37.7% Anganwadi children stunted, 17.1% underweight: Govt dataOver 37.7% of children enrolled in Anganwadis are stunted and 17.1% are underweight, according to recent Poshan Tracker data. The Ministry ...
udaan partners with government, SIDBI to transform Fair Price Shops into ‘Jan Poshan Kendras’The initiative aims to boost dealer incomes and improve nutrition. Initially, 60 shops across four states are involved, with the potential ...
West Bengal: CBI enquiry has been ordered into PM POSHAN scheme, claims Suvendu AdhikariAdhikari said in a public rally today, “Mamata Banerjee government has used funds from Mid-Day meal and gave compensation through BDOs in B...
Entity providing rotten chana under PM POSHAN scheme can't be permitted to continue: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court has ruled that an entity that supplied rotten chickpeas (chana) to school children as part of dry ration kits under th...
94% beneficiaries registered on Poshan Tracker Aadhaar seeded: Union govtOver 94% of beneficiaries registered on 'Poshan Tracker' have incorporated their Aadhaar numbers, according to the Women and Child Developm...
Education ministry calls for CAG audit of 'misuse' of PM Poshan funds in West BengalThe Ministry of Education has asked the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) for a special audit of alleged misuse of funds for the PM Pos...
Indian farmers need to shift from rice to millet cultivation to reduce high water consumption, says Amitabh KantKant noted that the private sector needs to play a key role in making millet the superfood of India. "All Poshan Abhiyan schemes should onl...
Over 80 per cent beneficiaries on Poshan Tracker successfully Aadhaar seeded: WCD MinistryAccording to the ministry, the migration facility for pregnant women and lactating mothers from one anganwadi centre (AWC) to another withi...
Maha, Andhra, Gujarat top states in implementing Poshan Abhiyaan scheme: Niti reportThe report titled 'Preserving Progress on Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan in Pandemic Times' further said that 12 out of 19 large states...
Prime Minister Modi asks people to join campaign to fight malnutrition"Besides festivals, September is also dedicated to a big campaign related to nutrition. We celebrate 'Poshan maah' or nutrition month betwe...
WCD ministry classifies major programmes under 3 umbrella schemes for better implementationAccording to the ministry, the government is merging the supplementary nutrition programme and Poshan Abhiyan to launch Mission POSHAN 2.0.
Mission Poshan 2.0 launched in Budget to improve nutritional outcomesOut of Rs 24,435 crore allocated to the Women Child Development (WCD) Ministry, an amount of Rs 20,105 crore has been assigned to Saksham A...
Govt working towards nurturing children through POSHAN Maah campaign: JP NaddaThe Prime Minister's Overreaching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyaan is a multi-ministerial convergence mission aimed at add...
Rs 9,046 crore earmarked for 'Poshan Abhiyan'Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani said in Lok Sabha that the government has set up the 'POSHAN Abhiyaan' with a b...
Most states won't meet Poshan Abhiyaan targets to curb child malnutrition: StudySome of the states, which have reported the worst cases include Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Assam and Tripura.
India cannot afford to have generations of stunted children: Maneka GandhiGandhi, while chairing the second meeting of national council on India's nutrition challenges, said the states also need to identify people...
India, World Bank sign USD 200 million loan deal for national nutrition missionThe POSHAN Abhiyaan, an overarching scheme for holistic nourishment, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March this year at Jhu...