Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi During his visit to Gujarat on June 18, he will unveil 18 railway projects and will also address a rally in Vadodara city. State Education Minister Jitu Vaghani said on Monday that he would also launch the state’s nutrition program for pregnant women in tribal districts. This is Modi’s second visit to his home state, where elections are due in December this year after eight days. He had visited the state on June 10. PM Modi will visit ‘Mahakali Mataji’ temple at Pavagadh in Panchmahal district on June 18 and then visit ‘Virasat Van’. After this, he will address a public meeting ‘Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan’ in Vadodara city.
Modi will also inaugurate and lay foundation stones for 18 projects Indian Rail Rs 16,369 crore,” Vaghani told reporters. On 10 June, the Prime Minister had addressed a rally in Navsari and inaugurated the headquarters of the Indian National Center for Space Promotion and Authorization (IN-SPACe) in Ahmedabad. During his upcoming visit, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Palanpur-Madar Dedicated Freight Corridor, flag off the Ahmedabad-Botad passenger train and lay the foundation stone for redevelopment and gauge conversion of Surat, Udhna, Somnath and Sabarmati railway stations. Others, Vaghani said.
He said that the PM will also provide the benefits of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to 8,907 beneficiaries and will expand the “Poshan Sudha Yojana” of Gujarat government launched on pilot basis in 2017-18 to more areas. The scheme, which aims to provide nutritional benefits to pregnant women, was launched in 2017-18 on a pilot basis. Pregnant and lactating women registered in Anganwadis are provided iron and calcium tablets and health nutrition education along with one-time meals under this scheme. Spot feeding program is underway in 10 ICDSs in five tribal districts of Dahod, Valsad, Mahisagar, Chhota Udaipur and Narmada. Vaghani said that the government is planning to expand it to the remaining tribal areas of the state from 2022 to 23. “The state has allocated Rs 118 crore for the scheme for 2022-23, and an estimated 1.15 lakh beneficiaries will be covered every month. The implementation of this scheme will reduce the rate of low birth weight babies and improve the nutritional status of mothers and newborns.
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