POSHAN PAKHWADA

March 2, 2019

The Union Minister for Women and Child Development (WCD), Maneka Gandhi announced that the Government will celebrate the first anniversary of POSHAN Abhiyaan on 8th March, 2019 by organising Poshan Pakhwada across the Country.

Poshan Pakhwada:

Poshan Pakhwada will be celebrated as part of Jan Andolan under POSHAN Abhiyaan from 08th to 22nd March, 2019. Secretary. The Pakhwada will be launched on International Women’s Day, 8th March, 2019.
The Poshan Pakhwada will be celebrated on lines of ‘Poshan Maah’ held in the month of September, 2018.
The Ministry of Women & Child Development is the nodal ministry for coordinating activities during the month.
Activities to be covered:
- The key activities which include Poshan Melas, Rally on nutrition at all level, Prabhat Pheree, Session on nutrition at schools, Self help group meetings, anaemia camps, growth monitoring of children, home visits of newborn babies by ASHA/AWW.
- Awareness on nutrition in urban area will also be focused.
- It is also planned to organise workshop on Agri-Nutrition on 15th March 2019.
- The Jan Andolan Guidelines which are Multi Sectorial and cover 12 basic themes will be utilised to activate various platforms at ground level.