{"id":5362,"date":"2019-08-26T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=5362"},"modified":"2019-08-26T08:00:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T08:00:28","slug":"niti-aayog-vc-discusses-rice-fortification-pilot-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/niti-aayog-vc-discusses-rice-fortification-pilot-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"NITI Aayog VC discusses Rice Fortification Pilot Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Shri Rajiv Kumar met the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi. The Vice Chairman discussed the ongoing Rice Fortification Pilot Scheme and the various implementation issues with the Union Minister Shri Paswan and senior officials of the ministry. They also deliberated in depth on the various measures that can be taken to overcome these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting it was decided that for effectively\ntackling the problem of Malnutrition in India, a roadmap will be charted out by\nthe Department of Food and Public Distribution for taking the pilot scheme of\nRice Fortification Pan India. For this, all State Government departments and\nother stakeholders shall be consulted to enhance cooperative federalism by\nfostering the involvement of State Governments in the economic policy-making\nprocess using a bottom-up approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About NITI Aayog<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Formed:<\/strong> 1 January\n2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objectives:<\/strong>\nFoster involvement and participation in the economic policy-making process by\nthe State Governments of India<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong> New\nDelhi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chairperson:<\/strong> Shri Narendra Modi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Shri Rajiv Kumar met the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi. 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