AP CM lays emphasis on women & child welfare

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday reviewed the activities of the Women Welfare and Child Development department and instructed the officials to monitor each juvenile home under an IAS officer and consider the temporary certificates issued by psychiatrists for pensions to mentally challenged people.

During a meeting held at his camp office at Tadepalli near here, he said even temporary certificates issued by doctors should be taken into consideration for giving pensions to mentally challenged persons and the eligibility list should be updated by July and December. Those with temporary certificates will be eligible for pensions this December.

One Bhavitha centre in each assembly constituency should be upgraded for disabled persons and if necessary the services should be extended at village and ward Secretariats itself. Special focus should be laid on monitoring juvenile homes under the supervision of a special IAS officer, he said.

School Maintenance Fund (SMF) and Toilet Maintenance Fund (TMF) should also be created for anganwadis, the Chief Minister said adding that special focus should be laid on anganwadi students in training them in pronunciation and the curriculum should be strictly implemented in PP-1 and PP-2 while bilingual text books should be in place.

The Chief Minister also reviewed the purchase and distribution mechanism and said it should be foolproof adding that students should be given quality food and maintain proper checks. It was decided in principle that the purchase and distribution should be done through Markfed (federation of marketing co-operative societies) on a pilot basis with a third party vigil.

Child marriages should be prevented and Kalayanamasthu (monetary aid made available for the wedding of girls who come from financially disadvantaged families) will play a big role in this respect.

Only sortex rice should be used in mid-day meals in anganwadis, the Chief Minister said.

One Bhavitha centre in each assembly constituency should be upgraded for disabled persons and if necessary the services should be extended at village and ward Secretariats itself. Special focus should be laid on monitoring juvenile homes under the supervision of a special IAS officer

– Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chief Minister of AP