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• POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched in 2018 with an aim to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner by adopting a synergised and result oriented approach. 
• Recently, the efforts under the Supplementary Nutrition Programme of Anganwadi Services and POSHAN Abhiyaan have been aligned under ‘Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0’ (Mission Poshan 2.0), which is an integrated nutrition support programme. 
• It seeks to address the challenges of malnutrition in children, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers through a strategic shift in nutrition content and delivery and by creation of a convergent ecosystem to develop and promote practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity. 
• Poshan 2.0 focuses on Maternal Nutrition, Infant and Young Child Feeding Norms, Treatment of MAM/SAM and Wellness through AYUSH. 
• Time-tested traditional wisdom in community nutritional practices is leveraged under Poshan 2.0 to focus on prevention of diseases and promotion of wellness through Yoga, cultivation of medicinal herbs in Poshan Vatikas, and use of AYUSH formulations to address conditions like anemia. 
• Under Mission Poshan 2.0, fortified rice is being allocated for Supplementary Nutrition and focus is on millets and locally available nutritious food for ensuring adequate nutrition. Region-wise diet charts have been developed for pregnant women, viz., North, North-East, West, South, East and Central.
• Further, Scheme for Adolescent Girls under Mission Poshan 2.0 has been revised to focus on Adolescent Girls in the age bracket 14-18 years of age in North East and Aspirational Districts to adopt a lifecycle approach to malnutrition.

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