{"id":27368,"date":"2018-10-23T13:29:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27368"},"modified":"2018-10-23T13:29:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:59:46","slug":"towards-a-kuposhan-mukt-bharat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/towards-a-kuposhan-mukt-bharat\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a Kuposhan Mukt\u00a0Bharat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/malnutrition-in-india-kuposhan-mukt-bharat-aanganwadi-asha-workers-anm-5365348\/\">Towards a Kuposhan Mukt\u00a0Bharat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>India to take strong measures to combat Malnutrition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>POSHAN (Prime Minister\u2019s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment)<\/strong> Abhiyan was launched in March from Jhunjhunu to fight against Kuposhan (Malnutrition).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Malnutrition Indicators in India:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25704\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mal.jpg?resize=532%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mal.jpg?w=532&amp;ssl=1 532w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mal.jpg?resize=150%2C51&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mal.jpg?resize=300%2C102&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong><u>Objective and Targets<\/u><\/strong><u> of Kuposhan Muqt Bharat:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>3 percentages reduction yearly in underweight prevalence in children (0-3 years) by 2022 from NFHS-4 levels.<\/li>\n<li>1\/3rd reduction in anaemia in children, adolescent &amp; Women of Reproductive Age (WRA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>UN expert says malnutrition figures in India were worse than those of sub-Saharan Africa<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Reasons<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>More underweight babies born to more underweight mothers.<\/li>\n<li>Mothers are underweight because there is a high level of anemia among women (55 per cent).<\/li>\n<li>Women gave birth at an early age<\/li>\n<li>There is not enough spacing between children<\/li>\n<li>There is a high dropout rate from school.<\/li>\n<li>Bare minimum nutritional food to eat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><u>MWCD has implemented the following schemes to address malnutrition<\/u><u>:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Under Umbrella ICDS scheme of MWCD (Ministry of Women and Child Development), Supplementary Nutrition Programme is being implemented through platform of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) for addressing under-nutrition in pregnant and lactating women, under-6 children and out-of-school adolescent girls.<\/li>\n<li>Recently National Nutrition Mission has been approved under MWCD for addressing malnutrition status of the country in a comprehensive manner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><strong> What can be done<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>To prepare a detailed action plan for states to tackle malnutrition.<\/li>\n<li>Need to track progress closely, and consider a yearly survey instead of the six-yearly National Family Health Survey (NFHS).<\/li>\n<li>Attitudinal change towards dyslexic (Unable to read and spell) and special children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Towards a Kuposhan Mukt\u00a0Bharat News: India to take strong measures to combat Malnutrition. Important Facts: POSHAN (Prime Minister\u2019s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment) Abhiyan was launched in March from Jhunjhunu to fight against Kuposhan (Malnutrition). Malnutrition Indicators in India: Objective and Targets of Kuposhan Muqt Bharat: 3 percentages reduction yearly in underweight prevalence in children&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/towards-a-kuposhan-mukt-bharat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Towards a Kuposhan Mukt\u00a0Bharat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":128,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}