Minister for Women Development and Child Welfare Satyavathi Rathod alleged that Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani has spoken half truths and misled Parliament on Friday on the functioning of Anganwadi centres and implementation of Integrated Child Development Schemes in Telangana.
Reacting to Ms. Irani’s statement in the Lok Sabha in response to a question raised by Nalgonda MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Ms. Rathod said that while Mr. Reddy didn’t even have basic information on the functioning of Anganwadi centres even in his constituency, the Union Minister did not even bother to have proper information sent by the State Government in this matter.
On Ms. Irani’s statement that wheat given by the Centre was not being supplied to Anganwadi centres by the State Government, Ms. Rathod said that it was never the practice to supply wheat directly, right from the combined Andhra Pradesh time, as it was being used to prepare a nutritious supplement called ‘Balamrutham’ given to pregnant women and children of six months to six years’ age, who generally come to the centres.
