Women and Child Development Minister Annpurna Devi has emphasised the importance of collaborative efforts between Centre and States to ensure the well-being of women and children across the country. The Minister said this while chairing her first national-level meeting with the Ministers of Women and Child Development, Social welfare in the States and Administrators and Lieutenant Governors in the Union Territories via video conferencing yesterday.

The Minister stressed that such collaboration is essential to realising the vision of a developed India. She also highlighted the Ministry’s flagship programmes under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, Mission Vatsalya and Mission Shakti.

21 out of 28 State Ministers participated in the meeting which focused on reviewing the progress of on-going programmes and future strategies for various key initiatives under the Ministry of Women and Child Development.