S.

No Ministry Name of the Target Services provided

responsible for programme group
implementation

1. Ministry of a)Vitamin ‘A’ Children Provision of 2,00,000 I.U. of vitamin ‘A’ every six mon
health and prophylaxis between years, for control of nutritional blindness.
family welfare programme 1-5
years

b)Prophylaxis Pre- Provision of iron and folic acid tablets to preschool child
against school women to combat nutritional anemia.
nutritional children
anaemia ,
pregnant
and
lactating
women.

c) Iodine Populati Provision of iodised salt

deficiency on at
disorders risk
(IDD) control from
programme goiter

2. Ministry of a)Integrated Children Package of services

Social and child upto 6  Immunisation
Women’s development years.  Health check up.
welfare scheme Pregnan  Referral services
(ICDS) t and  supplementary Nutrition
lactating  Non-formal pre-school education
women.  Nutrition and health education to women of 15-45 y

b) Special 0-6 Supplementary food provides 300/500 calories and 10/2

Nutrition Years children and mothers respectively for 300 days a year.
Programme children
(SNP) expecta
nt &
nursing
mothers
in
Urban
slums,
 tribal
and
rural
areas.

c) Balwadi 0-6 Package of services

Nutrition years
Programme children  supplementary feeding
.  special nutrition therapy for malnourished children
Pregnan  Blankets and clothing to needy
t and  Drinking water
nursing  Health & Nutrition education.
women
in
severely
affected
drought
and
flood
areas.

3. Ministry of Mid-day School 1. Supplementary feeding for 200 days in a year

Education & meals scheme children 2. Nutrition education.
Culture for school
children

4. Ministry of rural Applied Pre 1. Encourages local food production through training
development nutrition schooler for kitchen gardening and community gardens.
Programme s, - Fish ponds
(ANP) pregnant - Poultry development
& 2. Supplementary feeding.
lactating 3. Cooking demonstrations.
women.

5. Ministry of The  Development and promotion of nutritious foods lik

Agriculture and programmes foods like Bal-ahar, and fortification of foods.
Cooperation. of Food and  Nutrition education through mobile units and produ
Nutrition aids and holding exhibitions.
Board  Conducting diet surveys and formulation of balance

Nutrition programmes in India under different sectors of Indian Government

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Lesson 14 : Nutrition programme in India
n programmes in India under different sectors of Indian Government

nt nutrition programmes in India today under different sectors of the Government, responsible for their implementat
d below.