The Indian Governance has forecasted to provide a new set of nutritious afternoon meal program from this accounting year onwards. The union budget has also allotted funds for the National Nutrition Mission and the foods will be tested and given to the children.
Menaka Gandhi who is the Women and Child Development Minister has said that as per the recent budget their entire schemes were given enough funds for the National Nutrition Mission and establishment of ICDS project.
The funds for the ICDS have reduced to 6% to about 14000 crores this financial year. The ministry is able to get back the 50% cuts which were incurred during last financial year.
Menaka Gandhi further said that sufficient amount of funds was sanctioned to the National Nutrition Mission from 65 crores to 350 crores this financial year. This project will definitely improve the health condition of the anganwadi workers and providing supplementary foods in the form of tablets can be given to the employees.
