UP to become first state to implement a recipe-based supplementary nutrition program

Lucknow, March 11 -- Uttar Pradesh government has taken a major step to improve nutrition for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers.

Officials here on Wednesday said from April, a new 'Recipe-based supplementary nutrition system' will be implemented at Anganwadi centres across Uttar Pradesh. With this initiative, introduced under the Government of India guidelines and National Food Security Act, 2013, UP will become the first state in the country to implement such a system.

A Face Recognition System (FRS) will be introduced for the distribution of supplementary nutrition. Offline distribution of supplementary nutrition will no longer be valid and only distribution through the FRS system will be recognised. This step is expected t...