Smriti Irani launches Poshan 2.0, Encourages to Set up Poshan Vatikas
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani urged all the aspirational districts in India to make a commitment to establish a Poshan Vatika.
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New Delhi, September 2: Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani urged all the aspirational districts in India to make a commitment to establish a Poshan Vatika. It is a nutritional garden launched during the nutrition month which starts from September 1. This is in order to protect the Severe Actual Malnourished (SAM) children.
While inaugurating Poshan 2.0 at All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Irani said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants women to get empowered in all fields and urged the states to take up Nutrition Month, starting September 1.
Irani said, “According to a 2010 World Bank report, India suffered an economic loss of Rs 24,000 crore due to lack of toilets. According to the study of the year 2018, the GDP suffered a decline of 4% due to malnutrition. But since 2018, even in the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic, a mass movement is going on against malnutrition. Carrying out 16 crore activities with public cooperation... All aspirational districts of the country should be committed to establishing a 'Poshan Vatika' during the nutrition month.”
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She added that a tremendous amount of work has gone into identifying Severe Actual Malnourished (SAM) children, but just identifying isn’t enough. They also need protection. Only our society can help with that. The number of such children in India earlier was 80 lakhs, which has now come down to 10 lakh. It reflects the honesty of working towards this issue. However, now the states can talk about the exact number of such children, and how it has been reduced.
The union minister is chairing the National Conference of States / UTs in Kevadiya in Gujarat. The main event started on August 31 with a tribute to the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Statue of Unity. The 3 key missions of this conference are POSHAN 2.0, Mission Shakti and lastly, Mission Vatsalya.