Reliance Foundation signs MoU with Maharashtra govt, extends malnutrition programme to 16 districts
Reliance Foundation, CEO, Jagannatha Kumar and Minister of Rural Development, Government of Maharashtra, Pankaja Munde on Thursday signed a MoU to minimise malnutrition in children
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Reliance Foundation, CEO, Jagannatha Kumar and Minister of Rural Development, Government of Maharashtra, Pankaja Munde on Thursday signed an MoU to minimise malnutrition in children through adoption of Reliance Nutrition Garden in Maharashtra. Firstpost/Sachin Gokhale
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The endeavour strengthens the Government of India’s agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2 in the National Action Plan for Children 2016 that targets improved nutrition as a key outcome. Firstpost/Sachin Gokhale
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In the first phase, Reliance Nutrition Gardens (RNGs) was set up in eight districts, which now will be further extended to eight districts of Maharashtra, namely Beed, Jalna, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Gondia, Solapur, Nandurbar, and Chandrapur. Firstpost/Sachin Gokhale
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Speaking on this occasion, Munde said that the encouraging results of the first phase have motivated the Government of Maharashtra to expand the program in eight new districts with RF as our knowledge partner. Firstpost/Sachin Gokhale
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We want to ensure that every child in anganwadis gets access to fresh fruits and vegetables across the state, she said. More than 1,000 master trainers will be capacitated in all 16 districts for supporting the development of 25000 nutrition gardens in the anganwadi premises. Firstpost/Sachin Gokhale
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The RNGs will be scientifically-developed, low cost, organic kitchen gardens that use a multi-tier cropping system to accommodate a variety of fruits and vegetables that helps improve health and nutritional parameters among farmer families across villages in India. Firstpost/Sachin Gokhale
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