India 2018

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as per the nutritional standards specified in Schedule II of the said Act. In case
of non-supply of the entitled quantities of foodgrains or meals to entitled persons,
such persons shall be entitled to receive such food security allowance from the
concerned state government, within such time and manner as may be
prescribed by the central government.
ICDS System
MWCD implementing International Development Association (IDA) assisted
in 162 high burden districts of 8 states inthe country covering 3.68 lakh
Anganwadi Centres with the following project development objective: (i) to
strengthen the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) policy framework,
systems and capacities, and facilitate community engagement, to ensure greater
focus on children under three years of age; (ii) to strengthen convergent actions
for improved nutrition outcomes. One of the key activities in ICDS Systems
Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP) is Information and
Communication Technology enabled Real Time Monitoring (ICT-RTM) of ICDS.
It intends to leverage ICT to set up a real time monitoring system for improving
the service delivery mechanism and ensuring better supervision of ICDS Scheme
by deploying a mobile solution driven by a customized ICDS-Common
Application Software (ICDS-CAS) at the Anganwadi Centres in selected States.
A memorandum of co-operation was signed with Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation (BMGF) to support the design, development and deployment of
Common Application Software (CAS) to drive the IT enabled Real Time
Monitoring of ICDS and Support System. Accordingly, a customised Common
Application software (ICDS-CAS) has been developed by BMGF.
Scheme for Adolescent Girls
Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) was introduced in the year 2010-11 and is
operational in 205 selected districts across the country. It aims at all-round on
pilot basis development of adolescent girls of 11-18 years.The scheme is being
implemented through the state government/UTs with the cost sharing ratio
between the centre and the states and UTs (with legislation) in the ratio of 50:50
for nutrition and 60:40 for rest of the components. For eight north eastern states
(Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura
and Sikkim) and three special category Himalayan states (H.P., JandK and
Uttrakhand), the share of centre and state is in the ratio of 90:10. Union territories
(without legislation) are funded 100 per cent of the financial norms or the actual
expenditure incurred whichever is less. Anganwadi Centre (AWC) is the focal
point for the delivery of the services. The scheme has two major componentsnutrition
and non-nutrition. Under the nutrition component, the out of school
adolescent girls (11-l4years) attending AWCs and all girls (14-18 years) are
provided supplementary nutrition in the form of takehome ration/hot cooked
meal. Each adolescent girl is given 600 calories and 18-20 grams of protein and
micronutrients (which is approx. 1/3 of recommended dietary allowance) per
day for 300 days in a year. The nutrition provided is as per the norms for pregnant