WCD, AYUSH Ministries Sign MoU For Integration of AYUSH Systems with Ongoing Nutrition Interventions

The Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry signed an agreement with the AYUSH Ministry to work together to control the menace of malnutrition through integration of AYUSH systems with ongoing nutrition interventions. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani and Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik at a video conference.

The AYUSH Ministry will provide support to beneficiaries of the umbrella Integrated Child Development Services programme of the women and child development ministry. WCD ministry will enable outreach of AYUSH systems through anganwadi centres. Initially, a pilot project will be conducted in 1,000 anganwadi centres each in a few states, which can be up-scaled later in a phased manner.

The collaborative efforts will also include setting up of herbal gardens with live demonstration to beneficiaries on how to use them through various home-based preparations. Yoga sessions would also be conducted at anganwadi centre.

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