As part of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, over 1,500 malnourished children are being provided with fortified biscuits in the Nilgiris.
The Nilgiris district administration said the scheme to provide fortified biscuits to 1,507 malnourished children across the Nilgiris was launched by district collector SP Amrit earlier this month.
Under the scheme, two packets of fortified biscuits will be provided in a month to severely malnourished children in the age group of six months to six years. Children’s height and weight will be monitored.
The Department of Social Welfare and Women Empowerment is already working towards providing information on nutrition, health and child rearing to children up to six years of age, pregnant women, lactating mothers and malnourished women so that it To ensure that they do not suffer from malnutrition. The district administration said that vaccination, health check-up and interventions are being done for women and children through the health department.