COVER HINDI - Ministry of Women and Child Development

(iii) to reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition
and school drop-outs;
(iv) to achieve effective coordination of policy and
implementation among various departments to
promote child development;
(v) to enhance the capability of the mother to look after
the normal health and nutritional needs of the child
through proper health and nutrition education.
Services: The Scheme provides a package of following
services to children below 6 years and pregnant & lactating
mothers from disadvantaged sections:
(i) supplementary nutrition
(ii) immunization
(iii) health check-up
(iv) referral services
(v) pre-school non-formal education and
(vi) nutrition & health education
Pattern: It is an ongoing Centrally sponsored scheme
implemented through the State Governments with 100 per
cent financial assistance from the Central Government for
all inputs other than supplementary nutrition which the
States were to provide from their own resources. However,
from the year 2005-06, the Government of India has been
providing Central assistance to States for supplementary
nutrition also to the extent of 50% of the actual expenditure
incurred by States or 50% of the cost norms, whichever is
less.
Population Norms
Existing Norms: The Scheme envisages that the
administrative unit for the location of ICDS Project will
be the CD Blocks in rural areas, tribal blocks in tribal
areas and ward(s) or slums in urban areas. An Anganwadi
Centre is sanctioned on an average, for 1,000 population
in rural/urban projects and 700 population in tribal Project,
with suitable adjustments, wherever necessary, in the light
of local conditions.
Sparsely populated hilly/desert areas: In hilly or desert
areas, which may be sparsely populated, villages may be
very small or divided into small hamlets. In such cases, an
Anganwadi may be set up in a village or a hamlet having a
population of 300 or more.
Mini-AWCs : Mini Anganwadi Centre can be set up to
cover the remote and low populated hamlets/villages in
tribal blocks, having a population between 150 to 300.
Revised Norms: An Inter-Ministerial Task Force
was set up in 2004 to review the existing population norms
for sanction of an ICDS Project/AWC and suggest revised
norms. The Task Force Submitted its reports /
recommendations in May 2005. The revised population
norms recommended by the Task Force are as follows:
Project: CD block in a State should be the unit for sanction
of an ICDS Project, in rural/tribal areas, irrespective of
number of villages/population in it.
Anganwadi Centre (For Rural projects)
Population
500-1500 - 1 AWC
150-500 - 1 Mini AWC
Population
(For Tribal Projects)
300-1500 - 1AWC
150-300 - 1 Mini AWC
[For habitation with less than 150 population, specific
proposal should be submitted by the State Governments
for consideration and appropriate decision by the
Government of India.]
Population
(For Urban Projects)
500-1500 - 1 AWC
48 Annual Report 2006-07