1.37 crore activities reported from 752 districts of 35 States/ UTs till 6th day of 7th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2024

Newdelhi:7/9/24:The 7^th Rashtriya Poshan Maah, launched on 31^stAugust 2024 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, focuses on key themes such as Anaemia, Growth Monitoring, Complementary Feeding, and Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi, along with Technology for better governance. The campaign also emphasizes environmental sustainability through the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam initiative in which plantation is encouraged across all the operational 13.95 lakh Anganwadi centres.

As of the 6^th day of the nation-wide celebrations, 1.37 crore activities have been reported from 752 districts of 35 States/ UTs. Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are among the top contributing States so far.

In terms of Themes (or the Key Focus Areas), as on date over 39 lakh activities have been conducted on Anemia, over 27 lakh activities on Growth Monitoring, almost 20 lakh activities on Complementary Feeding, over 18.5 lakh activities on Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi, and 8 lakh activities on environmental sustainability through Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam. One of the key focus areas namely Technology for Better Governance has encouraged the designated functionaries of WCD to mark more than 10 lakh activities which aims to help in effective implementation and monitoring of nutrition indicators and programmatic areas at large, linked to the ICT application Poshan Tracker.

With the nationwide integrated approach involving community participation and government collaboration, the ongoing Poshan Maah is creating a buzz around “Suposhit Kishori Sashakt Nari” while reaching out to the remotest areas of the country in order to engage and sensitise every single individual through nutrition-centric Jan Andolans.