Which of the following are the objectives of ‘National Nutrition Mission'? 1. To create awareness relating to malnutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers. 2. To reduce the incidence of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women. 3. To promote the consumption of millets, coarse cereals and unpolished rice. 4. To promote the consumption of poultry eggs. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

The correct answer is A) 1 and 2 only. The National Nutrition Mission, launched in 2017 and later renamed POSHAN Abhiyaan, was designed to tackle stunting, undernutrition, anaemia and low birth weight through convergence of existing schemes and digital monitoring.

• Statement 1 is correct. Creating awareness about malnutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers is a stated objective, delivered through Anganwadi-led behaviour change communication.
• Statement 2 is correct. Reducing anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women is a core target, linked to iron-folic acid supplementation and the anaemia reduction strategy.
• Statement 3 is wrong. Promotion of millets and coarse cereals is a separate policy thrust, not an objective of the Mission. Millets have been pushed through other channels, and the UN later declared 2023 the International Year of Millets.
• Statement 4 is wrong. The Mission does not target poultry egg consumption as an objective. Egg-related interventions, where they exist, sit under other programmes.

Core concept: a flagship mission works by convergence, so the objectives are specific and narrower than general nutrition advice. For Mains GS-2 (health, government schemes), it is worth noting how the Mission uses Anganwadi infrastructure and the POSHAN Abhaan tracking app.

Trap: Aspirants tend to include statement 3 because millets are heavily promoted in nutrition discourse. Check whether the objective appears in the mission's own documents, not just in general policy talk.