Mission Poshan 2.0 Strengthening India’s Nutrition Ecosystem

• Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 is an Integrated Nutrition Support Programme launched as an umbrella scheme by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) to address malnutrition in children (0-6), adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
• Subsumes Anganwadi Services (ICDS), Supplementary Nutrition Programme, POSHAN Abhiyaan, Scheme for Adolescent Girls and the National Creche Scheme under one architecture.
• High-yield UPSC topic: tests Schemes (GS-II), Hunger/Poverty (GS-II), Food Security (GS-III) and SDG-2/3 linkages.