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Hans India
09-06-2025
- Health
- Hans India
Poshan Abhiyaan made significant strides in improving nutrition outcomes in India: Minister
Poshan Abhiyaan has made significant strides in improving nutrition outcomes in India, said Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Road, Transport and Highways Harsh Malhotra on Monday. Addressing an event in the national capital, Malhotra said that Poshan Abhiyaan is 'Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's effort and commitment to addressing India's malnutrition challenges'. 'Poshan Abhiyan has made significant strides in improving nutrition outcomes in India, particularly among children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers,' Malhotra added. Launched in 2018, the campaign to fight malnutrition has promoted healthy growth and development in the country. 'The programme has enabled a nationwide Jan Andolan, catalysing nutrition-related behavioural change and promoting positive feeding and healthcare practices,' the Minister said. He also applauded the Poshan Tracker App which enables real-time monitoring of nutrition services, ensuring timely interventions and better tracking of progress. Mission Poshan 2.0 is a Rs 1.81 lakh crore initiative (2021-26) that targets children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. It not only integrates nutrition, health, and community efforts but also uses digital tools like the Poshan Tracker -- winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2024 -- to drive real-time monitoring and behavioural change. As of March 2025, a total of 99.02 per cent of beneficiaries are Aadhaar-verified, and a face authentication module ensures transparency in distributing take-home rations, according to the government. Malhotra also advocated ensuring adequate nutrition for pregnant women and lactating mothers -- crucial for healthy child development. Maternal nutrition plays a vital role in preventing health complications during childbirth and ensuring healthy birth outcomes, the MoS added. 'By prioritising nutrition, India can build a healthier, more productive, and prosperous nation, achieving its vision of a Viksit Bharat,' the Minister said.
Hindustan Times
15-05-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
Make plantation drive a public movement in Gautam Budh Nagar: DM
GREATER NOIDA: Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate Manish Kumar Verma on Wednesday called for transforming the district's upcoming plantation drive into a 'Jan Andolan' (public movement), urging officials to ensure big public involvement alongside institutional participation. Chairing a comprehensive review meeting of the district's environment, plantation, Ganga, and wetland committees, the DM directed all departments to adopt a mission-mode approach rather than viewing the campaign as a routine task. 'All departments must coordinate closely, finalise plantation sites, and start pit digging as per their targets. Public participation is crucial — this campaign must transcend paperwork and evolve into a true mass movement,' the DM said He stressed on the need to increase awareness and involvement in rural areas by forming plantation committees in villages. SDMs, in coordination with forest officials, have been tasked with facilitating this process. 'The involvement of schools, RWAs, industrial units, and NGOs must be ensured to build a collective sense of environmental responsibility,' DM Verma said also instructed district inspector of schools (DIOS) Dharamveer Singh to involve students in the plantation drive to offer hands-on environmental education. 'They should learn about the environment not just through books, but through direct action,' he added. As part of the preparations, SDMs have been asked to identify sites along the Hindon river and around local ponds for afforestation activities. Officials also said that the campaign will cover floodplain zones where hoardings will be erected prohibiting construction activities. Expressing concern over rising air pollution due to uncovered transport of construction material, the DM ordered the formation of joint enforcement teams across departments to act against violators and said: 'Strict action must be taken against open waste burning, and the Pollution Control Board must ensure adherence to NGT guidelines in all urban areas,' he said. Reviewing the progress of the wetland committee, the DM instructed officials to include encroached ponds under mitigation plans and conduct site inspections. He also emphasized the importance of reviving degraded wetlands across the district. Divisional forest officer (DFO) Pramod Kumar Srivastava stressed the need for timely execution. 'All departments must submit their plantation site details and pit digging status to the forest department in the prescribed format without delay. Timely groundwork is essential for the success of the monsoon plantation drive,' he said. The plantation campaign is expected to begin with the onset of the monsoon season in July, officials said.
