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The 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah was launched on 9 September 2026 at the Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi led the launch, with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Minister of State Savitri Thakur and UP Cabinet Minister Baby Rani Maurya.
The 2026 theme is 'Hamari Anganwadi, Hamari Jimmedari' - our Anganwadi, our responsibility - and the campaign runs through September 2026.
It is organised around five focus areas, including dietary diversity and adequate protein, hot cooked meals at Anganwadi Centres, community ownership, early childhood development, and ten years of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana.
Reduce stunting, undernutrition, anaemia and low birth weight through convergence, technology and community mobilisation
Key: Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 March 2018 at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan; Rashtriya Poshan Maah is observed every September under it
Integrated nutrition support programme merging Poshan Abhiyaan, the supplementary nutrition programme and the scheme for adolescent girls
Key: Its revised SNP Guidelines define Hot Cooked Meals, mandate SNP Menu Boards and set up Anganwadi Management Committees
Maternity benefit for pregnant women and lactating mothers to compensate wage loss and encourage health-seeking behaviour
Key: Launched 1 January 2017; Rs 5,000 in instalments for the first living child, with an additional benefit for a second child if a girl under PMMVY 2.0; completes ten years in the 2026 campaign
GS Paper 2 > Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections; Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector - Health, Human Resources
General Awareness > Government Schemes and Current Affairs
The village-level centre under the ICDS that delivers supplementary nutrition, pre-school education, immunisation support and health referrals.
The component supplying take-home rations and hot cooked meals to children, pregnant women and lactating mothers through Anganwadis.
Consumption of foods across multiple groups - cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables, nuts, dairy and eggs - used as an indicator of nutritional adequacy.