The Mukhyamantri Matrushakti Yojana and poshan sudha yojna

The Mukhyamantri Matrushakti Yojana

The Rs 800-crore Mukhya Mantri Matrushakti Yojana aims to provide nutritional food to pregnant and lactating women.

 it will cover 7 lakh women

This is Gujarat government’s first scheme aimed at dealing with dietary deficiency within the first 1,000 days .

As a child (from pregnancy to 2 years), considered the crucial first window to check malnutrition. 

The scheme will entail distribution of 2 kg chickpeas चना , 1 kg toor daal and 1 litre fortified ground nut oil.

The entire scheme will be electronically monitored. Packets will have bar codes which will be scanned and the scheme is OTP based.

This means the beneficiary will receive OTPs confirming that they have received these packages, so that we know that the intended beneficiary is actually receiving the ration,” said Avantika Darji, Joint Director, ICDS.

The MMY scheme applies to women who are conceiving गोदभराई  for the first time and

 mothers who have given birth to their first child enrolled at AWCs along with pregnant and lactating mothers (up to 2 years) who are enrolled in the Health department software.

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Poshan Sudha Yojana

Apart from this, the Prime Minister will also relaunch the Poshan Sudha Yojana.

under which hot cooked meals will be provided to tribal women once a day at Anganwadi centres. 

The pilot has been carried out in 10 districts in the state and is now being extended to all 14 tribal-dominated districts.

Under this scheme, pregnant women and lactating स्तनपान mothers registered at Anganwadi are provided a full nutritious meal. 

In addition, iron and calcium tablets as well as education on health and nutrition are also offered.

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The announcement of the roll-out comes ahead of the Assembly elections in Gujarat, and less than a month after the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 5 data showed that 89% children across the country in the 6-23 month age group do not receive minimum acceptable diet.

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Only 25% children receive this dietary diversity while 35% children receive adequate milk frequency, say experts adding that this is the indicator in the NFHS that is the most direct indicator of child malnutrition.

Incidentally, Gujarat features at the bottom of the pile in NFHS 5, along with Uttar Pradesh, with the lowest adequate diets for children between 6-23 months at 5.9% each.

One of the biggest impacts of deficient diet in the first 1,000 days are huge reparations on cognitive ability, including sensory and language capabilities.

Key cognitive development takes place at this stage, affecting the child’s IQ later on and cognitive development, with 80% brain growth taking place by 2 years. If children don’t get adequate diet, there is growth faltering and height is affected