Minister for Women and Child Development (WCD) Archana Chitins said on Saturday that changes will be made in nutritious food distribution arrangements. WCD Minister Chitins further mentioned that new arrangements will be implemented from April 1 taking into account research and distribution in the field of nutrition and food processing conducted in the last few years for supply chain management and IT resources like bar code, GIS etc. Before this, an interim arrangement will be started which will continue till March end. A detail report will be presented to the Chief Minister soon as regard to the interim arrangements. This information was given by Chitnis at the second meeting of committee formed by the state government related to nutritious food today.
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Rustom Singh and other committee members were present in the meeting. It may be mentioned that state level committee consisting 5 members were formed related to nutritious food by the state government on September 23, 2016. Minister Chitnis said that improvement has been made in the nutrition level by the constant efforts of the state government during the last 10 years. The State Government is making continuous efforts for improving nutrition and health related indicators. She said that keeping in account announcement made by the Chief Minister and directives of Government of India and Supreme Court, nutritious food arrangement will be made qualitative as per the prescribed standard.