For women empowerment and malnutrition eradication, work of manufacturing and distribution of ready-to-eat food to 42 self-help groups of 6 districts.
Raipur - The Chhattisgarh government has launched a pilot project in six districts, entrusting women self-help groups with the task of producing ready-to-eat food to eliminate malnutrition and empower women in the state. Under this initiative, women self-help groups have been assigned the task of producing nutritious food for Anganwadis in Raigarh, Bastar, Dantewada, Balodabazar, Korba, and Surajpur districts. Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai stated that the state government has decided to entrust the production and distribution of supplementary nutrition (ready-to-eat) for Anganwadi centers to women self-help groups. Forty-two women self-help groups across six districts have been assigned the task of producing and distributing ready-to-eat food. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai, this mission of women empowerment and malnutrition eradication is being implemented as a pilot project in the first phase in six districts of the state: Bastar, Dantewada, Balodabazar, Korba, Raigarh, and Surajpur. Meanwhile, Raigarh has become the first district in the state where women's groups have begun producing "ready-to-eat" food. This initiative will provide a new direction for both women's economic prosperity and children's health. According to information received from the Women and Child Development Department, 10 self-help groups in Korba have been assigned the task of producing ready-to-eat food. Similarly, 10 self-help groups in Raigarh, 7 self-help groups each in Surajpur and Balodabazar-Bhatapara districts, 6 self-help groups in Bastar district, and 2 women self-help groups in Dantewada have been assigned the task of producing ready-to-eat food. These self-help groups are producing and distributing supplementary nutrition (ready-to-eat) for Anganwadi centers. Women and Child Development Minister Smt. Laxmi Rajwade said that the sisters of these groups will now not only provide nutritious food to Anganwadi children but will also increase their income through this work, thereby empowering them economically. This scheme is a major step towards self-employment as well as social and economic empowerment of women. She said that this is an important and result-oriented initiative of the state government for better health and nutritional security of children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. She said that this decision will also play an important role in improving the nutritional level of the state by providing nutritious food to children.
