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PoshanMaah 2025
Context:
The 8th RashtriyaPoshanMaah was launched on September 17, 2025, by the Prime Minister along with the SwasthNariSashaktParivar Abhiyan, highlighting nutrition as a cornerstone of national development.
Background of PoshanAbhiyaan:
- Launched in March 2018 at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, as Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN).
- Targets children under 6 years, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers.
- Focuses on first 1,000 days, convergence of schemes (ICDS, NHM, Swachh Bharat), and community mobilisation under Jan Andolan.
Current Status and Key Achievements:
- As of September 2025, 14,02,248 Anganwadi Centres and 14 crore beneficiaries registered on the Poshan Tracker app (launched March 2021).
- NFHS-5 (2019–21): Stunting reduced (38.4% ? 35.5%), underweight prevalence declined (35.8% ? 32.1%), wasting decreased (21% ? 19.3%).
- 4 crore children/adolescents received Iron and Folic Acid supplements in Q2 FY 2024-25.
Associated Schemes and Initiatives:
- PM POSHAN Scheme (2021–26): Outlay ?1,30,794.90 crore; covers 11.80 crore children across 11.20 lakh schools.
- Provides hot cooked meals (100g/day for primary, 150g/day for upper primary) under NFSA, 2013.
- Includes Balvatika (pre-primary), summer meals in disaster-hit areas, and 9.5% material cost hike (2025) indexed to CPI-RL.
- Other initiatives: PoshanMaah, PoshanPakhwada, PoshanVatika, and Children Nutrition Park (Ekta Nagar, Gujarat).
Themes of 8th PoshanMaah (2025):
- Reducing obesity through lower sugar and oil consumption.
- PoshanBhiPadhaiBhi (ECCE integration with NEP 2020).
- Ek Ped MaaKe Naam (nutrition-environment linkage).
- Infant & Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices.
- Men’s involvement in caregiving and nutrition.
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