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National Nutrition Mission (NNM)
December 2 , 2017
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- The union cabinet has approved the establishment of a National Nutrition Mission to address serious incidence of malnutrition and stunting among infants in the country by 2% each year.
- The mission has set an ambitious goal of reducing incidence of stunting among children from 38.4 % now to 25 % by 2022.
- The mission will be jointly launched by the ministries of Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare and Water Resources, together with NITI Aayog.
- The government is going to implement this mission for a period of three years.
- All the states and districts will be covered in a phased manner; to begin with the worst affected 315 districts will be targeted this financial year.
- It also aims to bring down anaemia among young children, women and adolescent girls by 3% every year.
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