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- The Minister for Women & Child Development, Smriti Irani, noted in Parliament that, State Governments and Union Territories have used only 56% of the total funds released under Poshan Abhiyan or Nutrition Mission in the last three years.
- The five States & UTs where utilisation were lowest are
- Arunachal Pradesh (25.14%)
- Puducherry (28.03%)
- Ladakh (31.2%)
- Punjab (33.62%) and
- Uttar Pradesh (33.73%).
- Five States & UTs that made the most uses of the funds are
- Nagaland (98.34%)
- Meghalaya (98.14%)
- Mizoram (94.22%)
- Sikkim (93.13%) and
- Dadra & Nagar Haveli (88.2%).
- Poshan Abhiyan was launched in March 2018.
- It was launched with the aim of reducing stunting, low birth weight, undernutrition challenges by 2% per year.
- It also seeks to reduce anaemia among young children, women, and adolescents by 3% per year until 2022.
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