The Maharashtra government plans a campaign that will culminate in award of prizes to villages that bring down child malnutrition, up to six years of age.
Under the Rajmata Jijau Malnutrition-free Gram Abhiyan campaign, villages in non-adivasi districts will be given Rs. 1,000 each if they bring severely underweight children in the normal category.
In adivasi districts, the award will be Rs.10,000 for a village that achieves 100 per cent target, and also graded targets of bringing a certain percentage of children in the normal category.
