New Delhi: The Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the 6th Rashtriya Poshan Maah throughout September 2023. 1st day of RashtriyaPoshanMaah2023 witnessed close to 10 lakh activities across the country with themes like ‘Improving Nutrition through Mission LiFE & ‘Exclusive Breastfeeding & Complimentary Feeding’ leading the way.
Every citizen needs to participate in this Jan Andolan towards a Suposhit Bharat.
At the inauguration of RashtriyaPoshanMaah2023, officials and Anganwadi workers from across the nation came together to promote diet diversity and raise awareness about nutrition-seeking behavior, pledging their commitment to this important cause.
This year, the objective of PoshanMaah 2023 is to comprehensively tackle malnutrition through a life-cycle approach, the cornerstone of Mission Poshan 2.0. The focal point of Poshan Maah 2023 is to cultivate widespread awareness concerning critical human life stages: pregnancy, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. The aim is to foster nutritional understanding across India through a theme centered on "Suposhit Bharat, Sakshar Bharat, Sashakt Bharat" (Nutrition-rich India, Educated India, Empowered India).
This month-long event will witness concentrated efforts nationwide to enhance ground-level nutritional awareness through campaigns focusing on key themes around Exclusive Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding, according to a PIB release.
