4. National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyan)
National Nutrition Mission was launched as an expansion of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan on the occasion of the International Women’s Day on March 8, 2018. The main objectives of this scheme are to attain proper nutritional status among children from 0-6 years, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers in a timely manner; reduce stunting, undernutrition, and anaemia among young children, women, and adolescent girls; and lowering low birth weight by at least 2% per annum. Under this scheme the government has reached out to more than 12.2 crore women, 6.2 crore men and 13 crore children.
