Webinar on Poshan Abhiyan at SK Women's College
Source: IT News
Imphal, March 25 2021:
Press Information Bureau, Imphal and Regional Outreach Bureau, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt.of India in association with S K Women's College, Nambol jointly organized a Webinar on March 25, 2021 on the occasion of Poshan Pakhwada, 2021 on the theme: Addressing the Nutritional Challenges through Food Forestry.
In his key note address S N Pradhan, Additional DG (NEZ), Guwahati and ADG (R), Imphal, PIB & ROB, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt of India enlighten the web gathering about the various central sponsored schemes on Women and Child Develpoment.
He further said Poshan Abhiyaan, launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 8, 2018, has reached a long way in ensuring wider people's participation and endeavours to improve nutritional outcomes.
Speaking in the webinar as resource person Ngangom Uttam, Director, Social Welfare, Govt.of Manipur highlighten the works done in Manipur under Poshan Abhiyan like distribution of 4 saplings of nutrition rich plants per Anganwadi Centre (AWC) in the Aspirational Districts to be done under the supervision of local panchayat.
He also said medicinal plants will also be planted in association with Ayush Department, Government of Manipur.
He strongly called upon conservation of already rich forest nutrition of Manipur.
Dr Ng Liklaileima Devi, Asst Professor, S K Women's College, Nambol as a resource person spoke on the rich forest nutrition of Manipur.
She said food security should come with nutritional security as it will help fighting malnutrition.
She spoke about encouraging forest garden which is purely organic along with a healthy ecosystem.
The webinar was attended by 50 participants including students and media person.