Telangana Foods turns into role model for country in Take Home Ration models
The facility supplies food to children through Anganwadi centres in all districts of Telangana and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and its major ready-to-eat products include Balamrutham, Balamrutham Plus and snack food, besides hot food products such as Kichidi Mix and Upma Mix
Telangana Foods, a State-owned nutrition food manufacturing enterprise, has been hailed as a model for the entire country to replicate in their Take Home Ration (THR) programs. The Central government, in consultation with international organizations GAIN and UNICEF, recommended the Telangana model due to its effectiveness. Telangana Foods supplies nutritious food to children aged seven months to six years, including severely and moderately acutely malnourished ones, to around 15.48 lakh children in Telangana and 16.12 lakh in Andhra Pradesh through 149 ICDS projects and 35,781 Anganwadi centres.
This organization, established in 1976 with the help of CARE, UNICEF, and the Government of India, initially focused on malnourished school-going and pre-school children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. The government has expanded the organization's infrastructure over the years, with the launch of a snack food processing plant in 1980, automatic energy food plant in 1986, and additional projects like an extruder plant and a new Balamrutham plant in 2011-12.
The organization has also introduced new packaging designs for Balamrutham, Balamrutham Plus, Kichidi Mix, and Upma Mix, and improved employee health insurance schemes and allowances. The organization's Chairman, MA Faheem, revealed that around 99% of beneficiaries receive these nutritious meals every month.
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