Ministry of Women and Child Development allocating wheat, fortified rice and millets under Wheat Based Nutrition Programme and Scheme for Adolescent Girls at subsidised rates

India, Dec. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Ministry of Women and Child Development is allocating foodgrains i.e. wheat, fortified rice and millets under Wheat Based Nutrition Programme (WBNP) and Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) at subsidised rates through the Department of Food and Public Distribution for preparation of Hot Cooked Meal (HCM) and Take Home Ration (THR) at the Anganwadi Centre. During the current financial year, millets has been allocated under WBNP to the States /UTs of Andaman and Nicobar Island, Assam, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Uttarakhand and under SAG to Ass...