Maha to bring white paper on malnutrition deaths

State health department mulling a committee of MLAs to monitor situation

PTI | August 1, 2011



Government would table a white paper on the malnutrition deaths in the state, Maharashtra women and child development minister Varsha Gaikwad said in the legislative council on Monday.

The issue was raised by Shobha Fadanvis (BJP).

"White paper would be issued on the deaths of 5,845 children in the state (in last one year)," Gaikwad said.

Talking on the issue, health minister Suresh Shetty said that transport facility would be provided to ferry the pregnant women from home to the hospital.

Shetty also said the government was ready to form a committee of local MLAs to monitor the condition of children in Melghat, which is infamous for malnutrition deaths.

"Janani-Shishu Suraksha Yojana (mother-child safety scheme) would be implemented and a total of Rs 19.7 crore would be earmarked for it, so as to prevent malnutrition cases," he said.

Comments

 

Other News

What ails India`s skill development ecosystem

India’s skill development programmes were designed with a goal to make the young population ready with market-required skills and competencies, and to provide them with better employment opportunities. Yet the outcomes have fallen short of that goal: though over 1.6 crore individuals were trained acr

Cabinet passes resolution applauding PM on term record

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed a resolution marking June 10, 2026, as a historic milestone in the journey of Indian democracy applauding Narendra Modi for becoming the longest-serving elected PM of the country. By establishing a record of 4,399 days of continuous service as an elected PM, he has s

Testing the teachers, moving the goalposts

A teacher was appointed in 1999, before the Right to Education (RTE) Act came into force, and appointed under the rules that existed at that time. She gave the necessary test, passed it, passed the interview, and was appointed. Over the next 26 years, she taught thousands of children, faced transfer orde

`Focus on infra, reforms, digital connectivity has created strong foundation for growth`

In a step towards the operationalisation of the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana (BHAVYA), union minister of commerce & industry Piyush Goyal launched the BHAVYA Portal on Monday in New Delhi.   Addressing the gathering, Goyal said that the BHAVYA scheme will adopt a competit

Govt, RBI announce major reforms to attract FPI

The finance ministry on Friday announced a series of measures aimed at enhancing the ease of investment for individual Persons Resident Outside India (PROIs) and Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), and to attract stable long-term foreign capital flows.   Building on the recent in

Lessons in climate adaption from world’s largest inhabited river island

Majuli Island, perched between the Brahmaputra River to the south and east, the Subansiri River to the west, and a branch of the Brahmaputra to the north, has been severely affected by recurrent flooding and intense riverbank erosion. Despite its global importance in acquiring UNESCO tentative status for





Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter