantriMatruVandanaYojana in FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19 and 2019-20

 

S. No.

State/UTs

2017-18

(Rs. In Lakh)

2018-19

(Rs. In Lakh)

2019-20

(As on 18.06.2019)

(Rs. In Lakh)

Sanctioned/Released

Utilised

Sanctioned /

Released

Utilised*

Sanctioned/Released

Utilised*

1

A & N Islands

163.08

43.16

41.13

117.63

45.75

18.06

2

Andhra Pradesh

7022.36

4210.48

14101.75

17579.80

0.00

3379.97

3

Arunachal Pradesh

912.83

0.95

36.00

265.75

0.00

43.55

4

Assam

10448.26

418.96

817.00

3750.34

0.00

2274.71

5

Bihar

17351.38

575.70

1253.00

6228.22

0.00

3949.44

6

Chandigarh

290.41

110.95

248.08

306.34

56.33

47.56

7

Chhattisgarh

4382.58

768.94

2025.85

4996.29

0.00

1540.08

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

102.62

8.44

75.85

100.67

0.00

13.22

9

Daman & Diu

61.56

0.05

28.98

56.11

0.00

10.23

10

Goa

168.85

62.83

107.26

274.05

0.00

34.79

11

Gujarat

10186.87

2535.60

5958.97

12910.20

0.00

2896.49

12

Haryana

4324.30

1325.51

3674.84

8218.84

0.00

1377.05

13

Himachal Pradesh

1821.64

441.95

1793.84

2754.96

329.74

651.30

14

Jammu & Kashmir

3137.84

110.92

828.42

2591.31

0.00

584.07

15

Jharkhand

5622.70

700.93

1453.37

5969.64

0.00

903.66

16

Karnataka

10248.81

2240.83

6361.72

13229.37

214.20

4720.95

17

Kerala

5536.64

1597.17

3514.27

7597.69

0.00

1543.59

18

Lakshadweep

27.82

0.00

4.44

23.32

0.00

2.61

19

Madhya Pradesh

12320.53

5762.48

18581.47

33785.11

0.00

6260.51

20

Maharashtra

12821.10

3886.76

11795.62

22028.56

0.00

5486.80

21

Manipur

1474.07

65.81

75.00

274.23

0.00

203.87

22

Meghalaya

1110.83

69.29

102.00

183.25

0.00

134.85

23

Mizoram

710.78

233.33

294.70

665.52

0.00

71.81

24

Nagaland

1035.06

0.00

52.00

101.44

0.00

116.54

25

NCT of Delhi

2008.90

407.75

795.75

2542.92

0.00

712.02

26

Orissa

7143.33

0.03

383.00

0.20

0.00

0.00

27

Puducherry

331.68

13.67

63.53

315.60

0.00

52.77

28

Punjab

4648.73

786.32

1141.42

5977.32

888.42

869.37

29

Rajasthan

11486.97

788.35

9605.43

22409.80

0.00

4119.94

30

Sikkim

354.33

11.38

21.00

215.02

0.00

23.92

31

Tamil Nadu

12087.85

0.00

658.00

4158.83

0.00

771.77

32

Telangana

7196.40

0.00

385.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

33

Tripura

1845.49

16.57

96.00

578.32

0.00

363.16

34

Uttar Pradesh

33616.64

4778.15

14216.71

41414.50

430.05

10271.79

35

Uttarakhand

2610.99

640.06

1425.66

2158.77

0.00

317.66

36

West Bengal

10245.03

144.39

2938.72

12465.83

0.00

1534.90

Total

204859.26

32757.71

104955.77

236245.76

1964.49

55303.01

Note: Scheme implemented across the country with effect from 01.01.2017

* The expenditure includes unspent balance of previous year(s).

Annexure-III

 

Status of Funds Released and Expenditure under Anganwadi Services in FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19 and 2019-20

 

S. No.

State/UTs

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

Funds released

Funds Utilized

Funds released

Funds Utilized

Funds released

Funds Utilized

Funds released

Funds Utilized#

1

ANDHRA
PRADESH

31467.53

31090.13

31596.87

29420.29

37353.55

Unspent Balance/Excess expenditure of F.Y 2018-19 will be adjusted in the funds released during 2019-20 after receiving UCs/SoEs from respective States/UTs.

