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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): In a landmark reform aimed at improving the health and nutrition outcomes of children, pregnant and lactating women, the Department of Social Security and Women & Child Development (WCD), Government of Punjab, has undertaken a complete overhaul of the supplementary nutrition being served through 27,000 Anganwadi Centres. REFORM 1: 1.1 lakh children aged 3 to 6 years across 27,000 Anganwadis are now getting healthy and hot cooked meals instead of “ready to cook” meals served. Punjab has traditionally served packaged ready-to-cook meals as “hot cooked meals” in its Anganwadi Centres for children. The Department has fully decentralised…