Question

The POSHAN Abhiyan is being implemented by which Ministry?

• A. Ministry of AYUSH
• B. Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD)
• C. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
• D. Ministry of Food Processing Industries
• A. 0-6
• B. 3-6
• C. 0-3
• D. 2-7
• A. PM's Overarching Service for Holistic Nutrition
• B. PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment
• C. PM's Old Scheme for Healthy Nutrition
• D. PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition
• A. Fortification of essential foods (salt fortified with iodine)
• B. Production and popularisation of low cost nutritious foods from indigenous and locally available raw material
• C. Ensuring food security i.e., improving availability of food
• D. Control of micronutrient deficiencies among vulnerable groups
• A. Gujarat
• B. Rajasthan
• C. Haryana
• D. Punjab

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
The question asks to identify the implementing ministry for the POSHAN Abhiyaan based on the information provided in the passage.
Step 2: Detailed Explanation:
The passage contains the following sentence: "The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) is implementing POSHAN Abhiyaan in 315 districts in the first year...". This statement directly identifies the responsible ministry.
Step 3: Final Answer:
According to the text, the POSHAN Abhiyaan is being implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD).

Answer 2

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
This question asks for the target age group of children under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme. Although not explicitly in the passage, ICDS is the foundational program upon which POSHAN Abhiyaan is built.
Step 2: Detailed Explanation:
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is a flagship programme of the Government of India. It offers a package of services including supplementary nutrition, pre-school non-formal education, nutrition \& health education, immunization, health check-up, and referral services. The primary beneficiaries of these services are children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. The services are delivered through Anganwadi Centres.
Step 3: Final Answer:
The ICDS scheme covers vulnerable children in the age group of 0-6 years.

Answer 3

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
The question asks for the correct full form of the acronym POSHAN, as used in the POSHAN Abhiyaan.
Step 2: Detailed Explanation:
POSHAN Abhiyaan is the Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes. The acronym POSHAN stands for PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment. The mission aims to address malnutrition in a targeted and time-bound manner. While 'Nutrition' and 'Nourishment' are similar, the official name of the scheme uses 'Nourishment'.
Step 3: Final Answer:
The correct full form of POSHAN is PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment.

Answer 4

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
The question asks to identify which option is not a direct, short-term intervention of the POSHAN Abhiyaan. POSHAN Abhiyaan is a nutrition-specific mission that focuses on targeted interventions to improve nutritional status.
Step 2: Detailed Explanation:
Let's analyze the options:


(1) Fortification of essential foods and (4) Control of micronutrient deficiencies are core, direct strategies to combat "hidden hunger" and are central to nutrition-specific interventions.
(2) Production and popularisation of low cost nutritious foods is a strategy to improve dietary diversity and the quality of food consumed, which is also a direct nutritional intervention.
(3) Ensuring food security i.e., improving availability of food: This is a much broader concept. While nutrition security depends on food security, "ensuring food security" at a macro level (e.g., through the Public Distribution System, agricultural policy) is a nutrition-sensitive goal but not a direct, short-term intervention of a targeted mission like POSHAN Abhiyaan. POSHAN focuses more on the utilization of available food and specific nutritional supplements, rather than the overall availability of food grains for the entire population, which is the mandate of other ministries.
Step 3: Final Answer:
Ensuring national food security is a broader, long-term goal and not a direct short-term intervention of the POSHAN Abhiyaan itself, which has more specific targets like stunting and anaemia.

Answer 5

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
The question asks for the location of the initial launch of the POSHAN Abhiyaan, based on the provided passage.
Step 2: Detailed Explanation:
The second sentence of the passage explicitly states: "POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan in March 2018." The city of Jhunjhunu is in the state of Rajasthan.
Step 3: Final Answer:
According to the passage, the POSHAN Abhiyaan was first launched in the state of Rajasthan.