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Revamped version of 1995 Midday Meal Scheme to provide free lunch to school children. Financial outlay in 2022 was ₹ 10,233 crore (equivalent to ₹ 110 billion or US$1.3 billion in 2023). [7] Grouped under the umbrella scheme "Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0", it aims to reducing stunting, under-nutrition, anemia, and low birth weight. [22 ...
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention scheme implemented by the Government of India. [4] [5] [6] It was launched on 12 April 2005 by the Prime Minister of India. [7] It aims to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women and to reduce neo-natal mortality and maternal mortality.
1 year, 262 days: Indira III: 8 Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar (1905–1979) MP for Khed (MoS) 5 February 1973 9 November 1973 277 days: 9 Karan Singh (born 1931) MP for Udhampur: 9 November 1973 24 March 1977 3 years, 135 days: Minister of Health and Family Welfare 10 Raj Narain (1917–1986) MP for Allahabad: 28 March 1977 1 July 1978 1 year, 95 ...
The broad mandate of Ministry is to have holistic development of Women and Children. As a nodal Ministry for the advancement of women and children, the Ministry formulates plans, policies and programmes; enacts/ amends legislation, guides and coordinates the efforts of both governmental and non-governmental organisations working in the field of Women and Child Development.
Biju Swasthya Kalyana Jojana: 15 August 2018: Health & Family Welfare Department: Health Care: Aims at providing financial assistance for healthcare to about 3.5 crore people of the state, with annual health insurance coverage of Rs 5 lakhs per family and 7 lakhs per women members of the family. [5] Sarbakhyama Yojana: 20 June 2018
The Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (National Credit Fund for Women) was set up in 1993 to make credit available for lower income women in India. [2] More recent programs initiated by the Government of India include the Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS), the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana , Conditional Maternity Benefit plan (CMB), as well as ...
The Lakshmi Bai Pension Yojana [13] in Bihar covers all widows above 18 years of age whose annual family income is below ₹ 60,000 (US$690). Similarly, the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) only covers individuals with more than 80% disability.
In 2003, Central government decided to set up new AIIMS at Rishikesh, Bhopal, Patna, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar and Raipur [citation needed] Though the announcement was made in 2003 during Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure, [citation needed] the project was delayed owing to the power shift at the centre.