Tag: PMMVY
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POSHAN Abhiyan: A Contemporary Approach to a Problem Long Ignored
On 8th March 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the POSHAN Abhiyaan to attack one of the most critical evils of India-malnutrition. Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition (POSHAN) Abhiyan brought about a significant shift in the country’s approach in dealing with malnutrition, transitioning into mission-mode envisaging multi-dimensional attacks on the causes of the…
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Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana: A Suggestive Approach for Supported Motherhood
By Sanidhya Sadanand Nayak, Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies, Bengaluru. Not many in India discuss miscarriages, failed pregnancies or stillbirths, often blaming fate rather than broaching the matter diagnostically. The connection between the ill-health of the woman and the failure of pregnancy is hardly ever noticed, let alone acknowledged. In a country where more than half of…