Women and Child Development Minister Maya Singh has urged Janpad Panchayat presidents and Sarpanchs to cooperate in efforts to improve quality of Anganwadi services. In this regard Singh has written letter to 313 Janpad Presidents and 23 thousand Panchayat Sarpanchs. In the letter Singh has informed Panchayat office-bearers that 92 thousand Anganwadis and mini Anganwadis exit in the state. Through them children, adolescent girls and pregnant women are provided nutritious diet and awareness is also created among them about health, hygiene and education. This is a work with which better future of the state is associated. She said that the state government is making every possible effort in this regard. Effective monitoring arrangements have been made. Despite this, cooperation of all sections of society is necessary to ensure that our next generation is nourished and healthy. Smt. Singh said that girls are being made healthy and capable through adolescent girl’s empowerment scheme, Sabla and Kishori Shakti Yojana. Through the schemes, they are being imparted knowledge and training regarding personal hygiene, procreation and sex education, health security of family and children etc, art of living while formal and non-formal education is being imparted to school dropout girls apart from advice and vocational training pertaining to employment to enable them to earn livelihood.
Minister Singh said that learn while play education is being imparted to children of 6 months to 6 years and special attention is being paid to their all-round development. Anganwadi centers are being made child-friendly and more attractive. Weight of children is being monitored constantly and they are being given nutritious diet. Special attention was paid to malnourished children by conducting Suposhan Abhiyan during 2014. Through efforts made and experience gained at these programmes, it came to the fore that every challenge can be met if society extends its active cooperation. She said that Janpand and Panchayat representatives have direct dealing with common people in rural areas and through them, benefit of any schemes can be delivered to the last person in the last row. In view of it, the Minister has urged these public representatives to cooperate in efforts to make children, girls and women healthy, capable and nourished. She said that with the assistance of these public representatives, we can definitely eradicate malnutrition and head towards “Golden Madhya Pradesh” as per wish of the Chief Minister.