Mission POSHAN 2.0 is an Integrated Nutrition Support Programme. It seeks to address the challenges of malnutrition in children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers.
It proposes a strategic shift in nutrition content and delivery and the creation of a convergent eco-system to develop and promote practices that nurture health, wellness, and immunity.
Mission Poshan 2.0 will seek to optimize the quality and delivery of food under the Supplementary Nutrition Program.
Mission Poshan 2.0 will contribute to the human capital development of the country; address malnutrition challenges; promote nutrition awareness and good eating habits for sustainable health & well-being and address nutrition-related deficiencies through key strategies.
Under the program, nutritional norms and standards and quality and testing of THR will be improved and greater stakeholder and beneficiary participation will be promoted besides traditional community food habits.
Mission Poshan 2.0 will also bring 3 important schemes under its ambit, viz., Anganwadi Services, Scheme for Adolescent Girls, and Poshan Abhiyaan.
Mission Poshan 2.0 and AYUSH
Poshan 2.0 shall focus on Maternal Nutrition, Infant and Young Child Feeding Norms, Treatment of MAM/SAM, and Wellness through AYUSH.
It will rest on the pillars of Convergence, Governance, and Capacity-building.
Poshan Abhiyan will be the key pillar for Outreach and will cover innovations related to nutritional support, ICT interventions, Media Advocacy and Research, Community Outreach, and Jan Andolan.
Mission Poshan 2.0 will integrate several key strategies to fulfill its objectives, viz., Corrective strategies, Nutrition Awareness strategies, Communication strategies, and Creation of green eco-systems.
The objectives under Mission Poshan 2.0 will be realized through strong interventions-driven convergent activities with key Ministries, Departments, and Organizations.
Digital infrastructure under the “Poshan Tracker” rolled out by MoWCD on 1st March 2021 through National e-Governance Division as a governance tool will strengthen and bring about transparency in nutrition delivery support systems.
Technology under Poshan Tracker is being leveraged for-
- Dynamic identification of stunting, wasting, under-weight prevalence among children;
- Last mile tracking of nutrition service delivery.
Financial Allocation for Mission Poshan 2.0
Mission POSHAN 2.0 including Poshan Abhiyaan has a total financial implication of ₹1,81,703 crore, comprising ₹1,02,031 crore as Central share and ₹79,672 crores as State share.
Cost Sharing Ration between Union and States
The increase in Central share is approx. Rs 10,108.76cr (10.99%). The total cost under Mission Poshan 2.0 has been calculated on the basis of the cost-sharing ratio between the Central and States/UTs, as approved by Government i.e., 60:40 for States and UTs with the legislature, 90:10 for NER & Himalayan States and UT of J&K, and 100% for Union Territories without legislature.
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