11948.05

-

2

BIHAR

52520.17

51838.87

53741.97

59979.55

76987.83

25941.76

-

3

CHHATTISGARH

22461.93

25487.02

25724.9

22905.04

24279.95

9936.6

-

4

GOA

591.45

884.88

1011.2

1006.72

859.5

281.82

-

5

GUJARAT

36162.61

46423.76

38496.97

38012.71

32051.56

11929.8

-

6

HARYANA

7131.04

5538.78

3945.75

3605.39

7305.22

2803.38

-

7

JHARKHAND

28723.1

28723.1

25347.42

25347.42

29083.25

10663.86

-

8

KARNATAKA

33914.94

44701.7

56009.24

50008.99

43588.97

18182.71

-

9

KERALA

8305.96

10986.56

10976.6

10977.18

10785.38

3954.43

-

10

MADHYA
PRADESH

55779.33

66831.1

66775.88

67623.32

64088.78

23188.49

-

11

MAHARASHTRA

32053.19

-4711.75

41445.78

58718.77

106535.22

20186.91

-

12

ODISHA

25519.58

34281.29

47316.24

44358.57

43450.56

17016.35

-

13

PUNJAB

3124.57

2262.07

5282.25

808.74

3744.1

2745.67

-

14

RAJASTHAN

33045.65

39037.63

34931.86

36660.76

34950.74

12181.34

-

15

TAMIL NADU

26017.9

28261.07

33186.7

33211.48

37271.35

13110.55

-

16

TELANGANA

17418.86

17473.25

18130.74

19005.85

22045.61

7762.52

-

17

UTTAR PRADESH

160784.24

166204.43

129353.52

77776.61

104579.08

57257.2

-

18

WEST BENGAL

30462.46

54066.25

67697.94

81324.81

68046.87

19954

-

19

DELHI

7551.09

4163.28

4051.41

763.89

3474.65

2479.46

-

20

PUDUCHERRY

1702.02

1702.02

851.02

851.02

0

0

-

21

HIMACHAL
PRADESH

4662.06

4662.06

5795.63

5795.62

6976.21

2557.95

-

22

JAMMU &
KASHMIR

4035.18

-878.69

4035.17

-3195.48

2128.5

1560.91

-

23

UTTARAKHAND

4649.44

8469.13

15212.13

16734.26

13612.57

4433.16

-

24

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

262.68

262.68

284.57

284.57

369.94

135.65

-

25

CHANDIGARH

190.49

190.49

592.09

592.09

769.72

282.23

-

26

D. &
NAGAR HAVELI

203.8

203.8

129.89

129.89

168.86

61.91

-

27

DAMAN & DIU

174.12

174.12

130.83

130.83

170.08

62.36

-

28

LAKSHADWEEP

68.32

68.32

85.35

85.35

100.26

36.76

-

29

ARUNACHAL
PRADESH

4052.72

3566.85

4035.02

3435.74

4411.4

1276.89

-

30

ASSAM

17921.03

13600.43

31554.71

17113.82

30597.01

16513.9

-

31

MANIPUR

500

-508.83

5244.2

3323.32

7134.08

3320.15

-

32

MEGHALAYA

11184.72

12428.25

12238.89

12306.83

12364.04

3838.34

-

33

MIZORAM

2156.92

1696.04

1539.37

1140.09

1843.36

822.3

-

34

NAGALAND

10611.05

10708.83

7000.08

6422.66

8231.2

2655.9

-

35

SIKKIM

644.34

470.73

481.21

180.76

450.66

194.27

-

36

TRIPURA

4010.56

3816.93

6456.59

6749.82

7781.78

2993.23

-

Total

680065.05

714176.58

790689.99

733597.28

847591.84

312270.81

-

Note: (1) Funds are released out of approved allocation after adjusting unspent balances / excess expenditure incurred by the States/UTs in the previous year.

(2) The negative fund utilized indicates unspent balance available with the State/UT.

