UPSSSC Junior Assistant 2020 (4 Jan Shift 2)
The 'Kishori Balika Yojna' proposes to give balanced diet to the girls not going to school for ______ days in a year.
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Answer: Option D — 300
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Under the Kishori Balika Yojana (Scheme for Adolescent Girls), out-of-school adolescent girls receive supplementary nutrition for 300 days a year, so the answer is (D). The scheme belongs to the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development and runs through anganwadi centres; girls aged 11 to 14 who are out of school get food with about 600 calories and protein. They are also guided on health and hygiene and encouraged to return to school. 125, 150 and 275 days do not match the scheme's norm. The anganwadi norm for supplementary nutrition of children is also 300 days a year. The older SABLA scheme was the earlier form of this programme.
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