Overview
- Telangana unveiled Tholi Mudda, a breakfast program for children at Anganwadi centres that supplies ready-to-cook upma and khichdi mixes.
- Anganwadi centres are neighborhood childcare sites under India’s Integrated Child Development Services that provide nutrition and preschool care.
- At the launch, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy gave mobile phones to Anganwadi workers to improve service delivery and monitoring.
- Reddy said the scheme addresses nutrition shortfalls in the first six years of life, noting that early diet shapes brain development and long-term health.
- He asked officials to plan permanent buildings for the centres and pledged to resolve pending Anganwadi staff issues, while the government did not share timelines or budgets for the rollout.