Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. Explain. In this respect discuss the role of Poshan Abhiyan and suggest measures for nutritional strategy in Post-Covid world.

  • May 25, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Hint: Focus of the question is role of Poshn Abhiyan in addressing child malnutrition and measures for nutritional strategy.

Introduction (I): Establish scale of child malnutrition in India in spite of schemes like NFSA, MDM, ICDSetc through facts from NFHS and elsewhere.

Body (B): 1) First elaborate PoshanAbhiyan and its provisions.

2) Now discuss how it seeks to comprehensively addresss the malnutrition challenge through time-bound targeting of important parameters and multi-ministry convergence.

3) Suggest a comprehensive framework to complement PoshanAbhiyan: Other areas like sanitation , WASH strategy, awareness campaign, health support, family planning, educating women (associated with better outcome for child) etc. are needed.

Conclusion (C): Child is the future of nation and investment in them is best form of investment.

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