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Anganwadi workers delivering 'Take Home Ration'even in Lakshwadeep: Minist
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): In the wake of coronavirus outbreak and subsequent lockdown, the Anganwadi workers are working day and night to deliver 'Take Home Ration' at the doorstep of beneficiaries, said the Ministry of Women and Child Development on Monday.
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Investing in women is investing in economy: Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Saturday released a report on Status of Women in Media in South Asia and said investing in women is not just a social expenditure but an investment in the economy of the country.
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Adoption a legal process, safeguards rights of child: Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Smriti Irani on Tuesday urged all stakeholders that deliberations must lead to the way forward in order to improve the implementation of the child adoption programme.
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Smriti Irani thanks Harsimrat for joining hands with WCD for 'upliftment o
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (FPI) on Wednesday.
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WCD, NITI Aayog examining measures to strengthen ICDS: Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Monday said that Ministry of Women and Child Development, NITI Aayog and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare are examining measures to strengthen the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme to ensure that target
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Union Minister Smriti Irani along with Bill Gates launch Bharatiya Poshan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) and Textiles, Smriti Irani, along with Bill Gates, co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, launched the Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK) here on Monday.
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Framework to be prepared for better implementation of central, state polic
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said that the Women and Child Development (WCD) ministry along with NITI Aayog will prepare a framework for a national plan for States and Union Territories for better implementation of all the Central and stat
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WCD Ministry initiates consultation to discuss uniform age for marriage af
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): The central government on Wednesday told Delhi High Court that the Ministry of Women and Child Development has initiated the consultation process with stakeholders to discuss the uniform age for marriage for both men and women.
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Menace of malnutrition needs humane solution, says Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD), Smriti Irani, chaired the meeting of the fifth National Council on India's Nutrition Challenges here on Thursday and said that a humane solution has to be developed to tackle the menace of malnutrition.
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Odisha: WCD officials to conduct survey of orphan, single-parent children
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Sept 20 (ANI): The Department of Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti have decided to conduct mapping of orphan and children of single-parent throughout Odisha to bring them to the protective network of the society.
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WCD ministry seeks higher allocation for schemes in meeting with Finance C
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], September 14 (ANI) Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday discussed proposals for enhanced allocations for important schemes of the ministry covering Anganwadi services, 'poshan', women welfare and women safety with the 15th Finance Commission.
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WCD extends last date of nominations for Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Pura
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has extended the last date of nominations for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2020, till September 30, 2019.
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