ninth Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026 Launched in Sri Vijaya Puram

Sri Vijaya Puram | September 11, 2026

The inaugural perform of the ninth Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026 was organised by the ICDS Urban Project below the Directorate of Social Welfare on the TGCE Auditorium on Thursday, reaffirming the Administration’s dedication in direction of the purpose of a malnutrition-free India.

The programme was attended by Hemant Kumar, Secretary (Social Welfare/Finance); Mohit Mishra, Director (Social Welfare); and H. M. Siddaraju, Director of Health Services, together with officers and representatives from the Health, Education and Agriculture Departments, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), NGOs and different stakeholder departments.

Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026 is being noticed from September 9 to October 8 below the Government of India’s flagship vitamin initiative, Poshan Abhiyaan. The month-long marketing campaign seeks to strengthen consciousness and motion on vitamin, well being and early childhood improvement, with specific concentrate on girls, kids and adolescents.

Addressing the gathering, Secretary (Social Welfare) Hemant Kumar emphasised the significance of neighborhood participation and inter-departmental convergence in bettering vitamin outcomes. He outlined the important thing thematic areas being highlighted throughout Poshan Maah, together with dietary variety and satisfactory protein, provision of recent scorching cooked meals (HCM), neighborhood possession and accountability, vitamin and early stimulation for childhood improvement, and the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) and its money switch help for maternal well being.

Director (Social Welfare) Mohit Mishra additionally highlighted the significance of collective duty, neighborhood participation and efficient coordination amongst departments and stakeholders for the profitable implementation of Poshan Abhiyaan.

The inaugural programme concluded with a vote of thanks, with individuals reaffirming their collective dedication to bettering vitamin outcomes and selling a more healthy and better-nourished future for kids and households throughout the Islands.