First ever National Conference on “Mission Mode to address Under-Nutrition”

First ever National Conference on “Mission Mode to address Under-Nutrition” held in New Delhi

Question: First National Conference on ‘Mission Mode for Dealing with Nutrition’ was recently organized at –
(a) Jaipur
(b) Nagpur
(c) New Delhi
(d) Bengaluru
Answer: (c) 
Related Facts:

  • On September 19th, 2017, First ever National Conference on “Mission Mode to address Under-Nutrition” was organized at New Delhi.
  • The conference was organized by the Ministry of Women & Child Development in collaboration with Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, keeping in mind the goal of “Malnutrition Free India-2022”.
  • The conference was inaugurated by Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi.
  • On this occasion she said that under the ICDS: Integrated Child Development Services program, women need to provide 1000 calorie diets and 600 calories diet to the children.

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