CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Q. SAAMAR campaign has been launched by which state? Notes: The state Government of Jharkhand launched a campaign named SAAMAR (Strategic Action for Alleviation of Malnutrition and Anaemia Reduction). It aims to tackle malnutrition in the state by identifying anaemic women and malnourished children.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bihar has the highest number of underweight children (41%), followed by Gujarat (39.7%), and Jharkhand at (39.4%).

Detailed explanation-3: -Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat top the States with severely malnourished children.

Detailed explanation-4: -For this, wide publicity should be ensured to check malnutrition and anemia by running a special campaign from July 15 to 31, 2022. The list of all the cases of malnutrition and anemia is available in the SAAMAR App on the investigation done at the Anganwadi center.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to an estimate by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, of the 33 lakh malnourished children in India, 1.86 lakh are in Uttar Pradesh.