<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani today said Poshan Abhiyaan aims to reduce malnutrition in the country in a phased manner.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Replying to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha, Ms Irani said, Poshan Abhiyaan ensures mechanisms for timely service delivery and a robust monitoring as well as intervention infrastructure. She said, the target is to bring down stunting of children in the age group of 0 to 6 years from 38.4 per cent to 25 per cent by 2022.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ms Irani informed the house that meetings have been held between the Ministry and Chief Ministers of 16 States during last eight months to review the progress of Poshan Abhiyaan. The Minister said, scheme for out of school adolescent girls is implemented in the age group of 11-14 years to empower them.   </span><br />