Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

8826.00 lac was incurred to cover 14,27,665 beneficiaries during 2009-10. An expenditure of
Rs. 7090.70 lac was incurred to cover 14,68,443 beneficiaries during 2010-11. An outlay of
Rs. 13500.00 lac is provided in the Annual Plan 2011-12 to cover 15,45,793 beneficiaries.
NT(D)-2 Rajiv Gandhi scheme for empowerment of adolescent girls-‘SABLA’
(50:50)
498
Outlay -Rs. 1544.40 lac
11.12.41 As per guidelines issued by GOI, Ministry of Women and Child
Development, ‘Rajiv Gandhi scheme for empowerment of adolescent girls-‘SABLA’(50:50)
has been launched for the empowerment of adolescent girls (11-18 years) in 6 districts of the
State namely Gurdaspur, Faridkot, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Fatehgarh Sahib and Mansa
covering 50 blocks. The main objective of the scheme is to enable the adolescent girls for
self development, to improve their nutrition and health status, promote awareness about
health hygiene, reproductive and sexual health, family and child care etc. The scheme
replaces the existing ‘Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG)’ and ‘Nutrition
(Kisohri Shakti Yojana)’ in 6 selected districts in the State. The rate of supplementary
nutrition fixed under ICDS scheme has been followed under this scheme i.e. Rs. 5.00 per day
per beneficiary for 300 days in a year. An expenditure of Rs. 136.51 lac, Rs. 21.88 lac and
Rs. 22.98 lac was incurred under NPAG during 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 respectively.
An expenditure of Rs. 190.00 lac was incurred under ‘SABLA’ scheme to cover 1,02,960
beneficiaries during 2010-11. An outlay of Rs. 1544.40 lac is provided in the Annual Plan
2011-12.
Ongoing Schemes
State Funded Schemes
NT(D)-3 Nutrition (Kishori Shakti Yojana)
Outlay -Rs. 250.00 lac
11.12.42 ‘Kishori Shakti Yojana’ scheme was introduced under ICDS to address the
life cycle approach of human development. The objective of the scheme is to prepare the
adolescent girls to understand and learn the significance of personal hygiene environment,
sanitation, nutrition, first-aid, health and nutrition education, family life, child care and
development etc and to prepare healthy mother. The scheme has two components (i) Training
to adolescent girls and (ii) Supplementary nutrition to the adolescent girls. Expenditure for
training component is borne by GOI on Non-Plan side and nutrition component is borne by
the State Government. This scheme is to be implemented in 14 districts of the State except 6