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One Full Meal programme to be launched on Dec 15
District Collector G Kishan directed the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) officials to make dedicated efforts for the effective implementation of ‘One Full Meal’ programme, a supplementary nutrition programme under ICDS.
Collector directs ICDS officials to strive for its effective implementation
Warangal: District Collector G Kishan directed the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) officials to make dedicated efforts for the effective implementation of ‘One Full Meal’ programme, a supplementary nutrition programme under ICDS.
The new initiative will be introduced on December 15, 2014 in Warangal district. Pregnant women, lactating mothers and children in the age group of seven months to three years would be given a modified nutritious diet for 30 days in a month.
The diet includes 200 ml milk and one egg for pregnant women and lactating mothers while the children get one egg every day through all the anganwadi centres to address the problem of malnutrition.
The district administration has released Rs 94 crore for the implementation of the programme from December 2014 to March 2015.
The Collector addressed a gathering of officials from Warangal and Khammam districts at an orientation programme held at Kakatiya University in Hanamkonda on Friday under the aegis of the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare in association with UNICEF.
Kishan wanted the ICDS project directors, child development project officers (CDPOs), assistant child development project officers and supervisors to make sincere efforts for the programme implementation. It should be executed in a transparent manner and without the involvement of middlemen.
In Warangal district, 2.50 lakh women and children would be benefitted under the programme. A monitoring committee headed by sarpanch would be set up at anganwadi level.
He asked the CDPOs and supervisors to conduct inspections to ensure effective implementation of One Full Meal programme.
Addressing the officials, Women Development and Child Welfare department Director Amrapali Kata said the programme was a flagship and a prestigious project for the government. Hence everyone concerned should make honest efforts for its success and to improve health conditions of the target groups.
‘Any negligence, misuse, diversion, and interruption of the programme would be viewed seriously and stringent action would be taken against the erring persons, the official said.
Department Regional Joint Director Shailaja stressed on the need for coordinated efforts by all the departments concerned.
“It is an innovative programme and is a good indication towards achieving better health standards of women and children,” she said.
Additional Joint Collector K Krishna Reddy, ICDS Project Directors V Krishna Jyothi and Sukhajeevan Babu, UNICEF representative Sivalkar Reddy and others were present.
