Centre lauds Meghalaya’s women & child devpt initiatives

Shillong: Union minister of women and child development, Annapurna Devi, visited Ri Bhoi district Saturday to review the implementation of various women and child development initiatives and assess the region’s progress under key centrally sponsored govt schemes. She commended Meghalaya govt’s efforts, including the Early Childhood Development Mission and the Chief Minister’s Safe Motherhood Scheme, ensuring to further take the mission forward.
“This initiative of the govt is one of the best practices and we will see how this can be replicated in other aspirational districts of the country to further improve the health of the mother and child,” she said, expressing her satisfaction with the district’s achievements.
“Ri Bhoi’s aspirational district indicators are very promising. Today it ranks among the top in several indicators for women and children,” she said.