Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah on August 30, 2021 launched a nutritious ‘laddu distribution scheme’ for pregnant women in his Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat.
- Under the scheme, around 7,000 pregnant women will be provided 15 nutritious laddus each free every month till the birth of their child, through NGOs.
- While launching the scheme, the Minister said that it was his responsibility to ensure that there should not be a single malnourished mother and child in his constituency.
- He said, Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has set a target of keeping mothers and children healthy. The Prime Minister has said ‘Sahi Poshan, Desh Roshan’, no country can become bright and glorious without its mothers and children being fed a nutritious diet.
- The Prime Minister launched Poshan Abhiyan on 8th March, 2018 from Jhunjhnu in Rajasthan to spread awareness about issues related to malnutrition.
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