The country’s first ultramodern Anganwadi Centre under Central Government’s ambitious public private partnership project would be opened in Haryana’s Sonepat district on June 24.
Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi will inaugurate the ultramodern Anganwadi Centre at village Hasanpur in Sonepat on Wednesday. Haryana Women and Child Development Minister, Kavita Jain will also be present during the occasion.
This Anganwadi Centre has been set up under ‘Nand Ghar Yojana’ of the Central Government under the public private partnership mode. A total of 4,000 such ultramodern Anganwadi Centres would be set up in the country, said a spokesperson of the State Government.He said that Anganwadi Centres have been set up in all the cities and villages in order to provide better nutrition and elementary education to women and children. With a view to make these Anganwadi Centres better, these centres were being given modern look and are provided with better facilities by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Under this programme, the Women and Child Development Ministry in collaboration with a private company namely Vedanta would give ‘Nand Ghar’ look to 4,000 Anganwadi Centres under first phase in the entire country. The scheme to be implemented in the entire country would be launched from village Hasanpur in Sonepat on June 24.On this day, a Memorandum of Understanding would also be signed between the Central Government and chairman, Vedanta for the implementation of this scheme. Apart from Haryana, the scheme is being started in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh under the first phase, added the spokesperson.