Women and Child Development Department

Maha: Two child marriages foiled

11:55 pm June 2, 2021

Pune: In separate incidents, two child marriages were foiled in Pune district of Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday. The operations were jointly carried out by the Women and Child Development Department and Pune rural police, they said. In the first incident, a team of officials, comprising Alephata police and others, reached a marriage hall in […]

Amid COVID-19 surge, anganwadis shut in Chhattisgarh

11:20 pm March 22, 2021

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government on Monday ordered closure of all anganwadi and mini anganwadi centres amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state. The circular issued by the state Women and Child Development department, however, added that eligible women and children beneficiaries of anganwadis will continue to get ready-to-eat food through home delivery facility. […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

For women, Maha Budget offers stamp duty concession, special SRPF battalion

10:04 pm March 8, 2021

Mumbai: Formation of a women’s battalion of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) and concession in registration charges if property is transferred in woman’s name were among the measures announced by the Maharashtra government on International Women’s Day. The announcements were made by Finance Minister Ajit Pawar while presenting the Budget for 2012-22 in the Assembly. ”On the occasion of Women’s day, I […]

Rajasthan govt launches nutrition programme for children, women in Jaipur

11:36 pm January 27, 2021

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government on Wednesday launched a programme aimed at improving nutrition level of children and women in Jaipur. The programme will help children and pregnant and lactating women to cope with problems such as decreased physical development, moderately underweight and anaemia due to nutritional challenges. According to a statement issued here, the Women and Child […]

3,337 children adopted in last one year: WCD ministry

Guj govt sets up monitoring centre for Anganwadis

9:21 pm October 7, 2019

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday launched a monitoring centre at Gandhinagar for centralised supervision of Anganwadis in the state. The State Monitoring Centre, under the Women and Child Development Department, has been designed to receive data of various schemes, number of children and facilities provided to them as well as other activities […]