Two lakh Anganwadi Centres have been approved to be upgraded as Saksham Anganwadis for delivery of improved nutrition and for ECCE activities

India, July 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

To address the challenges of malnutrition, Anganwadi services, Poshan Abhiyaan and Scheme for Adolescent girls have been subsumed under the umbrella Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0). It is a Centrally Sponsored Mission, where the responsibility for implementation of various activities lies with the States and UTs. The Mission is being implemented in all States and UTs in the country including high burden districts. The Mission includes beneficiaries; Children under 6 years of age, pregnant women, lactating mothers and adolescent girls (age 14-18 years in Aspirational Districts and North-Eastern region).

Under the Mission, two lakh Anganwadi Centre...