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Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana: Nutrition for Severely Underweight and Moderately Acute Malnourished Children (3 years - 6 years)

The scheme aims to improve child nutrition outcomes, with a specific focus on providing nutritional support to Severely Underweight (SUW) and Moderately Acute Malnourished (MAM) children aged between 3 years and 6 years.

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About This Scheme

The “Nutrition for Severely Underweight and Moderately Acute Malnourished Children (3 years – 6 years)” scheme is a component under the "Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana (MSPY)" scheme, introduced by the Department of Women & Child Development, Government of Odisha. The scheme aims to improve child nutrition outcomes, with a specific focus on providing nutritional support to Severely Underweight (SUW) and Moderately Acute Malnourished (MAM) children aged between 3 years and 6 years.

Benefits

The monthly entitlements for SUW children in the 3 years to 6 years & MAM children in the 6 months to 5 years category for a period of 75 days will be as follows:

Sl. No.Type of Take Home Ration (THR)Quantity1Hot Cooked Meals under regular SNP25 days2Besan-Atta Premix750 gram3Banana16 pieces4Eggs5 pieces

Date of delivery: Hot cooked meals under regular SNP at Anganwadi Centres (AWCs), Besan Atta Premix to be delivered to the beneficiaries at the Anganwadi Centre (AWC) on the 1st of every month, Eggs and Banana to be given weekly by the Anganwadi Workers (AWW). - After 75 days, if the child graduates to normal category, the child would will be continue getting Hot Cooked Meals as children under normal category under SNP programme.

Regular growth monitoring and medical examination of all SUW & MAM children will be undertaken monthly during the VHSND by Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) and on the event of any medical complications child needs to be referred to the Community Health Centre (CHC).

If the child has not graduated to normal category or cured even after 75 days of enrolment, the child may be referred to the nearest Community Health Centre and based on the suggestion from the doctor, the child can be again enrolled under MSPY for one more cycle only.

Eligibility

Note: You may be eligible based on the information shown. Please verify the official eligibility requirements before applying.

Required Documents

  • Identity proof
  • Birth Certificate or Age Proof of child
  • Any Other Documents (as per the requirement)

✦ Required ◦ Optional

How to Apply

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