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4 lakh anganwadi centres to be set up in 3-4 yrs: Maneka- 4-Aug-2016
New Delhi: Government plans to set up 4 lakh aganwadi centres in the next 3-4 years as part of efforts to eliminate malnutrition and meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Lok Sabha was informed.
"Restructuring of ICDS is the key focus of this government ... With the restructured ICDS, we are trying to eliminate malnutrition. We are planning to construct 4 lakh aganwadi centres across the country over the next 3-4 years," Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said during her intervention in the debate on SDGs.
Elimination of malnutrition is one of the 17 goals of SDGs and its 169 targets.
The Minister acknowleged that there was an acute shortage of anganwadi buildings even outside high-burden districts. Therefore, there is a need to include other areas as well for construction of anganwadi buildings under the convergence of MGNREGA, she said.
With regard to women's safety, Gandhi said, panic button would be mandated in mobile phones from next year and self-regulatory code for the matrimonial websites were also being developed.
To sensitise about the women issue, she said, 33 per cent reservation in police force would go a long way in achieving this objective.
The government has issued draft National Policy for Women and the final draft is expected to be released next month, which shifts focus from entitlement to rights.
Besides, a legislation on trafficking of women and children should be ready by the end of next year, she said, adding that a large number of initiatives taken by Women and Child Development ministry will help in achieving the SDGs.
There has been significant improvement in the sex ratio in the last one year due to efforts and initiatives of this government, Gandhi claimed.
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