QUESTION

Hard

Social Issues & Schemes

Prelims 2017

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:

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Explanation

The National Nutrition Mission, also known as Poshan Abhiyaan, has several objectives.

  • The first objective is to create awareness relating to malnutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers.
  • The second objective is to reduce the incidence of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women. These two objectives are clearly stated in the mission's goals. Hence, statements 1 & 2 are correct.

However, the promotion of the consumption of millets, coarse cereals and unpolished rice, and the promotion of the consumption of poultry eggs are not explicitly stated as objectives of the mission. Hence, statement 3 & 4 are incorrect.

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