Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nDuring the award ceremony, nine States – Andhra Pradesh,\nChhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram,\nRajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand and three Union Territories – Chandigarh,\nDaman &Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli were given 23 excellence awards\nconsisting of a certificate and cash prize of Rs. 1 crore to 1st position and\nRs. 50 lakh to the 2nd position for ICDS-CAS implementation and capacity\nbuilding, convergence, behaviour change and community mobilisation. For overall\nexcellence, the award amount was Rs. 1.5 crore to 1st position holders and Rs.\n75 lakh to 2nd position holders. At the District Level, 53 officers of19\ndistricts of different States\/UTs were given awards comprising of a certificate\nand a medal. At the Block Level, 50 officers of 24 Blocks of different\nStates\/UTs were also given awards comprising of a certificate and a medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, for exemplary services, 237 field functionaries\ncomprising of Anganwadi Workers, Anganwadi Helpers, Lady Supervisors,\nAccredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) and Auxiliary Nurse and Midwives (ANM)\nwere given a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 each, a certificate and a medal. Total\n363 POSHAN Abhiyaan Awards were given away with total cash prize of Rs 22\ncrore.Twenty-two certificates of appreciation were also given to the line Ministries\nand Development Partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ajay Tirkey, Additional Secretary read out the message of the Prime Minister of India. The Prime Minister in his message highlighted that \u201cHealth and Nutrition are priority areas of our Government. Health remains one of the key areas in our quest of building an inclusive and new India. An Integral part of our vision is achieving \u2018KuposhanMukt Bharat\u2019 by 2022. POSHAN has been implemented to combat malnutrition and enhance the nutritional status of targeted beneficiaries. Digital technology, convergence and targeted approach are being optimally utilized to reduce malnutrition. This one of a kind initiative is an endeavour to fight malnutrition through multimodal intervention to prevent further diseases. We remain firmly committed to provide affordable and quality healthcare to the poor, needy and disadvantaged sections of the society. The emphasis on health and nutrition will surely make a lasting contribution in furthering healthcare to every nook and corner of the country. However, such schemes can succeed only through large scale community participation. The initiative to present incentive awards for POSHAN is an acknowledgement and appreciation of the untiring efforts of the workforce at the grassroots level such as Anganwadi Workers and Helpers, Auxiliary Nurses, Midwives, lady supervisors and ASHA workers\u201d. Prime Minister congratulated and conveyed his best wishes to all the winners of the POSHAN Abhiyaan Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the felicitation ceremony, Union Minister of Women and Child\nDevelopment, Smriti ZubinIrani, launched #ThankyouAnganwadiDidi- a Short Film\nwhich recognises the contribution of Anganwadi workers towards the development\nof a healthy child. Hon’ble Minister also urged everyone to join this Campaign.\nShe emphasized that, as a Nation, we are grateful to AnganwadiDidi for looking\nafter our children & laying a strong foundation for their better tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WCD Minister stated the 5 pillars of POSHAN Abhiyaan i.e. \u2018\u2019importance of First 1000 days, detection and right treatment of Anemia & Diarrohea, Personal Hygiene, Sanitation and Paushtik Aahaar\u2019\u2019. The vision of Suposhit Bharat can only be realised when we join our hands and work effortlessly. The Ministry of Women and Child Development urges everyone to make the upcoming Rashtriya Poshan Maah a great success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister of State, Debasree Chaudhuri, shared that\nmalnutrition is inter-generational cycle. Synergised efforts are required from\nall concerned Departments for achieving the targets under POSHAN Abhiyaan. She\nhas stated that Anganwadi Workers, Anganwadi Helpers, Lady Supervisors,\nAccredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) and Auxiliary Nurse and Midwives (ANM)\nare the most important field functionaries for effective delivery of services\nunder POSHAN Abhiyaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Secretary WCD, RabindraPanwar, in his opening remarks,\nhighlighted that 2018 has been a landmark year during which the Government of\nIndia catapulted nutrition to the centre-stage of the National Development\nAgenda. The launch of POSHAN Abhiyaan by the Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister has been a\ncrucial step in this direction. The synergized efforts of stakeholders have\ntransformed this Abhiyaan into a Jan Andolan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD)recognized significant contributions of State Governments, District teams, Block level teams and Field Functionaries at the POSHAN Abhiyaan Award Ceremony for 2018-19 held in New Delhi. The commitment of Associated Ministries and Development Partners were also appreciated during the Program and they were also felicitated with a Certificate. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-5291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-poshan-abhiyaan-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5293,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions\/5293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}