24-04-2025
Raj bags top rank in nat'l nutrition campaign
Jaipur: Rajasthan has secured first position in this year's '
Poshan Pakhwada
', a national-level nutrition campaign held over a fortnight from April 8 to 22, by conducting more than 1.17 crore activities to spread awareness and assist beneficiaries. Chhattisgarh is in the second position with 1.09 crore awareness activities conducted over the fortnight.
The initiative, led by Union ministry of
women and child development
, focuses on ensuring supply of nutritional food to children till the age of six years, pregnant women, and lactating mothers.
Secretary for Rajasthan's women and child development department, Mahendra Soni, stated, "We instructed all officials to ensure that Rajasthan was in the top three ranks. The awareness activities conducted included seminars and personal discussions for behavioural change, as well as ground-level and online monitoring."
