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Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy launched a meal strategy titled, Tholi Mudda, for anganwadi children astatine a programme held connected the Assembly premises.
Ministers Seethakka and Konda Surekha, Food Corporation Chairman Faheem, Child Welfare Commission Chairman Seetha Dayakar Reddy and elder officials were contiguous connected the occasion.
Under the scheme, the authorities volition supply ready-to-cook meal items specified arsenic upma and khichdi premix to children attending anganwadi centres.
The Chief Minister besides distributed mobile phones to anganwadi workers during the lawsuit to fortify work transportation and monitoring.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Revanth Reddy said the motorboat of the meal strategy has a meaningful background. He recalled that successful the aboriginal years aft Independence, the country’s archetypal Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru prioritised acquisition and irrigation to tackle illiteracy and boost cultivation growth.
“Today, portion the state has achieved nutrient security, nutritional information remains a challenge,” helium observed. He said the State authorities is already providing nutritious nutrient to large women from the clip the kid is successful the womb, and the instauration of the meal strategy is different measurement successful strengthening kid nutrition.
The Chief Minister emphasised that nevertheless good the authorities designs payment programmes, their occurrence yet depends connected anganwadi teachers and staff.
“We person placed a large work connected you. Treat anganwadi children arsenic your ain and guarantee they person nutritious food,” helium said.
Highlighting the value of aboriginal puerility nutrition, Mr. Revanth Reddy said intelligence improvement is importantly influenced by capable nutrition successful the archetypal six years of life.
“Many semipermanent wellness problems originate from deficiency of due nutrition successful aboriginal childhood. To forestall specified situations, the authorities has introduced schemes similar this,” helium said.
