MBA697 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PRESENTATION

INTERNSHIP AT Tribal Affairs Department,

Bhopal

Project 1: Impact Analysis of Ahaar Anudan Yojna on the

Health of Bhariya Tribe Children

Submitted By-
Prabhat Kumar Jha
IIT Kanpur
 Objectives

• We aim to study the impact of Ahaar Anudan

Yojna on the health condition of Bhariyas tribe
(PVTGs) in Chhindwara over months of
implementation i.e. (Jan’2018 to Mar’2019)

• To understand the problems they are facing in

availing the benefit of Ahaar Anudaan Yojna
 Introduction
Tribals in Madhya Pradesh

• Population of Scheduled Tribals (ST) is 21.1%

• 1st rank among all the States/Uts
• Different linguistic, cultural and geographical
environments
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group

• pre-agriculture level of technology;

• stagnant or declining population;
• extremely low literacy; and
• subsistence level of economy

 75 PVTGs Scheduled Tribes spread over 17 states

 Livelihoods depends upon food gathering,NTFP
 CCD plan in each state for 5 years for each PVTG
Malnutrition

• Bad nutrition
• prolonged exposure to diet in which certain nutrients
are lacking
• Due to macronutrient or micronutrient deficiency or
both

Parameters : age, weight and height

Types of Under Nutrition: Underweight, Stunting,
Wasting
About Bhariya Tribe

• Bharia is one of the three primitive tribes,

found in Madhya Pradesh
• far away from the education and modern
living
• Still dependent on natural resources
 Methodology
• Quantitative data for children aged 0-6 years of age
for period April, 2016 to March, 2019

• Details of severely underweight children which are

severely underweight for the same period

• Interaction with the Bhariya women

General Problems Faced By Bhariya

• Scarcity of water
• Unemployment
• High cost of vegetables and fruits

Problems Related To Aahar Anudan Yojna

• 30 % was not receiving the fund

• Discontinuation of fund in recent months (from
February to May)
• Withdrawal of money from bank account by some
unscrupulous person in the bank
 Data Collection and Analysis
Data Collection
• Dataset 1: Details like Anganwadi, name of underweight
child, date of birth, gender for period April 2016 to Mar
2019

• Dataset 2: Quantitative data like Total number of surveyed

children, number of children weighed, number of children
falling under mild and severe under nutrition, number of
not weighed children for each anganwadi for each month

• Dataset 3: List of Bhariya tribes anganwadi

Data Analysis
Summary for Children falling under different weight categories

Total Number Percenta Percenta

Number Number Percenta
no. of of Total Un Number ge of ge of
Total of mild of ge of
children severely registere of not mild severely
Period Tribe weighed under Normal normal
surveye under d weighed under under
children weight weight weight
d of age weight children children weight weight
children vhildren children
0-5 years children children children

Bhariya 1540 1534 368 39 21 27 1127 73.48% 24.00% 2.52%

2016-17 Non-Bhariya 11154 11157 2424 243 210 208 8490 76.10% 21.73% 2.18%
Total 12694 12691 2792 281 231 234 9617 75.78% 22.01% 2.21%
Bhariya 1408 1404 316 37 26 30 1050 74.80% 22.53% 2.67%
2017-18 Non-Bhariya 10516 10569 2265 279 286 233 8025 75.93% 21.43% 2.64%
Total 11924 11973 2581 317 312 263 9075 75.80% 21.56% 2.64%
Bhariya 1324 1320 295 23 20 24 1003 75.98% 22.31% 1.70%
2018-19 Non-Bhariya 10216 10308 2057 213 171 79 8038 77.98% 19.95% 2.07%
Total 11540 11628 2351 236 191 103 9041 77.75% 20.22% 2.03%
 Severe Under nutrition cases
Year
Sector Anganwadi
2017 2018 2019
तामिया भरियाढाना 4 4 1
गुडीछत्तिी 4 2 0
घटल िंगा 5 5 1
मिकिनढाना
दे लाखारी 2 2 0
ुक्काढाना 3 3 1
श्रीझ त िं 7 7 0
नागद न 3 4 0
कठ लतया 0 0 1
कािे आम 0 0 1
गुडीलििधा 0 0 2
गै डाब्बा 4 2 1
घानाक लडया 0 0 1
लिमटीपु ि 0 0 1
जड़माद
पातालकोट 0 2 1
द े 0 0 4
िाते ड़ 1 0 1
सात िाह 0 0 1
लसध िं ी 0 0 2
सू खाभािं ड हािमऊ 0 0 1
से हिापािगो ढाना 0 0 2
हिाा कछाि 0 0 1
केिाढाना
साजकुही 1 1 0
पािं डु लपपरिया 5 5 1
Total 39 37 24
 Recommendations
• free food materials worth Rs. 1000 can be made
available to them in the PDS or Ration

• Awareness program about balanced diet and

nutrition

• Distinct family IDs must be made for a joint family

Project 2: Assessment of Effectiveness of Growth
Monitors and Kitchen Gardens in Reducing
Under Nutrition in Sheopur Anganwadis
 Objectives

• To study the effect of interventions

(undergrowth monitors and kitchen gardens)
implemented in different anganwadis, on the
malnourished children of the Sahariya tribe

