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- NITI Aayog will start ranking states on the nutrition parameter under the government run Poshan Abhiyaan.
- The first meeting of the National Council on India's Nutrition Challenges under Poshan (nutrition) Abhiyaan was convened by NITI Aayog to address the important undernourishment issues through coordination and review meeting between ministries.
- The Council will submit its reporton countries nutrient status to the Prime Minister every six months.
- Poshan Abhiyaan seeks to provide quality nutrition to pregnant women. It is set to evolve as a Jan Andolan.
- As 80 per cent of a child's brain develops during the first 1,000 days of his life, Poshan Abhiyaan will provide a focussed attention on this critical period
- The Abhiyaan targets to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight.
- The target of the mission is to bring down stunting among children in the age group 0-6 years from 38.4 per cent to 25 per cent by 2022.
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