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Which of the following statements is are correct regarding POSHAN abhiyan The Abhiyaan targets ...........

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Which of the following statements is/ are correct regarding POSHAN abhiyan?

The Abhiyaan targets to reduce stunting, undernutrition, anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively.
The target of the mission is to bring down stunting among children in the age group 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.

1 only

2 only

1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Both statements are correct. Government is implementing POSHAN Abhiyaan (earlier known as National Nutrition Mission) since 18^th December 2017 to address the problem of malnutrition in the country. To ensure a holistic approach, all districts of States/UTs have been covered in the Abhiyaan. The goals of POSHAN Abhiyaan are to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers, in a time bound manner during the three years with fixed targets

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