Chief Secretary Smt Radha Raturi has directed the Women and Child Development Department to run a campaign across the state from

Chief Secretary Smt Radha Raturi has directed the Women and Child Development Department to run a campaign across the state from October 4th for the next 15 days to register pregnant women working in the unorganized sector, pregnant women working as laborers at construction sites and domestic servants and pregnant women living in urban slums under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY). CS Smt Raturi has directed to ensure 100 percent coverage of PMMVY for all pregnant women working in the unorganized sector, especially those from the low income group, within the stipulated time frame. Along with this, the Chief Secretary has directed the Labor Department to review the Employees State Insurance (ESI). CS has directed the Secretary Urban Development to hold an immediate review meeting to ensure ESI coverage to the personnel working in urban bodies, especially the low income group employees and sanitation workers, and submit a report in this regard.

Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi has directed the Women and Child Development Department to compulsorily conduct three ANCs of all pregnant women by ANM and to compulsorily conduct Maternal death audit. She has directed mapping of Anganwadis in urban areas, especially near slums and construction sites, so that the problem of malnutrition and low weight in children below the age of five can be resolved and pregnant women can get the benefits of necessary health facilities and various schemes. The Chief Secretary has directed to work on an action plan to promote millets under the take home ration distributed to pregnant women by the Women and Child Development Department.

Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi has given instructions to rationalize the schemes related to the Women and Child Development and Labor Department to improve the said indicators during the review meeting of relatively low performance indicators related to Women and Child Development and Labor Department under SDG Index 2023-24 in the Secretariat.

The Chief Secretary has instructed all the departments to work with a coordinated strategy to reduce the problem of maternal mortality rate, anemia among pregnant women and adolescents and malnutrition among children in the state.

Additional Secretary Shri Prashant Arya and other officers of Women and Child Development and Labor Department were present in today’s meeting.