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(The Gist of Kurukshetra) Key Govt. Initiatives, Policies and Programmes to Tackle Nutrition Challenges [JANUARY-2020]

Key Govt. Initiatives, Policies and Programmes to Tackle Nutrition Challenges

1951- India's Five-year plans were the major vehicles to improve health and nutrition in India. The first one was launched in 1951. Since then till 12th five-year plan of India (2012-17). The five year plans were key policy instruments to tackle under-nutrition.
1952 - Community Development Program (CDP) had an important component of improving nutritional status of population at block level and with engagement of local self-government.
1974- Minimum Needs Programme (MNP) was introduced in the first year of the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-78). The MNP was aimed to provide certain basic minimum needs and improve the living standards of people including health and nutrition services.
1975- The integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) was launched on 2 Oct 1975 to improve health and nutritional status of women and children in India.
1986- A separate Dept, of Women and Child Development (DoWCD) was established Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) under Govt of India. This department was responsible for ICDS and other nutrition services for pregnant women and children.
1993- National Nutrition Policy was released
1995-The Government of India initiated the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE) on 15 August 1995. This was based upon learning and extension of the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme launched by Govt, of Tamil Nadu in early 1960s and adopted by a number of states since then.
2006- Full-fledged Ministry of Women & Child Development (MoWCD) was established
2017- Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandan Yojana (which was announced on 31 Dec 2016) was officially implemented from the year 2017 onwards and provides financial support to identified groups of pregnant women for their first pregnancy.
2017-'National Nutrition Strategy' released by NITI Aayog, Govt of India.
2018- POSHAN Abhiyaan.