Context: 

The Ministry of Women and Child Development celebrating the 6th Rashtriya Poshan Maah throughout September 2023.

About Poshan Maah:

• Rashtriya Poshan Maah will be celebrated in collaboration with all stakeholders from the 1st to the 30th of September.
• The Focal point of Poshan Maah 2023: To cultivate widespread awareness concerning critical human life stages: pregnancy, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. 
• Theme: “Suposhit Bharat, Sakshar Bharat, Sashakt Bharat” (Nutrition-rich India, Educated India, Empowered India).

POSHAN Abhiyaan:

• Launched in: 2018
• Centrally Sponsored Scheme with the implementation of the scheme being done by States/UTs.
• Aim: 
  • To target the unique 1,000-day window of childbirth and pre- and post- delivery support to mothers to reduce malnutrition. 
  • To improve nutritional status of children (0-6 years), adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
  • To reduce anaemia among women and adolescent girls (15-49 years) and young children(6-59 months) and improve birth weight.
  • Prevent and reduce Stunting in children (0- 6 years)
  • Prevent and reduce under-nutrition (underweight prevalence) in children (0-6 years)
• Pillars of Implementation: 
  1. Technology (Integrated Child Development Services-Computer application software)
  2. Convergence Action Planning
  3. Behavioral Change Communication and Capacity Building

News Source: PIB