Chandigarh, April 11 -- Haryana chief secretary Anurag Rastogi on Friday said that the state government's nutrition mission for 2026-27 would provide daily nutritional support to around 9.46 lakh children and 2.56 lakh pregnant and lactating women as the state scales up efforts under POSHAN Abhiyaan to eliminate severe malnutrition. The programme provides daily nutritional support supplemented by diversified food items under state schemes.

Rastogi said the strengthened Mukhyamantri Dudh Uphaar Yojana, backed by a Rs.170 crore outlay, would further boost the state's nutrition efforts. Chairing the seventh meeting of the State Convergence Committee, the chief secretary said stronger interdepartmental convergence, data-driven monitoring and...