Union Cabinet gives nod to start PM POSHAN scheme
Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave nod to start PM Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition (POSHAN) scheme to provide mid-day meal to students of more than 11.2 lakh Govt and Govt-aided schools across the country.
New Delhi: Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave nod to start PM Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition (POSHAN) scheme to provide mid-day meal to students of more than 11.2 lakh Govt and Govt-aided schools across the country.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur said, "The scheme will run for 5 years and Rs 1.31 lakh crores will be spent."
"PM POSHAN scheme will subsume the existing Midday Meal Scheme. The scheme will be run in partnership with State Governments but the major contribution will be of the Central Government, " said Thakur.
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What is POSHAN Abhiyaan?
POSHAN Abhiyaan is Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes for children, adolescent Girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers. Launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8 March, 2018 from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, the POSHAN (Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition) Abhiyaan directs the attention of the country towards the problem of malnutrition and address it in a mission-mode.
Focusing on the aims of POSHAN Abhiyaan, Mission Poshan 2.0 (Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0) has been announced in the Budget 2021-2022 as an integrated nutrition support programme, to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition.
