Central schemes
Recently Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, chaired a meeting to review progress on implementation of various schemes of Social Welfare department like ICDS (POSHAN), Mission Shakti, Mission Vastalya, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojna (PMMVY) and other schemes.
During the meeting, the Minister reviewed the status of fund utilisation under CAPEX, recruitment of Anganwadi workers and helpers, physical and financial position of Anganwadi Centres and other issues of the ICDS project.
She emphasised the critical role of POSHAN Abhiyan in addressing malnutrition and promoting holistic health among children, pregnant as well as lactating women. She highlighted that these schemes align with the Omar Abdullah led government’s broader vision of ensuring sustainable development and health equity across Jammu and Kashmir.
While reviewing the functioning of Anganwadi Centres, she stressed upon the DPOs for maintaining cleanliness and proper hygiene within the centres. She delved upon the officers for maintaining regular supervision of these centres within their respective districts to maintain quality of nutrition provision for the beneficiaries.
“Conduct surprise visits on regular basis to ascertain the quality of nutrition as well maintaining accountability of these centres “, she asked the officers.
