BHUBANESWAR: In a move to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency in implementation of various welfare schemes for women and children, the Odisha government has decided to set up a command and control centre in the Women and Child Development department. The WCD department implements several developmental programmes and key welfare schemes like Mamata, Poshan Abhiyaan, Mukhymantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana, Supplementary …
NEW DELHI: Issues concerning nutrition and the security of women and children did not receive due attention for four decades until Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office in 2014 and delivered on all these fronts, Union minister Smriti Irani said on Friday. In a session themed 'Her Road from India: From Boardrooms to Global Institutions' at the Raisina Dialogue, the …
Unfortunately, malnutrition numbers in India are worse than many poorer countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nationally the apex technical institution is National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development and not National Institute of Nutrition which is an Indian Council for Medical Research institute. Education department which runs the mid-day meal scheme also has very little nutrition expertise. NIN should have …
Concerned over the presence of lakhs of families having children with stunted and wasted growth and anaemic pregnant women, the Odisha government is toying with idea of providing kitchen garden and poultry farms so that these targeted households would have access to nutritious food. Odisha’s Women and Child Development Department has furnished information about 13,48,707 households having members with stunted …