Poshan Abhiyaan

Poshan Abhiyaan is India's flagship multi-ministerial initiative aimed at reducing stunting, wasting, anaemia, and low birth weight through technology-driven real-time monitoring, inter-departmental convergence, and community-led behavioral change.

• It marks a structural shift in Indian social policy from basic calorie sufficiency to targeted nutritional security across key lifecycle stages.
• It serves as a primary case study for administrative convergence, aligning interventions across health, sanitation, education, and social welfare ministries.
• It demonstrates the deployment of digital tools at the grassroots level to monitor public service delivery and track beneficiary outcomes in real time.

UPSC frequently frames questions around the shift from food security to nutritional security under GS Paper 2 topics on human development and governance. Questions often require candidates to evaluate the effectiveness of multi-sectoral convergence models and the operational constraints faced by frontline workers like Anganwadi staff. Analytical prompts may also ask candidates to assess the impact of technology-driven monitoring versus community-led behavioral change in addressing chronic malnutrition.

• Poverty and hunger: issues and management GS2
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections GS2

• Ayushman Bharat
• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
• Blue Revolution
• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
• Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing
• MGNREGA
• Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
• National Food Security Mission
• National Health Mission
• National Livestock Mission
• National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
• National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
• National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
• National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)
• National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
• National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM)
• Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
• PMAY
• Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
• Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
• Price Stabilization Fund
• Rashtriya Gokul Mission
• Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan
• Skill India Mission
• Soil Health Card Scheme