Poshan pakhwada 2023 date

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is all set to celebrate the fifth Poshan Pakhwada from 20th March to 3rd April 2023. Poshan Pakhwada is an effort to spread awareness about nutrition and promote good eating habits. This Pakhwada will consist of various activities nationwide to encourage people to lead healthier lifestyles. The activities will include Jan Andolan and Jan Bhagidari. The Ministry plans to spread awareness about nutrition and its importance through Jan Andolan. With the fifth Poshan Pakhwada, the Ministry of Women and Child Development hopes to make nutrition an integral part of the lifestyle of people and work towards a healthier and more nutritious future. The Pakhwada will also focus on educating the public about the benefits of nutritious food and how it can impact their overall health. It will also aim to create a positive change in people’s dietary habits by encouraging them to take up healthier eating habits. The Poshan Pakhwada 2023 Themealso focuses on the same purpose. On this page, we have shared some vital information about it. In order to know about the Poshan Pakhwada 2023 Theme, continue reading! The Poshan Abhiyaan, introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8th March 2018, has been significant in promoting public involvement and driving the conversation about nutrition to the fore. This initiative was established with the objective of achieving an overall improvement in nutritional outcomes. The 5th Poshan Pakhwada Themeis given ...

The Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) Department will celebrate ‘Poshan Pakhwada-2023’ across the State. ‘Poshakahara Melas’, millet exhibitions, debates, rallies, growth monitoring drives, 2K-run, diet consultation camps, cooking contests, and sensitisation programmes on nutritious diets will be conducted in villages for pregnant and lactating women and adolescent girls for ten days. Events will be conducted in association with Agriculture, MEPMA, Health and Family Welfare, Rythu Sadhikara Samstalu, Tribal Welfare, Grama and Ward Sachivalayams, Social Welfare, SERP, School Education and other line departments. Local public representatives, ANMs, ASHA and Anganwadi workers, Self Help Group (SHG) members, Home Science College faculty and students and officers of various departments should be involved in the programmes. Speaking to The Hindu on Wednesday, WD&CW NTR District Project Director G. Uma Devi said that essay-writing competitions will be conducted for students and community sensitisation programmes will be conducted on taking millets and protein diet during the Poshan Pakhwada. ‘Well Baby Shows’ will be conducted and millet food product expos will be organised in all the villages in NTR District. Prizes would be distributed to the winners of essay writing, cooking contest, well baby show and other events, Ms. Uma Devi said.

New Delhi, Mar 20 (PTI) The annual Poshan Pakwada, a two-week event on nutrition, began on Monday with a special focus on millets. Themed "Nutrition for All: Together Towards a Healthy India", the event will see the launch of Swasth Balak Spardha, an effort to celebrate and recognize a healthy child according to WHO criteria by generating a healthy spirit of competition for good nutrition and well being, Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said. "Today marks the beginning of the annual POSHAN Pakhwada across the country. In line with the International Year of Millets, this year POSHAN Pakhwada will focus on popularising 'Shree Ann', the mother of all grains as a valuable asset to address the malnutrition challenge," she said in a tweet. POSHAN Pakhwada will also focus on promoting 'Saksham Anganwadis' by organising a campaign to spread awareness about upgraded infrastructure and facilities at centres of improved nutrition delivery and early childhood care and education, she added. This is the fifth Poshan Pakhwada which will be observed from March 20 to April 3. The Ministry of Women and Child Development will be the nodal ministry for coordinating activities during the Poshan Pakhwada. In the states and Union Territories, the department of women and child development/social welfare department will be the nodal department for Poshan Pakhwada.