New Delhi, February 13, 2026: The Government of India has intensified efforts to strengthen child nutrition and early childhood care services under Mission POSHAN 2.0 by expanding Anganwadi infrastructure, improving supply chains, and deploying digital monitoring tools such as the Poshan Tracker. These initiatives aim to enhance transparency, service delivery,…
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Mission Poshan 2.0 Strengthens Fight Against Malnutrition
The Government has consolidated Anganwadi Services, Poshan Abhiyaan and the Scheme for Adolescent Girls under the umbrella Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 to intensify India’s fight against malnutrition. The centrally sponsored mission aims to improve nutrition, health and immunity among children, pregnant women, lactating mothers and adolescent girls through…
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PANKHUDI Portal to Empower Women, Children
The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has launched the PANKHUDI portal, a single-window digital platform aimed at enabling structured, transparent and outcome-oriented participation in women and child development initiatives across India. Designed as a comprehensive digital interface, the portal allows individuals, non-government organisations, corporates and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)…
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Savitri Thakur, UN Envoy Discuss Women-Led Growth
Minister of State for Women and Child Development Smt. Savitri Thakur held a high-level meeting with Shri Parvathaneni Harish, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, during her official visit to New York, reaffirming India’s commitment to inclusive development, social justice and women-led growth on global platforms. The meeting comes…
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India, Guatemala Unite for Women-Led Growth at UN
India has reiterated its commitment to strengthening cooperation with Guatemala in the areas of social development, women’s empowerment, and inclusive growth during high-level discussions held on the sidelines of the United Nations Commission for Social Development in New York. Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Smt. Savitri…
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India Showcases Inclusive Development Vision at UN Social Meet
India has strongly articulated its rights-based, inclusive and people-centric development model at the 64th session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development, currently underway at the UN Headquarters in New York. Addressing the Ministerial Forum, the Indian delegation highlighted how social justice and inclusion remain central to the country’s…
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Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Campaign Reaches 6 Crore Citizens
India’s nationwide campaign to eliminate child marriage has gathered unprecedented momentum, with awareness programmes under the ‘Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat’ initiative reaching more than six crore citizens across the country. The campaign, driven by a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach, has also recorded over 28 lakh pledges against child marriage, reflecting…
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National Girl Child Day: Annapurna Devi Calls for Empowerment
Marking National Girl Child Day, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smt. Annapurna Devi on Saturday extended heartfelt wishes to the nation’s daughters and reiterated the government’s firm commitment to ensuring a brighter, safer and more empowered future for every girl in India. Through a series of messages shared…
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Mission Poshan 2.0: 2 Lakh Anganwadis Upgraded Nationwide
The Central Government is steadily transforming India’s grassroots nutrition infrastructure by strengthening two lakh Anganwadi Centres as Saksham Anganwadis under Mission Poshan 2.0. Implemented at the pace of 40,000 centres per year, the initiative aims to address malnutrition while improving early childhood care and education across the country. The scheme…