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Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 — India's Nutrition Mission
India's flagship attack on child and maternal malnutrition runs through the village Anganwadi Centre, and every meal, ration packet and growth measurement it delivers is now logged on one app, the Poshan Tracker.
Last updated 9 September 202610 min read
Latest update
Opened the ninth Poshan Maah: launched at Varanasi on 9 September 2026 and running to 8 October, with the network now put past 14 lakh Anganwadi Centres and ten years of PMMVY payouts crossing ₹21,000 crore.
- Mission Poshan 2.0
- Saksham Anganwadi
- Poshan Tracker
- Anganwadi Centre
- supplementary nutrition
- Poshan Abhiyaan
- Women and Child Development
- malnutrition
- Poshan 2.0
- Rashtriya Poshan Maah
- Anganwadi
- PMMVY
- Poshan Pakhwada
- Annpurna Devi
- Hamari Anganwadi Hamari Jimmedari
- Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026
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