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1,516 cases of child marriage reported between 2013 and 2017: Centre tells
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI): Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that a total of 1,516 cases of child marriage have been reported between 2013 and 2017.
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Smriti Irani thanks Harsimrat for joining hands with WCD for 'upliftment o
Updated : 6 years, 6 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, 6 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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Only 9 pc kids get right nutritious food: Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani said on Friday that only nine per cent children in the country were getting "right nutritious food" and the issue also pertains to rich and affluent families.
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Union Minister Smriti Irani along with Bill Gates launch Bharatiya Poshan
Updated : 6 years, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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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Odisha government plans to make state child marriage free by 2030
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): In a bid to end child marriage in Odisha, the Department of Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti has launched a state Strategic Action Plan (SAP) with the support of UNICEF & UNFPA.
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Menace of malnutrition needs humane solution, says Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 7 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 unveils 'Tikki Mausi' to combat malnutrition among children, women
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Sept 26 (ANI): With an aim to spread awareness about child and woman's nutrition, Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti Department in collaboration with the UNICEF unveiled a mascot named 'Tikki Mausi' here on Thursday.
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Odisha: WCD officials to conduct survey of orphan, single-parent children
Updated : 6 years, 8 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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'Poverty, illiteracy, unemployment are reasons for human trafficking'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Sept 17 (ANI): Poverty, illiteracy and unemployment are some of the main reasons for human trafficking, said Secretary of Women and Child Development, Chokha Ram Garg at a function here on Tuesday.
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