Women, children in Budget 2024-25: Marginal rise in allocation for WCD MinistryIn the 2024-25 budget, the Women and Child Development Ministry received an allocation of Rs 26,000 crore, marking a 2.52% increase from th...
01 Feb, 2024, 04.46 PM IST
Government to launch mega drive for full saturation of welfare schemes as PM Modi sets target of 6 monthsThe drive will ensure the saturation of schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Grameen), National Rural Livelihood Mission, PM KIS...
21 Oct, 2023, 08.48 PM IST
Health melas to be organised at Ayushman Bharat wellness centres on 14th of every monthYoga and Zumba sessions, teleconsultation, 'Nikshay Poshan Abhiyan', non-communicable diseases' screening, distribution of medicines and si...
13 Feb, 2023, 10.25 PM IST
Indian farmers need to shift from rice to millet cultivation to reduce high water consumption, says Amitabh KantKant noted that the private sector needs to play a key role in making millet the superfood of India. "All Poshan Abhiyan schemes should onl...
18 Jan, 2023, 06.26 PM IST
Malnutrition in India: A comprehensive strategy to combat for better futureNot only are important nutrition programmes underfunded, but little funding is also not being used efficiently.
26 Dec, 2022, 04.44 PM IST
Maha, Andhra, Gujarat top states in implementing Poshan Abhiyaan scheme: Niti reportThe report titled 'Preserving Progress on Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan in Pandemic Times' further said that 12 out of 19 large states...
02 Sep, 2022, 09.36 PM IST
Wealth of Indian billionaires shot up by 39% in Covid, fortune of ten richest enough to fund children's education for 25 yrs: StudyOn gender inequality, Oxfam India said women accounted for 28 per cent of all job losses.
18 Jan, 2022, 07.17 PM IST
Wealth of India's 10 richest enough to fund school, higher education of every child for 25 years: StudyIn its annual inequality survey released on the first day of the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda summit, Oxfam India further sai...
17 Jan, 2022, 09.34 AM IST
WCD ministry classifies major programmes under 3 umbrella schemes for better implementationAccording to the ministry, the government is merging the supplementary nutrition programme and Poshan Abhiyan to launch Mission POSHAN 2.0.
08 Mar, 2021, 02.29 PM IST
Govt working towards nurturing children through POSHAN Maah campaign: JP NaddaThe Prime Minister's Overreaching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyaan is a multi-ministerial convergence mission aimed at add...
07 Sep, 2020, 01.09 PM IST
Government plans survey to check health of its nutrition missionThe proposed survey’s first report— covering a sample of 100,000 ‘anganwadis’—is expected to come in by March 2019.
21 Dec, 2018, 08.17 AM IST
8 lakh fake beneficiaries identified in Maharashtra anganwadis: WCDA senior WCD official said a total of 61 lakh beneficiaries registered in these anganwadis and of them 8 lakh names were fake.
16 Dec, 2018, 11.48 AM IST
Prime Minister announces hike in incentives of Asha, Anganwadi workersHe said the revised incentive will come into effect from October and it will reflect in their salaries from November onwards, which would b...
11 Sep, 2018, 06.48 PM IST
Over 2 lakh smartphones, tablets procured by 8 states for anganwadis: Official dataThe information recorded by the anganwadis would be shared with the supervisor, who will then feed it into the database server.
04 Aug, 2018, 11.35 AM IST
India cannot afford to have generations of stunted children: Maneka GandhiGandhi, while chairing the second meeting of national council on India's nutrition challenges, said the states also need to identify people...
24 Jul, 2018, 08.38 PM IST
Government wants to team up with corporates, NGOs for Nutrition Mission PlanOfficials at the Women and Child Ministry said that the government is specifically looking at collaborations with corporates and NGOs in th...
30 Jun, 2018, 01.01 PM IST
Government panel to oversee implementation of education schemesLok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs, MLAs and MLCs will be the main members of the committee, he said.
28 Apr, 2015, 02.35 PM IST