GOVERNMENT TO BRING SYNERGY OF VARIOUS SCHEMES FOR MATERNAL AND CHILDCARE

NEWLY DESIGNED U-WIN PLATFORM TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN DIGITAL INDIA INITIATIVE

Aiming for Viksit Bharat by 2047 and with a sharp focus and providing momentum to Nari Shakti, Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today proposed vaccination to prevent Cervical Cancer and amalgamation of various schemes for maternal and child care, as she presented the Interim Budget 2024-25 in Parliament today.

The vaccination programme will be for girls in the age group of 9 to 14 years for prevention of cervical cancer.  The Government will encourage this vaccination among the eligible categories, she added. 

To bring synergy in various programmes for maternal and child care, the Union Finance Minister proposed that one comprehensive programme will be created.  She further added that Anganwadi Centres to be upgraded under ‘Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0’ will be expedited.  She expressed that this will improve nutrition delivery, early childhood care and development.

To further the Digital India initiative of the Government, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman proposed that newly designed U-WIN platform to be rolled out expeditiously throughout the country.  This platform will be used for managing immunization and furthering the efforts under Mission Indradhanush, she added.

Cervical vaccination for adolescent girls to be promoted, alongside integrated maternal childcare and national immunisation digital platform. Proposal establishes a Cervical Vaccination Programme directed at adolescent girls to prevent cervical cancer and to be actively promoted among eligible cohorts. It also mandates integration of maternal and child-care schemes into one comprehensive programme, expedited upgrading of Anganwadi Centres under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 to improve nutrition delivery and early childhood care, and national rollout of the U-WIN digital platform to manage immunisation and support Mission Indradhanush.