Union Government has sanctioned 338 Anganwadi Centres in J&K and 14 in Ladakh for upgradation under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. The upgraded Saksham Anganwadis will feature LED screens, water purifiers, Poshan Vatika (nutrition gardens), and learning materials to enhance services for children and mothers.
About Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0
- It is an Integrated Nutrition Support Programme.
- It seeks to address the challenges of malnutrition in children, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers. It seeks to address these challenges
- Through a strategic shift in nutrition content and delivery
- By creation of a convergent eco-system to develop and promote practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity.
- Objectives:
- Improve nutritional and health status of children in age-group 0-6 years
- Reduce incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout.
- Enhance capability of mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of child through nutrition and health education.
- Implementing Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development
- Implementation Period: 15th Finance Commission period 202l-22 to 2025-26.
- It will improve nutrition and early childhood care services, 2 lakh Anganwadi Centres across India are being modernized, with 50,000 new centers planned over five years.