The Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) is a national network of individuals and organisations working for protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding in India. BPNI believes that breastfeeding is the right of all mothers and children. BPNI works through advocacy, social mobilization, information sharing, education and training of health workers and monitoring the compliance of International Code/The IMS Act to protect breastfeeding. BPNI works as the Regional Focal Point for South Asia for the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) & International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN).

BPNI does not accept funds or sponsorship of any kind from the companies producing infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles, related equipments, or infant foods (cereal foods) or those have been ever found to violate the IMS Act or The International Code.

BPNI encourages the development of alliances or coalitions, collaborations of breastfeeding advocates to stimulate greater activity in the country.

BPNI plans to strengthen and expand activities by establishing task forces for various different areas of work:

I. Training

BPNI advocates work towards training of health professionals and community workers to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. BPNI will coordinate and facilitate the education and training of grassroot personnel in the health and nutrition sector, both public & private hospital. BPNI will enhancing quality of BFHI through improved training.

II. Information

BPNI shall expand the availability of information on breastfeeding and complementary feeding at the local, state, national and regional level; strengthen the capacity of breastfeeding resource center to collect, use and share information to support programs. BPNI will assist in disseminate of malnutrition produced by BPNI, IBFAN and WABA, including maintenance of a website for information.

III. Research

BPNI will encourage research on breastfeeding and complementary feeding issues and disseminate these findings for protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding.

IV. Women and work

BPNI will support special needs of working women through advocacy work and information campaigns towards ensuring their rights.

V. Monitoring and Implementation of the IMS Act

BPNI will work on systematic monitoring the compliance of the IMS Act, International Code and subsequent World Health assembly resolutions by providing information and training development of materials at all levels.

VII. Education

BPNI will analyse & develop curriculum on encourage on infant issue and institutions to adapt them in their training. It will also continue to evaluate the impact of the same on practices.

VII. Social mobilization

BPNI will support social mobilization towards a breastfeeding culture to all and disseminating information to promote, protect and support breastfeeding.

VIII. Policy and planning

The task force will assist BPNI in forward planning and policy for future actions & activities.

1. The Managing Committee will appoint Task Force Coordinators. Every appointment shall cease at the end of two years unless re-appointed by the Managing Committee.

2. Each task force coordinator shall link with groups and individuals from among the BPNI members to facilitate his/her area of work.

3. Each task force is expected to meet at least once in a year.

The functions of the task force shall include:

1. Identifying and reviewing existing activities;

2. Identifying and prioritizing needs within a particular area of task force concern;

3. Stimulating and coordinating action in response to these needs;

4. Networking, including expansion of participation;

5. Resource mobilization;

6. Cross-linking with other task force