Work on a mission to free the State from malnutrition, said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. There is no dearth of resources for this in the State and with better use of the available resources, the target will be met, he said. Chouhan was addressing a Nutrition Smart Village workshop here on Tuesday. One village each from all the development blocks in the State will be made Nutrition Smart Village by the next year.
Chouhan said that the growth rate of the State is continuously in ten digits. The agriculture growth rate is highest in the country. The per capita income is also constantly on the rise. Until and unless the benefit of growth does not reach the common man, it is of no use. It will have to be ensured that the benefits of growth reach the poor and the children. State government has launched several schemes for children.
The Mukhya Mantri Medhavi Vidyarthi Yojana has been introduced to ensure that no problem arises in the higher education of brilliant children. Children are the future of the state and the country. Better implementation with better schemes is needed.
He told the field officers of the Women and the Child Development Department that they should work considering it a mission.
The work of development of women and children is very sacred and significant. Officers-employees with good performance will be rewarded. He told them to work towards making Madhya Pradesh the best state of the country.
Women and Child Development Minister Archana Chitnis said that one nutrition village has been selected from all 313 development blocks. Those who perform well will be given the Deendayal Nutrition Award. Drinking water arrangements have been made in all anganwadis of the state. Electricity arrangement through solar energy is also being made in all the anganwadis.
Similarly, Soya-milk distribution is also being arranged. Director of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Jabalpur Anupam Mishra gave information about the concept of Nutrition Smart Village.
He told that the concept will be implemented with the coordination of seven departments. Madhya Pradesh is the first State to introduce this concept.
Chouhan dedicated the Anganwadi Help Desk mobile-app in the programme.