• To study which factor is dominant in reducing

the malnourishment problem.
 Introduction
About Saharia Tribe

• Among the 3 primitive tribal groups in MP

• 75.76 % of the total PTGs population of Madhya

Pradesh

• Tendu Patta collection provides employment through

forest department
 Interventions
Kitchen Garden
• The concept was taken from African kitchen garden
or Keyhole Gardens
• Works best even for poor quality soil and in little
amount of water to create a more sustainable
gardening system

Around 50 villages were chosen

Drumsticks and Neem plant
Started around October 2016 and completed for
each of the villages effectively till March 2017.
 Growth monitors
• Appointed in Karahal and Vijaypur blocks of Sheopur
from the month of August-2017
• Monitoring growth of malnourished and severely
malnourished children enrolled in Anganwadis and
regular follow up with mothers
• Also responsible for admitting severely under
nourished children to NRCs
• To impart knowledge in AWWs about the growth
monitoring and growth charts
• Around 10 growth monitor given a cluster of 20-25
anganwadis each
 Methodology

• Quantitative data for children aged 0-6 years of age

for period April, 2016 to March, 2019

• Details of mild and severely underweight children

• Interaction with the Sahariya women, AWW and

supervisors
 Data Collection and Analysis
Data Collection

• Dataset 1: Details like Anganwadi, name of

underweight child, date of birth, gender for period
April 2016 to Mar 2019
• Dataset 2: Quantitative data like consisting Total
number of surveyed children y, number of children
weighed, number of children falling under mild and
severe under nutrition, number of not weighed
children for each anganwadi for each month
• Dataset 3: List of Kitchen Garden anganwadis
Interaction with Sahariya Women and
Anganwadi Workers
• Migration is common in the region during lean
seasons
• scarcity of water and unavailablility of tap water
• Early marriage of girls and superstition
• family planning
• Poor bed occupancy in NRCs
• Fund provided to the anganwadis per child
• Addiction to local wine
• Growth Monitors sometimes involved in asking
for bribe
 Data Average of MUAC
Age Bracket

Analysis Period Intervention Type

GM
0-1
11.56
1-3
11.78
3-6
12.34
Grand Total
11.82
2016-17 KG 11.56 11.76 12.08 11.77
Grand Total 11.56 11.78 12.28 11.81
GM 11.82 11.94 12.19 12.02
2017-18 KG 11.72 11.84 12.13 11.94
Grand Total 11.79 11.92 12.18 12.01
GM 11.73 12.19 12.38 12.26
2018-19 KG 11.72 12.14 12.30 12.20
Grand Total 11.73 12.18 12.37 12.25

Average of Weight(kg)
Age Bracket
Period Intervention Type 0-1 1-3 3-6 Grand Total
GM 6.08 7.75 9.75 7.68
2016-17 KG 5.95 7.61 9.87 7.54
Grand Total 6.05 7.72 9.77 7.65
GM 6.21 7.47 8.79 7.89
2017-18 KG 6.40 7.38 8.73 7.79
Grand Total 6.26 7.46 8.77 7.87
GM 6.10 8.12 9.27 8.58
2018-19 KG 6.05 7.91 8.68 8.20
Grand Total 6.09 8.07 9.14 8.49
 Summary for Children falling under different weight categories

Number Percentag
Number Percentage
of Total Un Number e of
of mild Number of Percentage of of mild
severely registere of not severely
under Normal weight normal weight under
under d weighed under
Total no. of weight vhildren children weight
weight children children weight
children children children
children children
surveyed of Total
age 0-5 weighed
years children

KG 3907 3624 644 170 62 179 2810 77.5% 17.8% 4.7%

2016 GM 16172 16019 2733 542 414 567 12744 79.6% 17.1% 3.4%

Total 20079 19643 3377 712 477 746 15554 79.2% 17.2% 3.6%

KG 3615 3560 735 222 64 89 2603 73.1% 20.6% 6.2%

2017 GM 15255 15062 3169 832 328 512 11061 73.4% 21.0% 5.5%

Total 18870 18622 3904 1054 392 601 13665 73.4% 21.0% 5.7%

KG 3676 3846 884 234 281 99 2729 70.9% 23.0% 6.1%

2018 GM 15670 15629 3737 886 1097 742 11006 70.4% 23.9% 5.7%

Total 19346 19476 4621 1120 1379 841 13735 70.5% 23.7% 5.7%
 Findings Against Objectives Of The
Study
• Health of Sahariya children is falling for the period
April, 2016 and March, 2019
• Decline in health condition is comparatively less in
Kitchen Garden when compared to Growth Monitor
anganwadis
• Kitchen Garden is a better option in improving the
health condition of Sahariya Tribe in a sustainable
way
• Growth Monitors as effective as Kitchen Gardens

• Growth Monitors is a reactive measure after the

under nourishment has occurred

• Need of more of a proactive measure rather than a

reactive measure for reducing the underweight cases
in children
 Recommendations

• Involving educated people from the same village and

appointing them as under growth monitors

• Kitchen Gardens should be started in all anganwadis

• Role of Growth Monitors must be extended to in

creating awareness for family planning; good food
habits/balanced