Poshan Abhiyan was launched on March 8, 2018, in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. Poshan Abhiyaan is a national initiative aimed at improving the nutrition levels of children, who should be aged between 0-6 ...

Poshan Pakhwada 2025: The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) is all set to observe the 7th edition of Poshan Pakhwada from today (April 8). The Abhiyan for better Health in India will ...

There is a need to bring back the national nutrition mission at the same level it was before the coronavirus outbreak, said chief of UNICEF India (Nutrition) Arjan de Wagt. He said programmes under ...

Purnia achieved first position in the state in the activities of holistic nourishment under Poshan Abhiyan in the last fortnight from March 21 to April 4. Taking the first position as a recognition to ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced the government’s decision to roll out a new national nutrition programme Mission Poshan 2.0 to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, ...

Funds released for the Union government’s flagship programmes — POSHAN Abhiyaan and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao — remained underutilised, according to data shared by the women and child development (WCD) ...

Maharashtra has performed poorly in POSHAN Abhiyan, aimed at making India malnutrition-free, with the state’s ranking slipping to 25th place from earlier 20 in 5 years, reveals analysis of two ...

School children eat their free mid-day meal, distributed by a government-run primary school, at Brahimpur village in Chapra. | Adnan Abidi / Reuters A Parliamentary Standing Committee has in its ...

About 32 per cent of funds earmarked under Poshan Abhiyan till January 1 remain unspent by states and Union Territories, according to official data. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Women ...

For decades, governments have been attempting to tackle hunger and malnutrition by making malnutrition a priority in the health agenda. (Representational image: IE) Every four years, at the Olympics, ...