Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will today launch the Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pusti Yojana. The scheme aims to transform the nutrition outcomes of the adolescent girls between 15 and 19 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers, SAM, MAM and severely underweight children of under six years of age across the state over a period of five years. The Cabinet had approved the scheme in June this year.
Nutritional support such as eggs, ladoos, nutrition supplements etc., will be given to all adolescent girls in the age group of 15-19 years. The scheme also includes organization of Kishori Melas at the ICDS project level for screening of nutritionally at-risk adolescent girls (BMI, MUAC), anaemia screening and other TEC/ SBCC activities.