Better employment opportunities now available for women, helps in curbing malnutrition
Raipur, July 14, 2023/ Peanut chikki, prepared by women’s SHGs, is helping to increase the nutritional level of children. These chikki are rich in vitamin E and magnesium. In the Dantewada district, the peanut chikki, prepared by SHGs, is supplied to the Anganwadi centers. On the initiative of the district administration, the Women and Child Development Department has included peanut chikki in two projects under the ‘Mukhyamantri Suposhan Abhiyan’ and will soon extend this to eight other projects.
Members of Rajiv Yuva Mitan and women of Bade Karli’s self-help group started preparing peanut chikki. The district administration entrusted the responsibility of providing peanut chikki to the children in the Anganwadi centers of Badegudra and Geedam to the women’s group. They have provided 25,665 chikki pieces so far, amounting to 1 lakh 53 thousand rupees. It is worth mentioning that boiled eggs and soyabean are provided to children between the ages of 3 and 6, as well as pregnant women and lactating mothers, as part of the Mukhyamantri Suposhan Abhiyan. Anganwadi centers also provide peanut ladoos, milk, bananas, and eggs to the children.
