MoRD & Lady Irwin College, Delhi Renews 5-Year MoU for ROSHNI-CWCSA

Current Context: The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for ROSHNI – Centre of Women Collectives led Social Action (CWCSA) on January 23, 2024 in New Delhi.

• During the five-year term of the MoU, MoRD will work with ROSHNI-CWCSA to strengthen interventions for better results of Food, Nutrition, Health and WASH (FNHW) for rural communities.
• The partnership aims to strengthen nutrition, gender equity, and livelihoods for women.
• The FNHW interventions through Pariwar Chaupal should be replicated in other States as well as integration of MIS into the system for attaining nutrition sufficiency.
• ROSHNI-CWCSA is supported by UNICEF India technically and financially.
• Currently, ROSHNI-CWCSA is serving as a technical support unit at the national level to DAY-NRLM and is embedded in the Department of Development Communication and Extension, Lady Irwin College.

Question:

Q.1 Who renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for ROSHNI – Centre of Women Collectives-led Social Action (CWCSA) on January 23, 2024?
a. Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi
b. UNICEF India and Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi
c. Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and UNICEF India
d. None of the above