Funds Meant to Tackle Child Nutrition Diverted in Maharashtra

• PIL before Maharashtra High Court reveals state used Rs 41 cr to pay salary of busmen, purchase of fuels and tyres instead of using it for the intended purpose of dealing with malnutrition among children
• Funds collected in form of Child Nutrition Surcharge (CNS ) from transporters in Pune, nearby Pimpri-Chinchwad over a period of 15 years
• CNS introduced by Shiv Sena –BJP govt in 1997 in wake of reported death of about 15,00 children in Vidarbha’s Melghat region due to malnutrition
• Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/funds-meant-to-tackle-child-nutrition-diverted-in-maharashtra/article6055251.ece

Exams Perspective:

1. Nutrition
2. Malnutrition
3. Child Nutrition Surcharge (CNS )
4. Programme Implementation Issues