PM Modi’s Gujarat visit: Modi will launch Chief Minister’s Matrishakti Yojana in Vadodara today, will also visit Pavagadh

PM will go to Pavagadh temple through ropeway.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects of various departments costing more than Rs 21,000 crore under the ‘Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan’ program in Vadodara on June 18. During this program, Modi will launch the ‘Mukhya Mantri Matrushakti Yojana’ (MMY) state-wide. The Government of Gujarat has announced ‘Mukhyamantri Matrushakti Yojana’ with the objective of providing nutritious food to both mother and child and improving their nutritional status from the first 1000 days of pregnancy to the first 1000 days of motherhood.

Along with this, women of tribal areas will be included under this scheme by launching ‘Poshan Sudha Yojana’ in all tribal dominated tehsils of the state. Before this, Modi will reach Pavagadh at 9.15 am and will have darshan of Mahakali Mataji. After this, here at 11.30 am, he will meet people in the heritage forest. After that leave for Vadodara.

Poshan Sudha Yojana has been implemented in 10 tehsils of tribal dominated districts of Gujarat.

‘Poshan Sudha Yojana’ will also be launched in tribal dominated tehsils
Pregnancy and lactating stage are important in a woman’s life. The mother needs a large amount of nutrition for the baby (fetus) present in the mother’s womb and to breastfeed it after birth. To meet this need, the state government had implemented ‘Poshan Sudha Yojna’ on a pilot level in 10 tehsils of 5 tribal dominated districts of Gujarat including Dahod, Valsad, Mahisagar, Chhotaudepur and Narmada. Now by expanding it, this scheme will be implemented in total 106 tehsils of all 14 tribal dominated districts of the state.

Mobile application has also been created
Under the scheme, one time complete nutritious food is provided to the pregnant and lactating mothers registered in the Anganwadi. Along with this, iron and calcium tablets and education about health and nutrition are given. A special mobile application has also been developed for monitoring and monitoring of the scheme. This year a budget of Rs 118 crore has been fixed for this scheme. Around 1.36 lakh beneficiaries will be covered every month.

Mukhyamantri Matrishakti Yojana is to provide healthy food to mother and child.

What is Chief Minister Matrishakti Yojana
Poor nutritional status of the mother hinders the development of the baby (fetus) in the womb, which in turn leads to poor health of the baby. Malnutrition and anemia in pregnant mothers have a serious impact on the growth and development of the child. The 270 days of a woman’s gestation period and 730 days from the birth of the child to the 2nd year i.e. a total of 1000 days is called the ‘First Window of Opportunity’. It is essential to strengthen the nutritional levels of mother and child during this time. Understanding the importance of this topic, under the ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ of the Government of India, it has been asked to focus on these 1000 days of mother and child. Under this, it will be ensured that mother and child can get healthy food.