Gogoi asks govt deptts to speed up women and children schemes

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today directed various departments to speed up implementation of schemes for women and children to achieve the goals envisaged in the CM's vision document for 2016.
Presiding over the annual review meeting with ministers and senior officials here, Gogoi said the departments have to work in tandem to achieve the goals envisaged in the Chief Minister's Vision Document for Women and Children 2016.
He stressed on the need for concerted efforts to bring down both infant and maternal mortality rate, anaemia and malnourishment, besides improving the child sex ratio.
A mapping exercise has to be carried out to identify the areas lagging behind in health parameters to get a more realistic picture, Gogoi said.

The Chief Minister pointed out that there was a need to reduce the number of school drop-outs and this was an area of serious concern calling for special measures.
"A ministerial committee will be constituted to conduct a block wise survey for bringing down the school drop-outs, especially at the secondary stage," he said.
Gogoi emphasised on the need for a comprehensive action plan together with the other North Eastern states to curb human trafficking, child labour, crime against women, narcotics and psychotropic substances.
He also pointed out that there was a need to regulate the placement agencies to keep track of persons recruited from outside the state.