Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launches 'Rashtriya Poshan Maah' to eradicate Anaemia in state

Guwahati, Sept 2: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday (Sept 1) said with public participation, "Rashtriya Poshan Maah" can be made a people's movement and launched the initiative. He was addressing a launch event of Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 under Poshan Abhiyan in a programme organized by the Women and Child Development Department of the Govt of Assam at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

On the occasion, Chief Minister Sarma said that following the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the country free from malnutrition, the Govt of Assam has been implementing a number of programmes to eradicate malnutrition and Anaemia in the state. The Chief Minister said that for effective implementation of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) services at the level of Anganwadi centres, a mobile application named 'Poshan Tracker' has been implemented across Assam.

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"A State Project Management Unit has been set up for monitoring the implementation of Poshan Abhiyan in Assam. Six services under Integrated Child Development Scheme have been monitored by this unit that have played an important role in eradicating anaemia among pregnant women and adolescent girls, underweight and malnutrition in children," Sarma said. Besides, Assam CM also said that adolescent girls will be made aware about precautions to be taken during menstruation and to prevent Anaemia.

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The CM said regarding the 'PoshanTracker' app that "So far 61,690 mobiles have been distributed among anganwadi workers and they have been trained at the same time. Several ICDS services have been monitored through this app," he said adding that till date 42,83,529 beneficiaries have been registered on the app." Moreover, Sarma said that through an initiative called Poshan Vatika, various activities will be taken up including plantation of medicinal trees at AWCs and schools, generating awareness about yoga for good health, conducting Anaemia eradication camps for adolescent girls in tea gardens.