Poshan Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) 2026

1. Children aged up to six years of age

1. Pregnant Women

1. Lactating Mothers

1. Adolescents

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Objectives of the National Nutrition Mission

The objectives of the National Nutrition Mission are as given below:

1. To reduce and prevent stunting in children up to six years of age.

1. To reduce and prevent under-nutrition or under-weight in children up to six years of age.

1. To reduce and prevent anemia among young children aged between 6 months and 59 months.

1. To reduce and prevent low-birth weight amongst children.

1. To reduce and prevent anemia among women and adolescent girls.

Features of the National Nutrition Mission

The below-listed are some of the features of the National Nutrition Mission:

1. National Nutrition Mission or Poshan Abhiyaan was launched by the Indian Government on 8th March 2018 with the aim of supervising and providing nutrition related guidance across ministries in India.

1. The Poshan Abhiyaan works as an apex body that monitors, supervises, and fix targets related to nutrition in India.

1. This program focuses on spreading awareness about mal-nutrition and other related issues in India and works on providing practical solutions for the same.

1. The scheme uses an ICT-based real-time monitoring system to track and improve nutritional status across the country.

1. It involves Anganwadi's to monitor growth of the children and encourages the Anganwadi workers by providing incentives for achieving the set nutrition-related targets and using digital tools.

1. Under this scheme, the government has also introduced height measurement of children at Anganwadi Centres.

1. Under this scheme, the government has also set up National Nutrition Centres and promoted community participation through Jan Andolan.

1. The government also offers incentives to States and Union Territories for achieving the target.