9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026-Hamari Anganwadi Hamari Jimmedari

Growth monitoring, laboratory diagnosis, therapeutic feeding, vaccination, pension support and adolescent counselling

Supplementary nutrition, preschool education, health check-up, referral, immunization and nutrition-health education

Therapeutic feeding, hospital referral, school meals, sanitation inspection, vaccination and food testing

Supplementary nutrition, laboratory testing, clinical treatment, school education, pension services and immunization

Constitutional short stature without significant nutritional concern

Predominantly chronic nutritional deficit affecting linear growth

Normal growth variation with no evidence of nutritional compromise

Predominantly acute nutritional deficit affecting current body mass

Increasing tea consumption immediately after meals

Replacing pulses with refined cereal products

Increasing calcium intake along with iron-rich meals

Pairing iron-rich plant foods with vitamin-C-rich foods

Increased protein quality because cereal proteins become more concentrated

Improved amino-acid balance because cereals provide sufficient lysine

No meaningful change because total protein intake remains unchanged

Lower protein quality because the limiting amino-acid pattern becomes less complementary

Advising all individuals to stop adding salt at the dining table

Increasing public awareness campaigns about the health effects of salt

Encouraging consumers to select only naturally low-sodium foods

Reformulating commonly consumed processed foods with progressively less sodium

Self-reported frequency of adding salt to meals

Household monthly expenditure on salt and salty foods

24-hour urinary sodium excretion

Questionnaire-based assessment of perceived saltiness

Rice, curd, tea and a banana

Lentil curry, lemon-seasoned vegetables and a vitamin-C-rich fruit

Whole-grain cereal, coffee and a calcium supplement

Millet porridge, milk and tea consumed immediately after the meal

Mid-upper arm circumference

Head circumference

Waist-to-height ratio

Sitting height

Increase in average daily energy intake

Improvement in the proportion of different food groups consumed

Increase in consumption of a single energy-dense staple

Increase in total carbohydrate intake without food-group expansion

Only the number of households receiving the fortified food

Only the frequency with which the food is purchased

Only the laboratory method used for assessing deficiency

Actual consumption, fortification level, nutrient bioavailability and coverage of the target population