Tag: POSHAN Abhiyan

The state of Andhra Pradesh has been ranked first for the overall implementation of Poshan Abhiyan, as per a recent report by NITI Aayog. The state has trained all its Angan Wadi Workers on modules created based on a lifecycle approach, first 1000 days of life, with the support of the incremental learning Approach (ILA). The State Government has also given smartphones to all the 55,607 angan wadi workers to improve service delivery and for day-to-day reporting. The Poshan Abhiyan seeks to reduce malnutrition in a phased manner across the country through a life cycle approach, by adopting a synergized and result oriented approach. It aims to achieve improvement in the nutritional status of children up to 0-6 years, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers in a time-bound manner. The Union Government is implementing Poshan Abhiyan, which was earlier known as National Nutrition Mission, across the nation since December 18, 2017 to address the problem of malnutrition.

The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman presented the Budget 2020 on three main themes.The third theme of the budget is Caring Society. Under this theme, the GoI allocated budget to Women and Child, Social Welfare and Tourism, Environment and Climate Change. Women and Child and Social Welfare Under the Beti Bachao Beti Padao, the Gross Enrolment ratio of girls is higher than boys. Their enrollment is as follows At Elementary level, girls’ enrollment is 94.32% and boys’ is 89.28% At secondary level, girls’ enrollment is 81.32% as against 78% for boys. At higher secondary level, girls’ enrollment is 59.7% as compared to 57.54% for boys. Poshan Abhiyan To improve health of children in the age of 0 to 6 years of age, adolescent girls and lactating women, Poshan Abhiyan was introduced. More than 6 lakh Anganwadi workers are equipped with smart phones to upload the status of nutrition of more than 10 crore house hold.