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UDAN: GIVING WINGS TO PROPER NUTRITION

ASPIRATIONS OF THE POSHAN MISSION BECOMES 54

COMMON MAN THE PAN-INDIA MOVEMENT

For the better future of any country, it is necessary
to provide proper nutrition to children, adolescent
girls, and pregnant and lactating women.
Malnutrition is a condition that develops when
the body does not get proper nutrition in the diet.
Most cases of malnutrition are found in children
and women. This is the reason why Prime Minister
Narendra Modi started the Poshan mission for
providing nutritious food. Poshan Mission 2.0
was declared an Integrated Nutrition Program.
To make it successful, more than 20 thousand
crore rupees have been earmarked in the current
financial year.
n The NFHS report 2019-2021 shows that there has
been a reduction in stunting among children under
5 years of age from 38.4% to 35.5% as compared
to 2015-2016. There has been a reduction in cases It is the government's priority to take
of weakness in these children from 21% to 19.3%. ‘poshan’ to every person, every poor
n More than 40 crore people's movement-based person. Malnutrition and lack of essential
activities under Poshan Abhiyaan, and monitoring nutrients become major obstacles in the
of 11.38 crore beneficiaries through Poshan development of poor women and poor
tracker application. A total of 11.80 crore children children.
from 11.20 lakh schools have been covered under Narendra Modi, Prime Minister.
the scheme.
55 AMRUT – TO ENSURE SEWAGE NETWORKS AND SAFE WATER IN URBAN SLUMS

Because the country lacked
a comprehensive vision of n Its mission is to improve sewage and septic management,
urban planning, cities and protect city water, and ensure that no sewage drains into
towns grew more in the rivers.
interests of developers than n Projects worth Rs 77,640 crore have been approved in the
administrators. The slums states and union territories under Mission AMRUT. In 500
lacked basic resources such AMRUT cities across the country, 1.39 crore tap connections
as water supply, sewerage are planned for universal water supply coverage, and 1.45
management, and rainwater crore sewer connections for an adequate sewerage network.
drainage. The Atal Renewal n Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that Babasaheb
and Urban Transformation believed in urban development as a great way to eliminate
Mission (AMRUT) was inequality. The next phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission
launched on June 25, 2015, to and Mission Amrut is also a significant step toward realising
supplement urban and rural Babasaheb's dreams.
development.

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