Inaugurated the modern Take Home Ration (THR) plant of 200 metric tonne per day capacity built at a cost of Rs.28.50-crore at the Banas Dairy at Badarpura in the Banaskantha district. It adds up to 5,368 metric tonnes per month.
\nSpeaking on the occasion, he said the plant has been built as part of the pan-India National
\nFood Security Act, 2013 and Supplementary Nutritional Rules, 2017 under integrated child
\ndevelopment scheme after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office. It is the
\nresponsibility of state governments to eliminate malnutrition among infants in the age group of six months to six years, pregnant and lactating mothers and young girls. And the Gujarat Government has taken up the task in collaboration with the district cooperative milk unions like Banas Dairy. Gujarat needs about 16,000 metric tonnes of THR per month for 42-lakh target group.
\nMr. Rupani said the State Government has entrusted the leading Gujarat Cooperative Milk
\nMarketing Federation (GCMMF) on a ten year contract to supply THR at the centrally
\nadministered price through district cooperative milk unions till the last Anganwadi. Banas
\nDairy producing 5,368 metric tonnes of THR can serve 17,932 Anganwadis in 12 districts.
\nHe said the government has Rs.277.88-crore scheme, called Prevention of Undernutrition
\nand Reduction of Nutritional Anemia among Adolescent Girls (PURNA), for girls in the 15-
\n18 age group. As part of unique Gender Budget, he said the government has introduced 33
\nper cent reservation for women, 181 Abhayam Mobile App, ordinance to check chain
\nsnatching and Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao for women\u2019s empowerment. The Chief Minister has
\nstarted setting up women\u2019s police station, courts in every taluka and making stricter
\nProhibition Act.
\nannounced that milk
\nprocurement price will be increased at the rate of Rs.10 per kg of fat and Rs.10 per kggeneral raise with effect from February 1, 2019. He said that with increased potato
\nproduction, another potato plant is being set up in the district soon.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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