Poshan Abhiyaan Scheme:

POSHAN Abhiyaan has been launched in a phased manner commencing from 2017-18. POSHAN Abhiyaan was formally launched by Honorable Prime Minister of India on 8th of March, 2018 at Jhunjhunu Rajasthan. Initially 315 districts all over India have been covered under the Scheme on pilot basis. The scheme covered all the districts of the country by the end of year 2020.
In J&K state, initially three blocks have been covered under the scheme viz; Gool of District Ramban, Mahore & Arnas of District Reasi. The scheme is implemented through 742 AWCs in these three blocks. In the second phase 09 districts were covered viz Kupwara, Baramulla, Budgam, Kargil, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua, Ramban & Reasi in 2018 and in 2019 entire J&K was covered.

BENEFIT

• The Mission aims to reduce mal-nourishment from the country in a phased manner through the life cycle concept by adopting a synergized and result oriented approach. The goals of POSHAN Abhiyaan are to achieve improvement in nutritional status of children from 0-6 years, pregnant and lactating mothers with fixed targets as under
1. Prevent & reduce stunting in children (0-6 years)
2. Prevent and reduce under nutrition (underweight prevalence) in children (0-6 years).
3. Reduce the prevalence of anemia among young children (6-59 months).
4. Reduce the prevalence of anemia among women & adolescent girls in age group of 15-49 years
5. Reduce Low Birth Weight (LBW).