: In UP, anganwadis aren’t getting enough dry rations to save women and children from malnutrition #IndiaNEWS “I am four months pregnant� Roshni Rawat, 27, who lives in Habibpur village in Lucknow,

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In UP, anganwadis aren’t getting enough dry rations to save women and children from malnutrition #IndiaNEWS
“I am four months pregnant� Roshni Rawat, 27, who lives in Habibpur village in Lucknow, told IndiaSpend in June. “I should get dry rations from the anganwadi every month. But this time I got ration just once in two months. How will I manage?� Roshni has two children, a four-year-old and a one-year-old who is severely malnourished.To tackle widespread malnutrition, dry rations are distributed in Uttar Pradesh through its 1,89,000 anganwadi centres. Known as anupurak pushtahar or supplementary nutrition, these are provided to children between the ages of six months and six years, pregnant and lactating women, malnourished children, and adolescent girls between the ages of 11 years and 16 years. This is part of the Integrated Child Development Services, which provides education and health services for children and mothers.Rawat is herself entitled to get 1.5 kg of wheat daliya, 1 kg rice, 1 kg chana dal (split chickpeas) and 500 ml cooking oil from the anganwadi every month. However, after April, Rawat got these rations in June.Severely malnourished children should get 600 calories and 20 grams-25 grams of protein every day, as per the Uttar Pradesh Bal Vikas Seva Evam Pushtahar Vibhag guidelines. However, it would be difficult to meet these standards if the beneficiaries are...Read more

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