Responsible parents rewarded
JSK has introduced a "Responsible Parenthood" strategy "PRERNA" to reward couples in selected districts to help push up marriageable age of girls and delay the birth of the first child in the interest of the health of young mother and infants.
By:BASANT RATH, JOURNALIST. Merinews.com Sat, Nov 15, 2008 17:50:47 IST
IN A bid to encourage responsible parenthood the Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (National Population Stabilisation Fund), a Registered Society set up by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, government of India, for the first time awarded 34 couples of Nawrangpur district during the cultural fiesta Mondei.
The BPL couples belonging to different villages of Chandahandi, Jharigam, Nandahandi, Umerkote and Nawrangpur block in this tribal dominated Nabarangpur district, were awarded "Responsible Parenthood Awards" under the innovative PRERNA strategy of JSK, in the inaugural function of Mondei.
Speaking to the occasion Sailaja Chandra said that JSK has introduced a "Responsible Parenthood" strategy "PRERNA" to reward couples in selected districts to help push up the marriageable age of girls and delay the birth of the first child in the interest of the health of young mother and infants. The strategy awards "Role Models" who break stereotypes. Eligible couples received the award amount of up to Rs 19,000 in the form of Kisan Vikas Patra. She further said due to early marriage and conceiving early, almost 45 per cent of the under five children in the state of Orissa are stunted and 41 per cent are underweight. Infant mortality is more than the all India average which is 56 per cent, she said. Citing the reason for selecting Nawrangpur district for the Prerna Programme she said the proportion of teenage pregnancies in this district is the second highest in Orissa. Women with three and more children account about 52 per cent in this district and which is highest among all districts of Orissa said.
Addressing a press conference here, Chandra said the scheme would be introduced in Puri, Khorda, and Angul districts of Orissa where the BPL family members will be awarded Rs. 5000 if the girl is married after 19 years of age and gives birth to the first child after the mother is 21 years old. They will be reward of Rs.7000 if it’s a girl child and Rs 5000 if it’s a boy. Maintaining a 36 month gap between the first and second child, and one parent getting sterilized after the second child is born are the other schemes. Couples fulfilling any one or all of these criterions will receive Kisan Vikas Patras funded by JSK but given by the District Collector after authentication of claims.
During the Mondei festival chief guest Nawrangpur MP Parshuram Majhi, KBK, Chief Administrator, Rajlaxmi, Executive Director, Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh, Sailija Chandra, Joint Secretary, Tribal welfare, government of India, Poonam Srivastav, Kalahandi, Collector R Gopalan, who was the guest of houour, awarded the 34 couples. Among others JSK Member Dr. Samontroy, CDMO, Nawrangpur, Debendranath Das were present at the meeting.
01 September 2009
Responsible parents rewarded
JSK has introduced a "Responsible Parenthood" strategy "PRERNA" to reward couples in selected districts to help push up marriageable age of girls and delay the birth of the first child in the interest of the health of young mother and infants.
By:BASANT RATH, JOURNALIST. Merinews.com Sat, Nov 15, 2008 17:50:47 IST
IN A bid to encourage responsible parenthood the Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (National Population Stabilisation Fund), a Registered Society set up by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, government of India, for the first time awarded 34 couples of Nawrangpur district during the cultural fiesta Mondei.
The BPL couples belonging to different villages of Chandahandi, Jharigam, Nandahandi, Umerkote and Nawrangpur block in this tribal dominated Nabarangpur district, were awarded "Responsible Parenthood Awards" under the innovative PRERNA strategy of JSK, in the inaugural function of Mondei.
Speaking to the occasion Sailaja Chandra said that JSK has introduced a "Responsible Parenthood" strategy "PRERNA" to reward couples in selected districts to help push up the marriageable age of girls and delay the birth of the first child in the interest of the health of young mother and infants. The strategy awards "Role Models" who break stereotypes. Eligible couples received the award amount of up to Rs 19,000 in the form of Kisan Vikas Patra. She further said due to early marriage and conceiving early, almost 45 per cent of the under five children in the state of Orissa are stunted and 41 per cent are underweight. Infant mortality is more than the all India average which is 56 per cent, she said. Citing the reason for selecting Nawrangpur district for the Prerna Programme she said the proportion of teenage pregnancies in this district is the second highest in Orissa. Women with three and more children account about 52 per cent in this district and which is highest among all districts of Orissa said.
Addressing a press conference here, Chandra said the scheme would be introduced in Puri, Khorda, and Angul districts of Orissa where the BPL family members will be awarded Rs. 5000 if the girl is married after 19 years of age and gives birth to the first child after the mother is 21 years old. They will be reward of Rs.7000 if it’s a girl child and Rs 5000 if it’s a boy. Maintaining a 36 month gap between the first and second child, and one parent getting sterilized after the second child is born are the other schemes. Couples fulfilling any one or all of these criterions will receive Kisan Vikas Patras funded by JSK but given by the District Collector after authentication of claims.
During the Mondei festival chief guest Nawrangpur MP Parshuram Majhi, KBK, Chief Administrator, Rajlaxmi, Executive Director, Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh, Sailija Chandra, Joint Secretary, Tribal welfare, government of India, Poonam Srivastav, Kalahandi, Collector R Gopalan, who was the guest of houour, awarded the 34 couples. Among others JSK Member Dr. Samontroy, CDMO, Nawrangpur, Debendranath Das were present at the meeting.
