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BetiBachao, BetiPadhao program to be expanded to 640 districts
National Nutrition Mission to be launched
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan on 8th March, the International Women’s Day.
Giving a fillip to the Government’s initiative to save and educate the girl child, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the pan-India expansion of BetiBachaoBetiPadhao program, BBBP up from the existing 161 districts to 640 districts all over the country.
The Prime Minister will interact with beneficiary mothers and girl children of the program. He will distribute certificates to best performing districts under BetiBachaoBetiPadhao program,
In another landmark initiative, National Nutrition Mission, NNM will be launched nationwide by the Prime Minister from Jhunjhunu. He will launch NNM- ICDS Common Application Software. The mission strives to reduce under-nutrition and low birth weight, bring down anaemia among young children, women and adolescent girls and to reduce the prevalence of stunting among children.
Tomorrow, on International Women’s Day, I look forward to visiting Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan to mark the start of the National Nutrition Mission.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 7, 2018
The National Nutrition Mission is a landmark initiative that seeks to reduce under-nutrition and low birth weight, bring down anaemia among young children, women and adolescent girls and to reduce the prevalence of stunting among children.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 7, 2018
Tomorrow’s programme in Jhunjhunu will also mark the expansion of the #BetiBachaoBetiPadhao movement. From 161 districts, the movement will transform lives across 640 districts. This will usher in a positive change in the lives of several girls and their families.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 7, 2018
