Q4. Consider the following statements about POSHAN Abhiyaan:

1. It targets to reduce level of under-nutrition and other related problems by ensuring convergence of various nutrition-related schemes.

2. It also targets stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and low birth rate.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

a) 1 only

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b) 2 only

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c) Both 1 and 2

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d) None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C
c) Both 1 and 2

POSHAN Abhiyaan

POSHAN Abhiyaan (Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition) was launched in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan in March 2018. It aims to ensure holistic development and adequate nutrition for pregnant women, mothers and children.

It targets to reduce level of under-nutrition and other related problems by ensuring convergence of various nutrition-related schemes. It also targets stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and low birth rate. It will monitor and review implementation of all such schemes and utilize existing structural arrangements of line ministries wherever available.

Its large component involves gradual scaling-up of the interventions supported by ongoing World Bank assisted Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP) to all districts in the country by 2022.

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