Integrated Child Development Services

About ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services Scheme)

The Integrated Child Development Sevices Programme aims at providing services to pre-school children in an integrated manner so as to ensure proper growth and development of children in rural, tribal and slum areas. ICDS is a centrally sponsored scheme.
ICDS -- In Maharashtra
There are 553 projects in Maharashtra out of which:

• 364 projects in Rural areas.
• 85 projects in Tribal areas.
• 104 projects in Urban Slum areas.
• Total population of the children of 0-6 years of age is 1,31,87,087 in Maharashtra State (as per census 2001).
• The population of the children 0-6 years of age in the areas covered by ICDS scheme in Maharashtra is about 86,31,910.
• There are 88,272 Anganwadi functioning Under ICDS scheme.

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) 

(Hindi: समेकित बाल विकास सेवाए) is an Indian government welfare programme which provides food, preschool education, and primary healthcare to children under 6 years of age and their mothers. These services are provided from Anganwadi centres established mainly in rural areas and staffed with frontline workers. In addition to fighting malnutrition and ill health, the programme is also intended to combat gender inequality by providing girls the same resources as boys.

A 2005 study found that the ICDS programme was not particularly effective in reducing malnutrition, largely because of implementation problems and because the poorest states had received the least coverage and funding. During the 2012–13 fiscal year, the Indian central government spent ₹159 billion (US$2.4 billion) on the programme. The widespread network of ICDS has an important role in combating malnutrition especially for children of weaker groups.

Others

1. General Grant-in-Aid Scheme for innovative projects
2. Family Counselling Centre Scheme
3. Dhanalakshmi
4. Grant-in-Aid for Research, Publication and Monitoring
5. Nutrition Education and Training though Community Food & Nutrition Extension Units(CFNEUS)
6. Gender Budgeting Scheme

Child Development Schemes

1. General Grant-in-Aid Scheme in the field of Women and Child Development
2. General Grant-in-aid (GIA) Scheme for Assistance to Voluntary Organisations in the field of Women and Child Development
3. Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS)

 

Women Empowerment Schemes

1. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
2. One Stop Centre Scheme
3. Women Helpline Scheme
4. UJJAWALA : A Comprehensive Scheme for Prevention of trafficking and Resue, Rehabilitation and Re-integration of Victims of Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
5. Working Women Hostel
6. Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme For the Children of Working Mothers
7. Ministry approves new projects under Ujjawala Scheme and continues existing projects
8. SWADHAR Greh (A Scheme for Women in Difficult Circumstances)
9. Revision under IGMSY in Accordance with National Food Security Act, 2013 in XIIth Plan
10. Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP)
11. NARI SHAKTI PURASKAR
12. Awardees of Stree Shakti Puruskar, 2014 & Awardees of Nari Shakti Puruskar
13. Awardees of Rajya Mahila Samman & Zila Mahila Samman
14. Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) - A Conditional Maternity Benefit Scheme
15. Release of 2nd Installment of Grant for 2015-2016 for all the States under IGMSY

 

 Child Protection & Welfare Schemes

1. Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) Sabla
2. Kishori Shakti Yojana
3. Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)
4. Rashtriya Bal Kosh (National Childrens Fund)