On the second day of the three-day Bharat Nirman public information campaign organised by the Press Information Bureau in the Paubo block of Pauri district, the main focus of the programmes was on the flagship schemes such as Right to Information, National Rural Health Mission and Food Security.
The District Development Officer, Pauri, Bharat Chandra Bhatt gave a detailed account and importance of the Right to Information Act.
He said that this Act has empowered the people in a big way as the villagers can use it to get any information about the various development schemes and programmes being implemented by the Government in rural areas.
Speaking about the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Dr Kailash Singh Gunjyal said that the main objective of the mission was to provide health services to all in rural areas.
He said that special attention was being paid to look after the mother and child health. With a view to achieve the target of reducing mother-child death rate, it was essential for the people to have the delivery in Government hospitals.
Pregnant women were being paid for transportation to and from hospital besides giving free treatment to them.
He told that the NRHM has also been linked to schools and ICDS.
Under this, a health checkup was being carried out for the school children and iron and folic acid tablets were being administered to them for treatment of anaemia.
Informing about the Food Security Act, Harshpati Dhaundiyal from Food and Civil Supply Department told that the Act was in the process of implementation in the district currently.
He told that under this scheme the families with an income of less than fifteen thousand rupees would be getting 35kg of food grains.
This includes Rs3 per kg for rice, Rs2 per kg for wheat and Re one per kg for coarse grain. He also said that children in primary and junior schools were being provided nutritional food under the midday meal scheme.