₹400 crore given to Manipur under special assistance package: Centre tell LS
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi: The central government has provided Manipur with a special assistance package of Rs.400.42 crore for the displaced people living in the relief camps, said Union minister of woman and child development Annpurna Devi told the Lok Sabha Friday. Union minister of woman and child development Annpurna Devi Devi was responding to a question raised by Congress MP Bimol Akoijam regarding special assistance to women and children in Manipur, which has been in the grip of severe ethnic conflict. Mentioning several schemes, she said that 6,164 children from six months to six years of age, 2,638 adolescent girls, 232 pregnant women, and 753 lactating mothers staying at relief camps are linked with the 271 nearest Anganwadi centres. Devi further said that the Shakti Sadan provides specialised services for pregnant women and lactating mothers in relief camps, in coordination with the government of Manipur.
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