A campaign will be launched next year to improve the functioning of about 50,000 Anganwadis in Chhattisgarh, officials stated.
The ''Anganwadi Quality Improvement Campaign'' will be launched from January 4, 2016. A ‘Protein Food Utsav’ will be inaugurated on January 5, 2016, officials stated.
The campaign will be launched by the Women and Child Development Department on the guidelines issued by Chief Minister Raman Singh.
The target is to pull out about one lakh impoverished children out of the malnourished category.
The people's representatives and citizens will test the quality of 'Ready-To-Eat' food. The team will visit women's self-help groups (SHGs) food processing sites to observe the conditions prevailing there.
There are several State Government programmes to alleviate malnourishment from among the deprived sections of the society. The schemes include Navajatan programme, Chief Minister Bal Sandarbh Yojana, Dattak Putri Suposhan Yojana and Sneh Sibir are organized for the welfare of malnourished children, officials stated.
'Ready-To-Eat' food is prepared by the Women's Self-Help Groups. The aim of the campaign is to improve the functioning of Anganwadis to make it more effective in deliveries. ''Anganwadi Quality Improvement Campaign'' will help achieve the desired goals.
The people's representatives, senior prominent citizens and several groups will monitor the quality of Anganwadi centres. They will adopt Anganwadi centres and severely malnourished children also.
The campaign will observe the protein food prepared at the Women's Self-Help Groups centres. 'Nutritious Food Utsav' will be celebrated on the first and third Tuesdays of every month.
The Utsav will be inaugurated in all the Anganwadis on January 5 next year. The Anganwadis' Mitra and Bal Mitra will be felicitated after a duration of six months.
The Gram Panchayats and districts which achieve even 80 per cent of the targets will be felicitated on the State Formation Day with the 'Chief Minister Suposhan Samman''.
The Collectors of the top three districts will also be honoured.