| Working
Group for the formulation of Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007).
Improving
Nutritional Status of population with special focus on Vulnerable
Groups
Dated
11th January 2001
Composition:
| Secretary,
Department of Women & Child Development Shastri Bhavan,
New Delhi |
Chairman |
| Secretary,
Department of Health Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| Secretary
Department of Family Welfare Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| Secretary
Department of Elementary Education Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| Secretary
Department of Agriculture & Co-operation Krishi Bhavan,
New Delhi |
Member |
| Secretary
Department of Food Processing Industries Krishi Bhavan, New
Delhi |
Member |
| Secretary
Department of Public Distribution Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| Secretary
Department of Bio-technology 7th Floor, Flat 2, CGO
Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003. |
Member |
| Secretary
Department of Rural Development Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| Secretary
Department of Urban Development Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| Secretary
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| Secretary
Department of Social Justice Shastri Bhavan New Delhi |
Member |
| Secretary,
DWCD, Fort St. George, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, |
Member |
| Secretary,
DWCD, Vallabh Bhavan, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. |
Member |
| Financial
Commissioner & Secretary, Dept. of Social Welfare &
WCD & BC, Government of Haryana, 52-8th Floor, Haryana Civil
Secretariat, Chandigarh. |
Member |
| Commissioner
& Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Government of
meghalaya, Shillong-793001. |
Member |
| Smt.
Shashi Prabha Gupta, Technical Adviser(SW), Food & Nutrition
Board, DWCD, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| Director
General, ICMR, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi- 110029. |
Member |
| Director
General, ICAR, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-110012. |
Member |
| Dr.(Mrs)
Kamala Krishnaswamy Director National Institute of Nutrition
Jamai Osmania P.O. Hyderabad |
Member |
| Horticulture
Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture, Horticulture Division,
Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi- 110001. |
Member |
| Director,
National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, New Mehrauli
Road, Munirkha, New Delhi- 110067. |
Member |
| Pr
M -S .Swaminathan, Chairman, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation,
3rd Cross Street, Taramani, Chennai-600113. |
Member |
| Prof.
V.Ramalingaswamy, X29, Hauzkhas, New Delhi- 110016. |
Member |
| Dr.N.K~Arora,
Additional Prof.(Paediatrics), AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029. |
Member |
| Dr.V.K-Srivastava,
Prof. & head, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine,
King George Medical College, Lucknow. |
Member |
| Dr.
B.S.Narasinga Rao 11/40, M Block, 1-2-62/3 Kakanya Nagar, Hyderabad |
Member |
| Dr.
Umesh Kapil Associate prof. (Community Medicine), AIIMS, Ansari
Nagar, New Delhi- 11 0029. |
Member |
| Dr.
H.P.S. Sachdeva Prof. of Paediatrics Maulana Azad Medical College,
Bahadhur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. |
Member |
| Dr.
S.N. Chaudhary, Director, Child In Need Institute, Vill. Daulatpur,
P.O. Pailan, Distt. 24, South parganas, West Bengal-743512 |
Member |
| Dr.Mehtab
S. Bamji, Dangoria Charitable Trust, 211, Sri Datta Sai Apartments,
RTC Cross Road, Musherabad, Hyderabad-500020. |
Member |
| Dr.
B.K.Tiwari Adviser(Nutrition) DGHS, Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member |
| Mrs.
T. K. Sarojini Adviser (Social Welfare) Planning Commission,
New Delhi |
Member |
| Dr.
(Mrs) Prema Ramachandran Adviser (Nutrition) Planning Commission,
New Delhi |
Member |
| Joint
Secretary (Nurrition) Deptt. of Women & Child Development
Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi |
Member
Secretary |
Terms
of reference :
- To assess
progress towards achievement of food security at national, state
and household levels and magnitude of macro-nutrient under nutrition
and associated health problems in different segments of the population
in different regions of the country.
- To review
progress achieved in implementation of Action Plan of National
Nutrition Policy and to assess the progress achieved as a result
of intervention strategies and programmes including nutrition
education aimed at reduction of the prevalence of under-nutrition,
review the findings of evaluation studies and suggest remedial
actions to effect desired improvements.
- To assess
the magnitude of the emerging life style related nutritional problems
of obesity and over nutrition, its associated health hazards,
adolescent nutrition , nutritional problems in the elderly and
ongoing programmes aimed at prevention and management of these
problems
- Based on
the review, draw up priority areas of intervention, strategies
and programmes required during the Tenth Plan Period for improving
nutritional status of the population taking into consideration
the overall development perspective and the need to provide food
and nutrition security and improve nutritional and health status
of all the vulnerable groups.
- To suggest
institutional mechanism for nutritional monitoring and surveillance,
legislation, if any, required for improving nutritional status.
- To define
mechanism for improving the implementation of ongoing nutritional
interventions through intersectoral coordination between various
Central and State Departments and collaboration among Government,
Voluntary and Private Organisations, the Panchayati Raj Institutions
and the Community.
- To review
funding for nutrition in center and state sectors during different
plan periods and state-wise investment in nutrition during 9th
Plan; analyse the problem of mismatch between outlays and needs
(as identified by prevalence of poverty and under-nutrition) and
suggest remedial measures for the 10th Plan
The
Chairman of the Working Group, if deemed necessary, may constitute
sub-groups and also co-opt additional members.
The
TA/DA of non-official members will be paid by the Departments of
WCD as admissible under Government rules. The TA/DA of official
members would be paid by the respective Government Departments/Institutions
where they belong.
The
Working Group may submit the report by 31st March, 20001.
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