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The government is making considerable efforts to solve the nutritional problems. POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan in March 2018. Its large component involves gradual scaling-up of interventions to all districts in the country by 2022. It targets stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and low birth rate. The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) is implementing POSHAN Abhiyaan in 315 districts in the first year, 235 districts in the second year and remaining districts will be covered in the third year. Through robust multi-ministerial convergence mechanism and other components POSHAN Abhiyaan strives to create the synergy.

What is the full-form of POSHAN?

The correct answer is
PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition

POSHAN Abhiyaan: Understanding the Full Form

The provided text discusses the government's POSHAN Abhiyaan initiative, launched to tackle nutritional challenges like stunting, under-nutrition, and anaemia.

The question asks for the specific meaning of the acronym POSHAN.

Identifying the Correct POSHAN Acronym

While the passage explains the goals and implementation of POSHAN Abhiyaan, it doesn't explicitly state the full form of POSHAN. We need to determine this from the given options:

  • Option 1: PM's Overarching Service for Holistic Nutrition
  • Option 2: PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment
  • Option 3: PM's Old Scheme for Healthy Nutrition
  • Option 4: PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition
  • Option 5: (This option is empty)

POSHAN Full Form Explained

By comparing the options with the known correct answer, we find that:

POSHAN stands for PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition.

This matches Option 4. The key elements are "PM's Overarching Scheme" and "Holistic Nutrition", which align with the goals of the initiative described in the text, focusing on comprehensive nutritional improvement.

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