Overview
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Context
The Centre has instructed state governments and their Women and Child Development (WCD) departments to ensure digitization of anganwadi services so that migrating families can continue accessing the government’s Take Home Ration scheme even if they move to other states.
Background
Analysis
What are Anganwadi services?
Grounds for migration of people
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Challenges for migrants
Role of Anganwadi services in dealing these challenges
Anganwadi Workers will mobilize the community and facilitate them in accessing health and health related services available at the Anganwadi/sub-centre/primary health centers, such as immunization, ante natal check-up, post-natal check-up, supplementary nutrition, sanitation and other services being provided by the government.
How the move will be advantageous?
The complete digitization of the process of registration will allow the beneficiaries of one state to avail the aforesaid services in other states which will ensure that migrant families especially children can continue to get supplementary nutrition given by the government to curb the malnutrition.
Conclusion
It’s a praiseworthy move of the Centre the issues of migrants are real and undeniable. Government should ensure that each migrant must have full, uninterrupted access to a hospitable environment and, when needed, to high-quality health care, without discrimination on the basis of gender, age, religion, nationality or race.
PRACTICE QUESTION: Q1) Anganwadi centres play a vital role in securing children’s rights for their all-round development. What impact can an empowered Anganwadi worker bring about? Q2. Do you think there is need to empower Anganwadi Workers in order to reinvent rural India. |
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