National Nutrition Mission

23) Which of the following are the objectives of ‘National Nutrition Mission’?

1. To create awareness relating to malnutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers.
2. To reduce the incidence of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women.
3. To promote the consumption of millets, coarse cereals and unpolished rice.
4. To promote the consumption of poultry eggs.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 1, 2 and 3 only

(c) 1, 2 and 4 only

(d) 3 and 4 only

Solution: (a) 1 and 2 only

Explanation:

Promotion of Millets, coarse cereals, unpolished rice, eggs are not mentioned.

National Nutrition Mission has two components

• Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Campaign against malnutrition
• Multi-sectoral Nutrition Programme

The key objectives of the programmes under the Mission are :

• To create awareness on malnutrition among pregnant women, lactating mothers and to promote healthy lactating practices.  It portraits the importance of balanced nutrition. 
• To improve maternal and child under-nutrition in 200 high burdened districts. The main aim is to prevent mal-nutrition prevalent among children below 3 years. 
• To reduce and further eradicate theincidence of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women.

Features:

1. The NNM, as an apex body, will monitor, supervise, fix targets and guide the nutrition related interventions across the Ministries.
2. The proposal consists of

·         mapping of various Schemes contributing towards addressing malnutrition

·         introducing a very robust convergence mechanism

·         ICT based Real Time Monitoring system

·         incentivizing States/UTs for meeting the targets

·         incentivizing Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) for using IT based tools

·         eliminating registers used by AWWs

·         introducing measurement of height of children at the Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)

·         Social Audits

·     Setting-up Nutrition Resource Centres, involving masses through Jan Andolan for their participation on nutrition through various activities, among others