Poshan abhiyaan entry

• • • • • While India’s malnutrition rates have improved over time, the country is still home to the largest number of stunted and wasted children in the world. To combat this, the Government of India launched POSHAN Abhiyaan in 2017, a flagship national nutrition mission that aims to provide a convergence mechanism for the country’s response to malnutrition. Under the POSHAN Abhiyaan (PM’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment), ‘ Rashtriya Poshan Maah’ is celebrated during the month of September every year to bring focus on nutrition with the tagline of “ Har Ghar, Poshan Tyohar”. The initiative is about spreading behavioural change and communication (BCC) messages related to maternal, infant and young childcare and feeding practices. It also includes other related interventions such as growth monitoring, anaemia management, hygiene and sanitation, and so on. This year, we celebrate the fifth Poshan Maah to ‘trigger Poshan Maah through Gram Panchayats as Poshan Panchayats with a key focus on “ Mahila aur Swasthya” and “ Bacha aur Shiksha’ and to convert ‘Jan Andolan’ into ‘ Jan Bhagidari’ for a Suposhit Bharat—India that is free of stunting, wasting, and anaemia. To celebrate the Poshan Maah, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), in partnership with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), organised a webinar titled “Health and Nutrition of Children through Traditional Foods” on 28 September 2022. The POSHAN Abhiyaan introduces a convergence pl...

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Poshan Abhiyaan is a flagship program of the Government of India where POSHAN full form is the Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition. This flagship program is specifically for children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. The Poshan Abhiyaan was launched on 8th March 2018 on the occasion of International Women’s Day by the prime minister. Here, the Prime Minister aims to address malnutrition as a national priority and curb it as soon as possible in a mission mode. Poshan Abhiyaan, also known as National Nutrition Mission (NNM), is one of the popular government schemes which is important for the current affairs section and Indian polity segment for the UPSC Exam. Candidates can also download the Poshan Abhiyaan UPSC PDF from the direct link given below. What is Poshan Abhiyaan? Poshan Abhiyaan was launched on 8 March 2018 from Jhunjhunu, the district of Rajasthan. Poshan Abhiyaan, or the National Nutrition Mission, is the Government of India’s flagship program to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children from 0 to 6 years of age. The Poshan Abhiyaan scheme plays an important role in tackling malnutrition and providing cooked meals to children. This scheme replaced the national program for mid-day meals in schools or Features of Poshan Abhiyaan Poshan Abhiyaan is a centrally sponsored scheme that has been launched for a period of five years, from 2021-22 to 2025-26, with a budget of Rs 1.31 trillion. Th...

While Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu topped among Union Territories (UTs), Punjab and Bihar were the lowest performers among larger states in terms of the overall implementation of Poshan Abhiyaan, as per the government think tank report. It pointed out that only 17 states and UTs had more than 75 per cent of children 12-23 months of age who were fully immunised, while 11 states and UTs had less than 25 per cent fully immunised children. In terms of WCD programme coverage, many states and UTs have distributed take-home rations (THR) to all beneficiaries, according to the report. However, it said, coverage remained low in Bihar (65 per cent pregnant women, 62 per cent lactating women, and 52 per cent children), Punjab (78 per cent pregnant women, 76 per cent lactating women, and 65 per cent children), Sikkim (84 per cent pregnant women, 84 per cent lactating women, and 77 per cent children) and Jammu and Kashmir (49 per cent pregnant women, 51 per cent lactating women, and 54 per cent children). According to the report, 16 states and UTs had more than 75 per cent of children (0-59 months) diarrhoea cases treated with ORS, while there were 5 states and UTs that treated less than 25 per cent of child diarrhoea cases with ORS. Noting that overall fund utilisation under Poshan Abhiyaan is low, with less than 50 per cent of funds utilised in 23 states and UTs, the report said, "There is an immediate need to accelerate its use through channels like recruiting human reso...

Thematic POSHAN Maah: The Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry on August 29, 2021, announced that the 4 th POSHAN Maah will be celebrated as ‘Thematic POSHAN Maah’ across India throughout September 2021. The entire month of September will be sub-divided into weekly themes for a focused and assimilated approach towards improving Holistic Nutrition. Since 2018, every year, the POSHAN Maah is celebrated during September under the POSHAN Abhiyaan, also known as National Nutrition Mission. The POSHAN (Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition) Abhiyaan was launched by PM Narendra Modi on March 8, 2018, in Rajasthan. The POSHAN Abhiyaan aims to make India a malnutrition-free country by 2022. The Abhiyaan aims to reduce stunting in children from 38.4 per cent to 25 per cent by 2022. POSHAN Abhiyaan is a people’s movement that incorporates inclusive participation from government bodies, local bodies of states or UTs, social organizations, private sector, and the public at large. The Budget 2021-2022 included the announcement of Mission POSHAN 2.0 (Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0) as an integrated nutrition support prograame. The mission POSHAN 2.0 focuses on strengthening nutritional content, outreach, delivery, and outcomes by developing practices that improve health, wellness, and immune response to disease and malnutrition. This year, as the country celebrates Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the WCD Ministry has planned a thematic approach to celebrate POSHAN M...