Balod in Chhattisgarh has undertaken aninnovative initiative to provide hot cooked meals through ‘Home tiffin service’ to Women who are unable to visit Anganwadis for food.
The initiative has been taken under the government’s ambitious ‘Mukhyamantri Suposhan Yojana’ launched three years ago.
The move aims to ensure that pregnant and lactating mothers get nutritious food.
The scheme was earlier launched on October 2, 2019 to provide healthy and nutritious meals to malnourished children less than six years old and to anemic women and adolescent girls between 15 and 49 years of age.
Since its inception, 2.10 lakh children and around 1 lakh women have been made anemia-free.
A nutritious diet is extremely important for pregnant and lactating mothers. Lack of nutritious food causes anemia and Malnutrition in mothers and children.