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Consider the following statements about National Nutrition Mission (NNM)–

1. It would be executed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) alone.

2. NNM as an apex body will monitor and guide the nutrition related interventions.

Which of the statement given above is / are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 & 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

It would be executed with the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) as the nodal agency along with Ministry of Water and Sanitation and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The mission has a target to reduce stunting, undernutrition, and low birth weight by 2 percent per annum and anaemia by 3 percent per annum. It will be implemented in three phases: 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-2020. NNM as an apex body will monitor, supervise, fix targets and guide the nutrition related interventions.