The special committee constituted by the state government to develop mechanism to ensure migrant children do not fall off the welfare net is all set to increase its area of operation. Rubal Agarwal, the newly appointed commissioner of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), while speaking to The Indian Express, said the committee would be expanded to include representatives from health and tribal welfare department also.
Earlier in June, the state government had constituted a special committee under the ICDS commissioner to study the problem of migrant children falling off the welfare net. The formation of the panel followed the findings of Dr Mittali Sethi, the then project officer (PO) of ITDP Dharni, Amravati. In March, the project office had noticed a sudden increase in number of malnourished children in the area located in the remote Melghat region of Amravati district.
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