Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday said that after implementation of Mukhyamantri Sukanya Yojana, the awareness about education has increased among girls in rural areas of the State.
Talking about the problem of malnutrition in the State, Das said that a Run for Nutrition marathon will be organised in the month of September across Jharkhand.
Reviewing the work of Women and Child Development and Social Security department Das said, "If the girls in villages are educated, migration would reduce and malnutrition can be controlled."
He directed the officers of the department to link maximum number of beneficiaries to this scheme. There is a plan of linking 2,90,169 girls to this scheme in year 2019-20. Under this scheme, till a girl reaches the age of 18 she is given a total financial support of Rs. 40,000 in seven installments.
He directed the officers to ensure that Anganwadi Sevikas organise meeting with villagers, especially pregnant women, at least twice a week to discuss issues of malnutrition.
"Get the women linked with Pradhan Mantri Matri Vadana Yojana. Around one lakh women in the State are still to be linked with this scheme. Pay special attention on districts where there are higher cases of child marriage," the CM Directed.
Talking about Tejaswini Yojana Das said that that the scheme would be very beneficial for the adolescent girls and it should be started in all the 17 targeted districts. "Under this scheme the girls will be trained and linked to livelihood," he said.
To this, the department officials informed that till date 52,793 adolescent girls have been linked with this programme in Ramgarh and Dumka and 576 Tejaswini Clubs have been created. They also informed that the scheme will be launched in all the districts by July 3 under which 10 lakh girls would be benefitted.
The CM said that there is an immediate need to find a solution to the problem of human trafficking in the state. "A separate residential campus will be constructed in Ranchi for the trafficking survivors in which girls over the age of 18 will be given skill training and provided jobs in Jharkhand itself. This way they will not have to leave the State in search of work. Meanwhile, the survivors below age of 18 will be linked to education and given cycles," he announced.
Das also directed the officials to procure blankets for distributing among poor by the month of September. "Do not wait for the winters, ensure distribution of blankets by October," he said.
The meeting was attended by department minister Louis Marandi, Secretary Amitabh Kaushal, chief secretary DK Tiwari, principal secretary to the CM Sunil Barnwal and other department officials.