Ministry of WCD organizes Poshan Utsav at Kartavyapath

 Ministry of Women and Child Development organizes Poshan Utsav from 30th Sep to 2nd October

New Delhi: Ministry of Women and Child Development is organizing Poshan Utsav from 30th Sep to 2nd October at Kartavyapath in New Delhi to celebrate the culmination of the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah.

It will be inaugurated this evening by Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani. The inaugural function will be followed by a musical performance by artist Shaan. The invitees to the inaugural event will include children from Anganwadi Centres, Government Schools as well as Child Care Institutions in Delhi.

Women and Child Development Ministry said, the Poshan Utsav will serve as a platform for disseminating to the people at large, the critical messages on the importance of correct nutrition, particularly for young children and women, and sensitize them on age-appropriate good health practices to address the challenges of malnutrition in the country.

The Poshan Utsav will have cultural performances, Poshan Parades, Health Check-up camps, healthy food stalls, and Games with a message of nutrition besides the opportunity of an augmented reality-based photo-op with the Prime Minister. The Utsav will also display an Anganwadi Centre, indigenous toys from over 9 traditional toy clusters in the country, and healthy AYUSH products.

During his address on the occasion of 75 years of the nation’s independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi observed that malnutrition and lack of essential nutrients are major obstacles in the development of vulnerable women and children and stressed the need to provide nutrition to every poor person in the country.