{"id":106041,"date":"2026-02-26T05:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=106041"},"modified":"2026-02-26T05:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:50:01","slug":"review-meeting-of-the-department-of-women-and-child-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=106041","title":{"rendered":"Review Meeting of the Department of Women and Child Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Union Minister Annapurna Devi praises \u2018Subhadra\u2019 Scheme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWomen\u2019s empowerment and child protection are the State Government\u2019s top priorities\u201d: Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bhubaneswar, February 2026:<\/strong> A significant review meeting on the progress of various schemes and programmes of the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Odisha, was held today. Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Annapurna Devi, attended the meeting, while Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of the Department, Smt. Pravati Parida, chaired the session.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-278-1024x706.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106043\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4496427126870703;width:560px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-278-1024x706.png 1024w, https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-278-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-278-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-278.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the meeting, Union Minister Smt. Annapurna Devi highly appreciated the State Government\u2019s flagship Subhadra Yojana. She stated that \u201cwhen government assistance is transferred directly to women\u2019s bank accounts, it ensures their financial independence and empowerment.\u201dShe also advised organizing \u2018Tithi Bhojan\u2019 in Anganwadi centres and observing Poshan Diwas and Poshan Week to strengthen nutrition initiatives. She expressed that coordinated efforts between citizens and the government can significantly help in eliminating malnutrition from the state.<br>Expressing satisfaction over the positive impact of various government schemes in Odisha, she assured full support through Centre\u2013State coordination for the successful implementation of welfare programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of the Women and Child Development Department, Pravati Parida, in her address, stated that comprehensive empowerment of women and a safe future for children are the State Government\u2019s foremost priorities. She informed that the fourth instalment of the Subhadra scheme will be credited to beneficiaries\u2019 accounts on the occasion of International Women\u2019s Day on March 8, and that the department is working to ensure timely and transparent disbursement. She further noted that through coordinated implementation of Central and State Government schemes, Odisha is steadily moving forward in improving the quality of life of women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting also conducted a detailed review of programmes aimed at holistic development of women and children across three core areas such as, nutrition, protection, and education. Officials presented updates on schemes such as Mission Vatsalya, Ashirbad, Jashoda, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao etc. Special emphasis was laid on addressing challenges like implementation of schemes in remote and tribal areas, malnutrition, and child marriage through targeted campaign-mode interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was attended by Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Department, Dr. Mrinalini Darswal, Director Smt. Monisha Banerjee, and other senior officials of the WCD department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This review meeting has provided new direction towards ensuring a healthy and secure future for women and children in the State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aliva Avilipsa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhubaneswar, February 2026: A significant review meeting on the progress of various schemes and programmes of the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Odisha, was held today. Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Annapurna Devi, attended the meeting, while Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of the Department, Smt. Pravati Parida, chaired &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":106044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[143],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"class_list":["post-106041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state","tag-state"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106045,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106041\/revisions\/106045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106041"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_format&post=106041"},{"taxonomy":"flags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fflags&post=106041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}