10-04-2021 | 15:30 PM
Poshan Abhiyan for the Elderly
• The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment plans to introduce the ‘Poshan Abhiyan' for the Elderly in order to provide them with ‘nutrition assistance.'
• The mission will offer help to indigent elders who are not living in Old Age Homes and are suffering from malnutrition.
• Scheme will be implemented by “Gram Panchayats and Urban Municipalities”.
About Poshan Abhiyan
• The multi-ministerial initiative known as NNM was initiated in 2018 to resolve India's malnutrition crisis.
• It was created with the aim of improving the nutritional outcomes of infants, youth, pregnant and lactating mothers. The mission's main goal is to "eradicate hunger by 2022."
