Woman and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu asked the district programme officers, district woman and child development officers and observers to inspect Anganwadi centres on a regular basis, so that women, children and adolescents get full benefits for departmental schemes.
Addressing a two-day departmental review meeting at Mantralaya here on Wednesday, the Minister said that strict administrative action would be taken against the officers concerned who are not visiting the centres regularly and on complaints about the quality of supplementary nutritious food.
Giving emphasis on women empowerment, Sahu said as per the provisions, Mahila Jagriti camps should be organised at district level. Under various schemes, along with site-visit programme training programmes should be conducted for women, with which besides awareness, they would become eligible also. Secretary, woman and child development department, Subrat Sahu informed about the implementation departmental schemes.
The Minister said that efforts should be made to provide more and more benefits to the beneficiaries by spending the amount of schemes within the time-limit. Special attention should be given on the quality of supplementary nutritious food and for that observer should be present at the time of preparation and packing of ready-to-eat food, she said.
The Minister collected information about the implementation of provisions various Acts, including the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act 2013, Protection of Children from Sexual Crimes Act and Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. She asked to ensure strict implementation of these Acts.
The Minister instructed the officers to ensure process on appointment of Aanganbadi workers and assistants on vacant posts. She also gave guidelines to officers on the construction of Aanganbadi centre buildings.
Sahu issued guidelines after the review of different departmental schemes, including payment to groups and institutions related to breakfast, hot food and ready-to-eat, analysis of ready-to-eat samples, under district-level allotment and expenditure under supplementary nutritious food programme, lifting of rice and wheat, formation of district child protection committees, appointment in on different posts of district child protection committees and juvenile justice board.
Director woman and child development Dilip Vasnikar, district programme officers, woman and child development officers and senior officers and employees of the directorate were present at the meeting.