The establishment of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM) with a three-year budget of Rs. 9046.17 crores for 2017–18 was authorized by the Union Cabinet, which is presided over by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on November 30.

In the past three years, the amount of money allocated for POSHAN Abhiyaan has climbed from Rs. 950.00 crores in 2017–18 to Rs. 3061.30 crores in 2018–19 and to Rs. 3400.00 crores in 2019–20. With a budgetary allocation of 27.85 lakhs per district for the duration of the project, POSHAN Abhiyaan encouraged States/UTs to undertake repeatable nutrition-focused innovations in 2020–2021.