{"id":339210,"date":"2022-08-29T00:28:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T05:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=339210"},"modified":"2022-08-29T00:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T05:58:11","slug":"pm-modi-asks-people-to-join-campaign-to-fight-malnutrition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-asks-people-to-join-campaign-to-fight-malnutrition\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi asks people to join campaign to fight malnutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to make efforts to remove malnutrition while stressing that social awareness was a crucial aspect of this fight.<\/p>\n<p>In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi said the &#8216;Amrit Dhara&#8217; of &#8216;Amrit Mahotsav&#8217; marking 75 years of India&#8217;s independence was flowing in all corners of the country in this month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the special occasion of Amrit Mahotsav and Independence Day, we have seen the collective might of the country,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Modi urged the people to join the campaign to fight malnutrition in the coming month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Besides festivals, September is also dedicated to a big campaign related to nutrition. We celebrate &#8216;Poshan maah&#8217; or nutrition month between September 1 and 30,&#8221; Modi said.<\/p>\n<p>Many creative and diverse efforts are being made against malnutrition, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Better use of technology and public participation have also become an important part of &#8216;Poshan Abhiyan&#8217;.The Jal Jeevan mission is going to have a big impact in making India malnutrition free,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts associated with social awareness play an important role in dealing with the challenges of malnutrition, Modi said and urged people to make efforts to remove malnutrition.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also urged people to watch the Swaraj serial, which highlights contributions of freedom fighters, on Doordarshan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a great initiative to acquaint the younger generation of the country with the efforts of unsung heroes who took part in the freedom movement,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to make efforts to remove malnutrition while stressing that social awareness was a crucial aspect of this fight. In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi said the &#8216;Amrit Dhara&#8217; of &#8216;Amrit Mahotsav&#8217; marking 75 years of India&#8217;s independence was flowing in all corners of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":339211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339212,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339210\/revisions\/339212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/339211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}