Mysore/Mysuru: Krishnaraja (KR) MLA S.A. Ramdas on Sept. 14 launched the Women and Child Development Department’s National Nutrition Mission Campaign (Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyan) and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) scheme at Devaraj Urs Colony in city and also distributed brochures to the public.
September has been considered as Nutrition Month and National Nutrition Mission is the country’s flagship programme, launched in March 2018 to improve nutritional status of children up to 6 years, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers to achieve specific targets for reduction in low birth weight babies, stunting growth, under nutrition and prevalence of anaemia over next three years.
