Poshan Abhiyaan 2026 - Check Activities & Themes Online at poshanabhiyaan.gov.in

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment, better known as Poshan Abhiyaan 2026, to make India malnutrition free. This central govt flagship scheme covers all states, districts and towns. People can check the PM Poshan Abhiyan list of activities and themes online at poshanabhiyaan.gov.in. The tagline of this campaign is Sahi Poshan Desh Roshan. The scheme works to provide proper nutrition to infants, pregnant women and lactating mothers.

Poshan Abhiyaan is India's main scheme to improve nutritional outcomes for children, adolescents, pregnant women and lactating mothers. It does this by using technology, a targeted approach and joint work across departments. The central govt wants to bring a large number of people into Poshan Abhiyaan and turn it into a mass campaign, or Jan Andolan. Poshan Maah is held to identify SAM children across all districts and give them care and nutrition in a targeted way.

POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched on 8th March 2018 with an overall budget of Rs 9046 crore for 3 years to benefit over 10 crore people. The scheme has now been brought under the umbrella of Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0), run by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Under this mission, Anganwadi services, Poshan Abhiyaan and the Scheme for Adolescent Girls have been merged into one integrated nutrition support programme.

PM Modi Poshan Abhiyaan 2026 Activities List Online

The official website for PM Modi Poshan Abhiyaan is poshanabhiyaan.gov.in. Poshan Abhiyan works to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, low birth weight and anemia. Here is the complete list of activities carried out under Poshan Abhiyaan:-

• Anemia Camp
• Area Level Federation (ALF) Meetings
• CBE - Community Based Events (ICDS)
• Community Radio Activities
• Cooperative / Federation
• Cycle Rally
• DAY-NRLM SHG Meet
• Defeat Diarrhoea Campaign (D2)
• Farmer Club Meeting
• Haat Bazaar Activities
• Harvest Festival
• Home Visits
• Local Leader Meeting
• Nukkad Natak / Folk Shows
• Panchayat Meeting
• Poshan Mela
• Poshan Rally
• Poshan Walk
• Poshan Workshop / Seminar
• Prabhat Faree
• Providing Water to the Toilets
• Safe Drinking Water in Anganwadi Centers
• Safe Drinking Water in Schools
• School Based Activities
• Self Helping Groups (SHG) Meetings
• VHSND
• Youth Group Meeting

Poshan Abhiyaan 2026 Themes

Here is the complete list of themes for Poshan Abhiyaan 2026:-

• Adolescent Ed, Diet, Age of Marriage
• Anemia
• Antenatal Checkup
• Breastfeeding
• Compl. Feeding
• Diarrhoea
• ECCE
• Food Fortification and Micronutrients
• Growth Monitoring
• Hygiene, Water, Sanitation
• Immunisation
• Poshan (Overall Nutrition)

Poshan Maah / Poshan Month

The main aim of Poshan Maah is to spread awareness about the importance of nutrition and to help families easily reach government services that provide nutrition support for their children and pregnant or breastfeeding mothers. National Nutrition Month is being held to remove malnutrition from the country. Poshan Maah is celebrated from 1st to 30th September every year, while Poshan Pakhwada is held in March-April. PM urges people to reach out to others across the length and breadth of India and spread awareness on removing malnutrition. This will help our Nari Shakti and Yuva Shakti.

Let's celebrate #PoshanMaah by promoting our regional foods. Together, as a nation, let us go #Local4Poshan and pledge to take every measure to improve the nutritional status of our children and mothers. Share your recipes on the MyGov link: https://innovateindia.mygov.in/. Poshan Abhiyan highlights the role of quality nutrition in building a prosperous nation.

Bhartiya Poshan Krish Kosh

Your contribution to Bharatiya Poshan Krish Kosh will help the Government of India fill its database with well-known and many lesser known Indian dishes. This will also give a variety of nutritious food options which are local in nature. There is a strong relation between Nation and Nutrition. Proper nutrition is very important to build a prosperous nation. PM Modi said that "September is being celebrated as Nutrition Month. Come, let's all make nutrition a movement."

