Assam Government released Vision Document for Women and Children

Assam government on 12 June 2012 released the vision document for the state’s women and children. The government in the vision document announced to come out with various measures to address the issues like high Maternal Mortality Rate and Infant Mortality Rate in the state.

The vision document consists numerous provisions, which can be stated as follows:

• Reducing Infant mortality rate from 58 to 38 per 1000 live birth
• Reducing maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 210 per 100000 live birth
• Reducing total fertility rate to 2.1 per cent.
• Improving child sex ratio
• Reducing the percentage of anaemia in children and women
• Reduce the percentage of underweight children (0-5 years) by 30 per cent.

Assam, the largest of the north-eastern states, has introduced a number of social welfare measures to benefit women and children in the state. Some of the major government welfare schemes include, the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme, Kishore Sakti Yojana, Sawayamsidha, Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls. The schemes have benefited nearly 1.5 lakh women and children of the state. The government under a separate scheme also provides 4000 rupees to pregnant women to go for institutional delivery.