National Nutrition Policy,1993 – Direct Interventions and Indirect Policy Instruments
- National Nutrition Policy (India) was introduced in 1993 to combat the problem of undernutrition
- It aims to address this problem by utilising direct (short term) and indirect (long term) interventions
Direct interventions – short term:
- Ensuring proper nutrition of target groups
- Expanding the safety net for children – proper implementation of universal immunization, oral rehydration and ICDS services
- Growth monitoring in 0-3 year age group
- Nutrition of adolescent girls to enable them to attain safe motherhood
- Nutrition of pregnant women to decrease incidence of low birth weight
- Food fortification
- Provision of low cost nutritious food
- Combating micro nutrient deficiency in vulnerable group
Indirect policy interventions – long term:
- Food security – ensuring production of 215kg of food grains per person per year
- Improving dietary pattern
- Improving purchasing power of rural and urban poor by public food distribution system
- Nutrition education
- Land reforms
- Prevention of food adulteration
- Nutritional surveillance
- Health and Family welfare
- Research
- Minimum wage administration
- Communication
- Community participation
- Equal renumeration for women
- Improvement of literacy, especially for women
- Improving the status of women
