❖ A board responsible for providing technical and logistical support for functioning of community nutrition programmes has been "officially dissolved" as part of a plan for rationalisation of government bodies.

❖ The Food and Nutrition Board has been shut down by the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry.

❖ It was a technical wing of the ministry headquartered at the Centre in Delhi.

❖ The board had a wide network of offices, including four regional offices and as many quality control laboratories in Faridabad, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.

❖ The FNB was originally established under the agriculture ministry but later transferred to the WCD ministry in 1993.