“The Health Ministry has taken up several focused and targeted schemes for addressing nutrition challenges in the country in a convergence mode with the other Ministries.We have focussed on Immunisation, detection and supplementation.

 

“India has chosen the path of sustainable growth and we want to leave a green planet for our future generations. That is why our focus is on renewable energy.We are aiming for 100 per cent renewable energy in Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep and India  is  ready to share expertise among other small island Nations.

The third meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges as part of Poshan Abhiyan, was held at New Delhi today. The Meeting was Chaired by Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Dr. Rajiv Kumar. Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi; Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri J.P Nadda; Minister of State (IC) for Child Development and Nutrition, Uttar Pradesh, Smt Anupma Jaiswal, Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Ms. Preeti Sudan; Secretary AYUSH, Shri Rajesh Kotecha; Secretary WCD, Shri Rakesh Shrivastava, other representatives of stakeholder Ministries like M/o Drinking Water and Sanitation, M/o Food & Public Distribution and representatives of States of Chattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Bihar among others were present at the meeting.

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under the Ministry of Science and Technology, in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust ,to support a three-tier fellowship programme on biomedical research at post-doctoral level,  celebrated 10 years of their joint partnership in an event in New Delhi today.

 

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, visited Varanasi today.

 

He dedicated, inaugurated or laid the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs. 2400 crore.

 

He dedicated the Multimodal Terminal on the River Ganga, to the nation, and received the first container cargo.