Mr. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, held a reviewed the development in the Women and Child Welfare Departmentm during a meeting on the 10th of January.
During the meeting, held at the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP,) Camp Office, the State Chief Minister instructed the Women and Child Welfare Department officials to take up the Rs. 1,500 crores infrastructure development works. The works would be done in all Anganwadis in three phases implementing a clear cut action plan covering all Mandals.
During the review meeting on the functioning of Anganwadis, the State Chief Minister directed the officials to constantly monitor the supply of milk and eggs to the children to ensure their quality. He told them to formulate SOPs using technology to ensure a foolproof and hassle free distribution of food items.
In addition, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh said, there should be a constant vigil even on the functioning of supervisors and strict action should be taken against staff members indulging in wrong doings in the distribution of milk and eggs. Besides filling the existing 63 CDPO posts as soon as possible, the process of giving promotions should also be expedited, he suggested.
Besides ensuring that quality milk is served to all children, officials should launch a pilot project immediately to serve flavoured milk to children, he said, observing it can be launched in a full fledged manner after three months.
The Chief Minister asked the officials to formulate proposals on introducing teaching methods using smart TVs to give the best education to kids in Anganwadis. While village and ward clinics should constantly monitor the health of the children in Anganwadis, better medical treatment should be extended to all children using Aarogyasri wherever necessary.
He said Anganwadis, Medical and Health Department and Village Clinics should work in tandem to ensure nutritious food to all mothers and children suffering from anaemic problems. They should be given additional medicines and this should be implemented from Feb 1. A permanent solution should be found to the problem using the family doctor concept and formulating SOPs.
Ms. K.V. Ushasri Charan, the Women and Child Welfare Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Secretary Mr. K.S. Jawahar Reddy, the Principal Secretary (Women and Child Welfare) Mr. M. Ravichandra, the AP Dairy Development Corporation Managing Director (MD) Mr. A. Babu, School Education Commissioner (Infrastructure) Katamaneni Bhaskar, Civil Supplies Corporation VC and MD G Veerapandian, Women and Child Welfare Director Dr. A Siri, Markfed MD Rahul Pandey and other senior officers were present during the meeting.
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