September month to be celebrated as ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah’

The entire month of
September beginning today
will be celebrated as the
Rashtriya Poshan Maah. This
year the theme is
Complementary Feeding.
Prime Minister’s
Overreaching Scheme for
Holistic Nourishment
POSHAN Abhiyaan is a multi
ministerial convergence
mission with the vision to
address malnutrition with a
targeted approach by 2022.

Speaking about malnutrition
in his Mann ki Baat
programme last month, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi said,
due to lack of awareness,
both poor andnaffluent
families are affected by it.