5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022

Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022- Relevance for UPSC Exam

• GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges
  • Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 in News

• The Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 from 1st to 30th September 2022.

Key Points about Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022

• About: Rashtriya Poshan Maah serves as a platform to bring focus to the discourse of nutrition and good health.
• Aim: In the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah the aim is to convert Jan Andolan into Jan Bhagidari to fulfill the Hon’ble PM’s vision of a Suposhit Bharat.
• Objective: This year, the objective of Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 is to trigger Poshan Maah through Gram Panchayats as Poshan Panchayats with key focus on “Mahila aur Swasthya” and “Bacha aur Shiksha”.
• Parent Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development is responsible for Organizing the Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 in cooperation with States/UTs and Local Governments.
• Key Activities: In order to realise the vision of ‘Swasth Bharat’, the month long Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 event will witness intensive activities across the country for awareness about nutrition at the ground level through-
  • Sensitization drives,
  • Outreach programmes,
  • Identification drives, camps and fairs with special focus on pregnant and lactating women, children below six years and adolescent girls.
• Awareness Drives: Awareness drives on Anganwadi Services and good health practices will also be organised.
  • Growth Measurement drives will be conducted to bring more beneficiaries under the ambit of Anganwadi Services.
  • Growth Measurement drives under Swasth Balak Spardha will be conducted by States with the help of AWWs, AWHs, ASHA, district functionaries and agencies such as Lions Club, Rotary Club etc.
  • Health camps for anemia check-ups will be especially organised at AWCs for adolescent girls.

Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 at Various Level

• National Level: A national level toy-creation workshop will be organized to promote use of indigenous and local toys for learning in Anganwadi Centres.
• State Level: Under the State – level activities, ‘Amma ki Rasoi’ or Grandmother’s Kitchen of traditional nutritious recipes will be organised.
  • Extensive efforts will be made to link traditional foods with local festivals during the month.
  • State/UT women and child development depts. through its functionaries, will carry out various thematic activities and spread the message of the importance of holistic nutrition throughout the month to ensure a healthier future for women and children.
• Panchayat level: awareness activities will be conducted by local functionaries under the guidance of the concerned District Panchayati Raj Officers and CDPOs.
  • Poshan Panchayat Committees will work closely with field level workers (FLWs) – AWWs, ASHAs, ANMs.
  • This is to support problem solving and enabling service delivery through Anganwadi Centres (AWCs), Village Health and Nutrition Day (VHNDs), and other relevant platforms.
  • The aim is to ensure all pregnant and lactating women, children below six years, and adolescent girls receive basic Integrated Child Development services.

POSHAN Abhiyaan

• About: POSHAN Abhiyaan is Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes for children under 6 years of age, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
  • POSHAN Full form: Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition Abhiyaan
• Mandate: POSHAN Abhiyaan aims to address the challenge of malnutrition in a mission-mode.
• Mission Poshan 2.0: Focusing on the aims of POSHAN Abhiyaan, Mission Poshan 2.0 (Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0) has been launched.
  • It is an integrated nutrition support program to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition.

POSHAN 2.0 scheme

POSHAN 2.0 scheme

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