Important Links on Poshan Abhiyaan

Niti Aayog Poshan Abhiyaan link - https://www.niti.gov.in/poshan-abhiyaan

Ministry of Women and Child Development Mission Poshan 2.0 portal - https://www.wcd.gov.in/pregnant-lactating-women-children/nutrition-mission-saksham-anganwadi-and-poshan-2-0-portals

Complete info on Poshan Abhiyan can be checked using link - https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/poshan-abhiyaan-pms-overarching-scheme-holistic-nourishment

PM National Nutrition Mission (NNM) for Children & Pregnant Women - Details

Central government launched the National Nutrition Mission to tackle the problems of under-nutrition, anaemia, low birth weight and stunting. Children between 6 months to 3 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers (till six months after birth) can get ration at their home. NNM Scheme is going to benefit around 10 crore people across the country. PM Narendra Modi launched Rashtriya Poshan Mission / Kuposhan Mukt Bharat Scheme from Rajasthan on 8 March 2018.

National Nutrition Mission objectives make sure of better monitoring, supervision, target fixing, alerts for timely action and guidance of nutrition related work across ministries. This PM Yojana targets to reduce the rate of under-nutrition and low birth weight by 2% every year. All children in the age group of 3 to 6 years will get hot-cooked meals. Aadhaar Card is a required document to get benefits of this Suposhan scheme.

National Nutrition Mission Objectives

The important Kuposhan Mukt Bharat Scheme objectives and the main features of NNM include the following points:-

• Central govt launched this Kuposhan Mukt Bharat mission to provide required and proper nutrition to women, adolescent girls and young babies (0-6 years of age). NNM mission will also map all other related schemes which help to address malnutrition.
• Govt will create a strong joint work mechanism to tackle under-nutrition, low birth weight, anaemia and stunting.
• Govt will carry out social audits to make sure this scheme is properly implemented.
• Govt will also give Rs 500 to all the Anganwadi workers (AWWs) to make sure enrollment through Aadhaar.
• Govt will set up an ICT based real time monitoring system. This will reduce the work load of AWWs and put an end to the existing process of keeping registers.
• To encourage workers to use the latest technology through IT based tools like Smartphones.

Also, Central govt will open various Nutrition Resource Centers (NRCs). For this purpose, govt will focus on the involvement of people through Jan Andolan.

National Nutrition Mission - Major Impact Areas

Rashtriya Poshan Mission will focus on reducing the level of stunting, under nutrition, anaemia and low birth weight babies. The major impact areas are as follows:-

• NNM's main focus is to reduce the rate of under-nutrition and low birth weight by 2% per year.
• National Nutrition Mission is going to see a big reduction in stunting from 38.4 percent (National Family Health Survey 4 Report) to 25 percent till FY 2023.
• Rashtriya Poshan Mission will reduce the anaemia rate among young children, women and adolescent girls by at-least 3% every year.

National Nutrition Mission - Benefits, Budget & Coverage

National Nutrition Health Mission targets to benefit around 10 crore people. Central govt will also provide incentives to States and Union Territories (UTs) to meet targets. Rashtriya Poshan Mission scheme will include various states in phases.

NNM Real Time Monitoring - Rashtriya Poshan Mission

Central govt is going to adopt a 6 tier real time reporting system for Kuposhan Mukt Bharat Mission / Rashtriya Poshan Mission which is as follows:-

National Nutrition Mission Target

Central govt is going to monitor and also carry out a convergence action plan up to the grass root level. For this reason, NNM will focus on the use of IT technology for monitoring purpose.

Also, NNM mission will track the distribution of supplementary nutrition through Anganwadi Workers, Asha Workers and Auxiliary Nurse Midwife level under Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).

NNM Guidelines

Guidelines for Implementation of Incremental Learning Approach and Guidelines for organizing Community Based Events are available on the official Ministry of Women and Child Development portal. Under Mission Poshan 2.0, every Anganwadi worker is required to conduct two Community Based Events every month.

References

For any further information, please visit the official website https://www.wcd.gov.in/pregnant-lactating-women-children/nutrition-mission-saksham-anganwadi-and-poshan-2-0-portals