India unlikely to meet ‘Poshan Abhiyaan’ targets, finds study

India is unlikely to meet targets set under the ambitious Poshan Abhiyaan or National Nutrition Mission (NNM).
Poshan Abhiyaan, launched by PM Modi in 2018 was expected to benefit 10 crore people by 2022.
But we are expected to miss this target for stunting levels of 25% by 9.6%; underweight target of 22.7% by 4.8%.
Whereas Dr. Vinod K. Paul, Member, NITI Aayog said, "We knew the prevalent levels were slow; the country aspires to make them faster and is making extra efforts to achieve that."
The study used all accessible data sources, including national household surveys, multiple dietary and nutrition surveys, and other epidemiological studies, to arrive at its findings.
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