YUPIA, Sep 1: Along with the rest of the country, Arunachal Pradesh launched ‘Poshan Maah’ across the state today.
Poshan Maah 2021 will be celebrated the entire month of September on “converging towards a healthy walk through life” under Poshan Abhiyaan. The celebration is planned around four major themes—Plantation activity in the form of Poshan Vatika, Yoga and AYUSH for Nutrition, Awareness and focus on locally available nutritious food and Drive for identification of SAM for promoting convergent action among all the partner departments.
The launch programme started with the planting of fruit bearing trees at the office premises of DD, Yupia by the dignitaries and officials of Women & Child Development as a part of Poshan Vatika. 
The formal programme started with lighting of lamp and administration of the Poshan Pledge.
DD Yupia, WCD, Aryoma Lowancha, gave the keynote address and stressed on the importance of Poshan Maah as a key component of Poshan Abhiyaan, its focus on Poshan Vatika (Nutri garden), importance of Yoga and nutritious food. 
On this occasion, DD Yupia also mentioned that the State is observing Matru Vandana Saptah from September 1-7 of Pradhan Mantra Matru Vandana Yojna (PMMVY) – a conditional maternity benefit programme. She took this opportunity to motivate the grassroots Anganwadi workers to work diligently on various programs under Poshan Abhiyaan and PMMVY.
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Research Officer (Ayurveda) from Regional Ayurveda Research Institute provided a very informative talk on Nutrition and Ayurveda with practical inputs on how requirement of nutrition is different in every individual and how food diversification and combination of the locally available grains, vegetables and fruits can be added to the diet for a healthy lifestyle and this information can be used by the field functionaries to ensure nutritional requirements of mothers and children.
The program also saw the release of Poshan stickers as IEC materials to be run across the state during the celebration of Poshan Maah.
Zilla Parishad Chairperson Chukhu Bablu, was enthusiastic about the idea of using locally available vegetables and fruits in our daily diet for nutrition. Further, he appealed to all WCD field functionaries present to pass on this information to the village people who can take advantage of it as this could be key in reducing malnutrition.

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