New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that the government would strengthen rice distributed to the poor through different schemes such as midday eating to overcome the problem of malnutrition.
“Malnutrition and lack of micro nutrition affect the growth of poor children.
Seeing this, it has been decided to fortify the rice given to the poor through a different government scheme,” Modi said in his independence speech.
Modi, who lifted Tricolor in a historic red fortress before the speech, said whether through ration shops or midday eating schemes, rice available under each government program would be fortified in 2024.
At present, from 15 countries identified for ‘central schemes In rice was enriched and distributed through the Public Distribution System (PDS) ‘, five apply it in one district based on pilots.
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh have begun distributing enriched rice – mixed with nutrition – in the district identified.