The Union Cabinet has approved the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced on Friday.
The Cabinet has approved the setting up of the NNM with a three-year budget of Rs 9,046.17 crore commencing from 2017-18, the Press Information Bureau informed.
As an apex body, the NNM will monitor, supervise, fix targets, and guide the nutrition-related interventions across ministries.
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Further, the NNM will strive to reduce the level of stunting, under-nutrition,