Plan India, an NGO working in the field of Child Welfare, approached the Ministry of Women and Child Development for supporting their event (Plan for every child-leave no girl child behind), scheduled on 1st November, 2017 at India Habitat Centre New Delhi. The WCD Ministry conveyed its approval for use of its logo for the event.
During the event, Plan India released a report on Gender Vulnerability Index solely prepared by them. The Ministry of WCD was in no way associated in the drafting or compilation of the report.
However, some news reports stated that WCD Ministry has released the report of Plan India. It is clarified that the Ministry was not associated with the report. The said report was released during the event but not by the Ministry of WCD as stated in some of the news papers.
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