Govt to extend child nutrition grant program to all 77 districts
KATHMANDU, May 2: The government has unveiled plans to broaden its child nutrition grant program, extending it to cover all 77 districts of the country.
KATHMANDU, May 2: The government has unveiled plans to broaden its child nutrition grant program, extending it to cover all 77 districts of the country.
KATHMANDU: The government will extend the child nutrition grant program to all 77 districts of the country. Currently, the government has been distributing Rs. 532 as a child grant to children below five years old in 25 selected districts, as well as to children below five years old from Dalit households in all 77 districts. […]
Members of the House of Representatives and National Assembly have stressed the need for increasing the amount of monthly child nutrition allowance in the upcoming budget. Currently, the government has been providing Rs. 532 per month to each child of the underprivileged groups of 25 districts. Speaking at a discussion programme on Child Grant and Child Nutrition Allowance organised by Social Protection Civil Society Network (SPCSN) on Sunday, the lawmakers said that the government should increase the monthly allowance to the children of the
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that Nepal’s significant progress in nutrition of mothers and children is at risk due to current inequities and COVID-19 pandemic.
Nepal achieved globally renowned progress in reducing child stunting and scaling up nutrition services during the Millennium Development Goals era (2002 -2016), despite periods of political and economic instability, according to a special supplement of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Journal published by UNICEF on Thursday.
