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Anganwadi centre judgment
The writ petition questions the closure of Anganwadi centers across India during the COVID-19 lockdown. Anganwadi centers provide supplementary nutrition to pregnant/lactating women and children under 6 to fulfill the state's duty of ensuring nutrition and development. The petitioner seeks orders directing reopening of centers and resuming services, providing cooked meals and take-home rations per the National Food Security Act, and monitoring child growth post-pandemic. Anganwadi centers are mandated by law to provide meals to beneficiaries and implement welfare schemes for children's health, nutrition, education, immunization and referrals. They were closed during the lockdown but distribution of special nutrition was permitted.
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