Malnutrition:Nutrition Mission on the anvil,being constituted in Gujarat

March 18, 2013


New Delhi, 18 March 2013

To address malnutrition, Prime Minister’s Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges has been constituted in 2008 for policy directions, review and effective coordination between Ministries for nutrition at the Central level.

 

The National Nutrition Policy 1993 and the National Plan of Action on Nutrition 1995 have provided for clear cut institutional structure starting from national to grassroots level.  Under this, State Government / UT Administrations are required to set up an apex State level Nutrition Council chaired by Chief Minister; an Inter-Departmental Coordinating Committee headed by the Chief Secretary, and consider constituting similar bodies at the District level.

 

The State Governments/UT Administration have been urged  to set up State Nutrition Councils etc. Minister of State Women & Child Development and Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development have written to the Chief Minister and Chief Secretaries respectively of the States/UTs in this regard.  Further, the need to set up the Nutrition Councils by the States/UTs has been emphasized at the meetings of the State Ministers/Secretaries of Women and Child Development held from time to time.

As per available information the position of setting up of State Nutrition Councils/ Committees is given below.                                                                  

 

 

S.No

State

Status of SNC/Mission

1

 Andhra Pradesh Not constituted

2

 Arunachal Pradesh Constituted

3

 Assam Not constituted. [Nutrition Board – with Director.

4

 Bihar Not constituted

5

 Chandigarh Not constituted

6

 Chhattisgarh Not constituted

7

 Delhi Constituted

8

 Goa Not constituted

9

 Gujarat Nutrition Mission on the anvil. Being Constituted.

10

 Haryana SNC under the chairmanship of Hon’ble CM has been constituted.

11

 Himachal Pradesh Not constituted. Being constituted now.

12

 Jammu & Kashmir Not constituted

13

 Jharkhand State have a committee with members including Child Development, World Bank, UNICEF and District Nutrition Mission etc. headed by Chief Minister. It is operational and had a meeting also.

14

 Karnataka Constituted. To be made operational.

15

 Kerala Not constituted [Have a State Nutrition Bureau headed by a State nutrition officer under the administrative control of the Health Services]

16

 Madhya Pradesh  On 14th May, 2010, the State Assembly adopted ATAL BAL AAROGYA EVAM POSHAN MISSION referred to as AtalBal Mission

17

 Maharashtra Mata Jijau Mission existing.

18

 Manipur Not constituted

19

 Meghalaya Not constituted

20

 Mizoram Constituted

21

 Nagaland Not constituted

22

 Orissa Nutrition Council under the chairmanship of CM is available.

23

 Punjab Nutrition Council under the chairmanship of CM Punjab is available.

24

 Rajasthan State Nutrition Council and District Nutrition Council formed.

25

 Sikkim Not constituted

26

 Tamil Nadu SNC constituted

27

 Tripura Not constituted. Being constituted

28

 Uttar Pradesh Not constituted State Nutrition Policy is available.

29

 Uttarakhand Constituted

30

 West Bengal Not constituted. [WB formulated a ‘State Nutrition Strategy 2008 – 2017’ under HSDI in 2007 for selected districts. Taking into account the nutrition goals of 11th Five Year Plan and lessons learnt of implementing the ‘State Nutrition Strategy 2008 – 2017’. The formulation of State Nutrition Policy and a Nutrition Council is under process.

31

 Puducherry Constituted

 

This was stated by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.


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