Rashtriya Poshan 2.0 scheme started in India?

NORCET 3 - 2022 (Shift-2)

Community Health Nursing

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Appeared in: NORCET 3 - 2022 (Shift-2)

Explanation

Mission POSHAN 2.0, also known as Rashtriya Poshan 2.0, was announced in the Union Budget for 2021-22 and subsequently launched in 2021.
It is an integrated nutrition support program designed to address the challenges of malnutrition in children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers.
This scheme subsumed the previous POSHAN Abhiyaan, the Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP), and the Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) into a single, comprehensive framework.

Option A: No major national nutrition scheme was launched in 2017. The original POSHAN Abhiyaan was announced in December 2017 but formally launched in 2018.
Option B: This is the launch year of the original POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission), not the updated POSHAN 2.0. This is a common point of confusion.
Option C: The scheme was already operational by 2022. The launch year was 2021.

Visual 1: Infographic: Timeline showing the evolution from POSHAN Abhiyaan (2018) to Mission POSHAN 2.0 (2021), highlighting the key schemes that were merged.
Visual 2: Flowchart: Illustrating the key components and target beneficiaries of Mission POSHAN 2.0, such as children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers.

Clinical Relevance

Nursing practice connection: This is primarily an exam-oriented knowledge point with limited direct bedside application, so retain Launch year of India's national nutrition program, POSHAN 2.0 as background academic context rather than a clinical decision trigger.
Nurses are pivotal in implementing POSHAN 2.0 at the grassroots level by screening for malnutrition (using MUAC, weight-for-height), counseling families on nutrition, and ensuring supplementation.
Community health nurses work closely with Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) to track the growth of children and provide health education during Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Days (VHSNDs).
What if? If a child is identified with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), the nurse's role shifts from routine monitoring to urgent referral to a Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) for specialized care, as per the program's guidelines.

How to Approach the Question

First, identify the core of the question: It asks for the specific launch year of 'POSHAN 2.0'.
Recognize that government schemes often have different versions or phases (e.g., Phase 1, 2.0). The '2.0' is a critical detail that differentiates it from the original scheme.
Recall or deduce the timeline of major national health programs. The original POSHAN Abhiyaan was a major initiative launched around 2018.
Understand that '2.0' implies a newer, updated version. Therefore, the launch year must be after 2018.
From the given options, 2021 is the most plausible year for a successor scheme to the one launched in 2018. Eliminate the earlier years (2017, 2018) and the later year (2022) based on this logic.

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