With respect to the POSHAN Abhiyan, consider the following statements:

It targets to reduce undernutrition, anaemia and low birth weight among children in the age group 0-6 years only.

It targets to bring down stunting among children in the age group 6-12 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

POSHAN Abhiyaan is also called National Nutrition Mission. It was launched on International Women’s Day on 8th March 2018.
It targets to reduce Stunting, undernutrition, and Anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively.
It also targets to bring down stunting among children in the age group 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.
It emphasised on high impact essential nutrition-sensitive interventions, which indirectly impact mother, infant and young child nutrition.

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Neither 1 nor 2

POSHAN Abhiyaan is also called National Nutrition Mission. It was launched on International Women’s Day on 8th March 2018.
It targets to reduce Stunting, undernutrition, and Anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively.
It also targets to bring down stunting among children in the age group 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.
It emphasised on high impact essential nutrition-sensitive interventions, which indirectly impact mother, infant and young child nutrition.

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