(3) Fund utilized are more than the funds released/approved allocation due to availability of unspent balance of previous year.

(4) # UC not received from States/UTs as on date.

 

Annexure-IV

 

Status of Funds Released and Expenditure under Scheme for Adolescent Girls in FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19 and 2019-20

 

S. No.

States/UTs

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

Released

Utilised

Released

Utilised

Released

Utilised

Released

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

1

Andhra Pradesh

762.99

1710.10

2259.52

2050.18

1011.98

139.57

74.82

2

Arunachal Pradesh

126.25

83.49

87.96

42.76

0.00

18.44

32.34

3

Assam

1356.94

149.18

341.92

0.00

0.00

774.51

38.73

4

Bihar

2696.83

2315.55

4003.74

2742.76

25.54

686.12

463.92

5

Chhattisgarh

1389.69

2772.50

2792.61

1795.87

724.75

61.70

48.40

6

Goa

131.50

259.21

302.77

345.84

0.40

0.20

0.05

7

Gujarat

8443.18

6323.17

2690.09

4989.00

5092.44

1206.18

838.87

8

Haryana

104.74

573.65

589.97

363.75

37.41

44.71

18.96

9

Himachal Pradesh

720.45

1349.14

1129.42

372.18

0.00

1.71

0.00

10

Jammu & Kashmir

194.63

184.69

255.91

26.67

560.39

0.00

46.53

11

Jharkhand

145.57

1465.35

1495.55

154.54

0.00

0.00

254.39

12

Karnataka

740.73

2642.58

2466.93

1819.93

923.76

880.33

992.64

13

Kerala

1057.73

893.89

692.91

996.27

289.74

0.00

1.08

14

Madhya Pradesh

5302.02

8466.04

8641.18

7125.70

5442.40

2810.48

767.44

15

Maharashtra

5334.42

3541.02

3995.68

3530.70

3536.78

2715.98

539.06

16

Manipur

49.65

161.87

170.28

62.34

0.00

34.21

12.61

17

Meghalaya

919.65

919.65

528.83

540.36

12.55

23.75

14.85

18

Mizoram

91.78

103.40

123.95

123.15

69.32

69.32

13.16

19

Nagaland

206.31

206.31

193.14

191.61

214.30

139.36

25.02

20

Odisha

2867.25

3443.78

2442.60

2345.40

866.77

0.00

72.60

21

Punjab

0.00

448.77

40.60

313.99

26.30

43.13

0.00

22

Rajasthan

0.00

22.49

39.38

0.00

0.00

59.39

0.00

23

Sikkim

32.54

16.90

15.42

27.45

0.00

0.00

0.00

24

Tamil Nadu

2655.26

3076.85

3196.22

1945.25

0.00

32.28

95.48

25

Telangana

572.39

0.00

81.40

765.58

107.49

0.00

121.85

26

Tripura

334.81

819.62

674.38

210.06

19.16

103.19

18.48

27

Uttar Pradesh

10932.99

7631.00

4486.13

5681.34

1000.35

0.00

1827.57

28

Uttaranchal

43.02

3.77

3.30

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

29

West Bengal

40.41

340.08

282.47

992.63

101.85

0.00

126.72

30

A & N Islands

107.05

50.65

51.35

15.52

3.18

0.19

0.87

31

Chandigarh

12.11

7.84

12.68

5.81

2.33

1.66

2.06

32

Daman & Diu

14.14

15.94

14.14

14.07

4.53

4.53

0.00

33

D & NH

16.44

16.44

16.44

12.64

4.94

0.00

0.21

34

Delhi

276.66

687.49

490.19

570.32

320.48

18.29

7.84

35

Lakshadweep

2.20

1.80

11.65

2.82

3.11

0.12

0.04

36

Pondicherry

17.72

18.67

8.81

4.74

1.63

0.04

0.00

 

Total

47700.06

50722.88

44629.53

40181.23

20403.88

9869.39

6456.59

Utilisation of funds is against the total funds available with the State/UT in a particular year, which includes savings of previous year.

The QPR for Q1 to be submitted by States/UTs by 15th July, 2019

 

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, SmritiZubinIrani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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