A board responsible for providing technical and logistical support for functioning of community nutrition programmes has been "officially dissolved" as part of a plan for rationalisation of government bodies.
The Food and Nutrition Board has been shut down by the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry.
It was a technical wing of the ministry headquartered at the Centre in Delhi.
The board had a wide network of offices, including four regional offices and as many quality control laboratories in Faridabad, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.
The FNB was originally established under the agriculture ministry but later transferred to the WCD ministry in 1993.