State Level Convergence Committee maiden meeting on Monday set target to bring down malnutrition in state through better coordination among different departments for implementation of Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India scheme ‘Poshan Abhiyaan’ (Nutrition Drive).
Chief Secretary Sunil Kujur chairing the meeting directed the different concerned departments to establish better synchronisation, so that District Level Convergence Committee can prepare the work plan format, which can be then sent to Government of India.
Keeping this in view, for better harmonized working among the various departments, better monitoring and management of nutrition scheme, a State Level Convergence Committee was constituted.
Chief Secretary will be chairman of the committee while Additional Chief Secretaries/ Principal Secretary/Secretary of agriculture, Panchayat, Finance and Planning, School Education, Food, Health, Public Health Engineering, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe development, Women and Child Development, Urban Administration, Mission Director National Health Mission, National Rural Livelihood Mission, Swachch Bharat Mission, Director Horticulture, State Resource Centre, Food and Nutrition Board representative among others are members. Commissioner/Director, women and child welfare department is committee member-secretary. The committee will review the entire work plan and identify the sensitive issues for preparing the work plan. It would also specify clear-cut responsibility and role of different departments.