The State Women and Child Development Department had been distributing nutritious diet to nine lakh girls in the age-group of 11-18 years at the Anganwadi centres.
The 10 districts where 'Sabla Yojana' is operating are : Raipur, Gariabandh, Balodabazar, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh, Surguja, Balrampur, Surajpur, Jagdalpur and Kondagaon . About four lakh minor girls are availing the nutritious diet facility , offiicials stated.
In the remaining 17 districts a similar scheme is operating which is providing the diet to girls. Fifty per cent of the expenditure is borne by the Central Government and the other half is by the State Government.
The officials of the Women and Child Development Department said that the Anganwadi centres provide nutritious diet to anemic women and other allied services.
'Sabhla Yojana' provides facilities to school drop-outs in the age-group of 11-14 years. The minor girls in the age-group of 14-18 years are taught child rearing, home management, life skills training and other issues.