The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
A recent Government survey found that one in four kids enrolled with the anganwadi centres across the country are underweight due to poor diet. The study was conducted by the Women and Child Development Ministry under its Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS). There are around 13.3 lakh anganwadi and mini-anganwadi …
The said there were 991 females to 1,000 males in Chhattisgarh. Sex ratio in Chhattisgarh is highest among all the states in the country with women taking lead to have a greater share. "It is a matter of pride and honour for the entire State that ratio of women to …
Launching the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” scheme on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi denounced the practice of female foeticide, saying such discrimination reflects “mental illness” and displays a mindset “worse than people in the 18th century”. Modi also hit out at social mores, criticising the common belief that girls are …
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi announced a Rs. 1-crore award on Tuesday for any innovative village attaining a balanced sex ratio. At the inaugural session of a national thematic workshop on woman and child development in Panipat, Ms. Gandhi urged the State governments and the district …
Proportion of children underweight fell from 45.1 % in 2005-06 to 30.1 % in 2013-14 The proportion of underweight children in India might have declined from 45.1 per cent in 2005-06 to a historic low of 30.7 per cent last year, new provisional data from a survey conducted by the …
Union minister for women and child development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi on Monday laid stress on putting in place a comprehensive time bound action plan in the form of “National Nutrition Mission” to tackle malnutrition. “A comprehensive time bound action plan in the form of National Nutrition Mission needs to be …
Maneka Sets 2-Yr Deadline For Implementation Hundred districts with the worst child sex ratio across the country will be the cradle for the ambitious `Beti bachao, beti padhao' scheme that envisages a mix of cash transfers with stringent action against erring medical practitioners and monitoring of health clinics. “We are …
Union minister for women and child development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi is all set to propose to ban junk food from school canteens and substituting it with healthy options. Ministry officials say that the minister is considering to take up the matter with the ministry of human resources development (HRD) and …
Indore district still has 2,192 'severely malnourished' children. As per the latest malnourishment data of Woman and Child Development (WCD) department upto December, 2013, 1.3 % children in the district fall under the category of 'severely malnourished.' Till May 2013, there were about 3,000 (1.4%) children severely malnourished, indicating that …
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme could become a lucrative monopoly of contractors and packaged food manufacturers with the Women and Child Development Ministry sticking to its stand of providing energy-dense foods to children despite disagreement from the Human Resource Development Ministry and the Health Ministry red-flagging the idea …
With an aim to ensure survival, health and nutrition as an inalienable right of every child and special care for kids caught in sectarian violence, the government is all set to clear National Policy for Children 2012, which is high on the agenda of the Union Cabinet that will meet …
India has registered higher infant and child mortality rates than Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Further the country’s position on the measure of the percentage of underweight and severely underweight children during the period 2006-10 was more than twice than that in the Sub-Saharan African region. This was revealed in the …
The Cabinet will take up the proposal for a National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) on Thursday. It will cater to the 37.7 crore urban population and will be a sub-mission of an overarching National Health Mission (NHM) for urban and rural areas. In a potentially contentious proposal and a shift …
“If India wants to become a superpower, we have to ensure that there are no malnourished children in our country; and for that each Indian has to do his/her bit,” said Bollywood actor Aamir Khan speaking at the nation-wide launch of the Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign against malnutrition …
With an outlay of Rs 117,707 crore for women and child development, including Rs 108,503 crore for flagship nutrition programme ICDS, the 12th plan document stresses on the need for convergent action across ministries. It sets clear targets for multi-sectoral action for women and children, taking it out of the …
Unspent funds declared by several State governments across the country released under the Central Government’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Schemes has now prompted the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to consider sanctioning funds directly to non-government organisations working in the States. Ministry secretary Prem Narain said: “ICDS …
On the lines of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), India will now have a dedicated mission for the implementation of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) to boost child nutrition and monitor its progress. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) yesterday approved a proposal to strengthen and restructure …
Centre to soon launch website offering health solutions If nutrition experts have left you confused about what to eat, how much to eat and when to eat, the Union Ministry of Women & Child Development’s soon-to-be-launched website might be your one-stop solution. All set to launch a nutrition platform on …
Months after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called malnourishment among children a national shame, the Union Ministry of Women & Child Development (WCD) has now written to the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories asking them to get “serious about fighting malnourishment especially among the children and women”. WCD …
Concerned regarding the rights of children under the age of 6 years, civil society groups have asked the government to focus on a comprehensive approach towards providing a sound foundation for survival, growth, protection, development and early learning under the proposed Early Childhood Care and Education Policy. The proposed ECCE …
