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| Programme on Saksham Anganwadi, Poshan 2.0 held | | | agencies
NEW DELHI, Sept 2: Anganwadi Services (under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0) is one of the world's largest and unique programmes for early childhood care and development. Under the Scheme, services are provided to the beneficiaries, children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers and Adolescent Girls. Through a network of 7075 fully operational Projects and 13.91 lakh AWCs, 13.14 lakhs Anganwadi Workers and 11.67 Anganwadi Helpers are providing services to the beneficiaries.
Presently as on March 2022, the Scheme is covering a total number of 949.94 lakh beneficiaries across the country. Following are the objectives of the Scheme to: Improve nutritional & health status of children of 0-6 years,reduce mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school drop-out, enhance mother's capability to look after health and nutritional needs of the child through health and nutrition education, achieve effective coordination of policy and implementation among various departments to promote child development,lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child.
Under Anganwadi Services six services are provided to the beneficiaries, Supplementary Nutrition (SNP),Pre-school Non-formal Education,Nutrition & Health Education, immunization Health Check-up
SNP is one of the important services given to bridge the gap between the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) and the Average Daily Intake (ADI), for 300 days.
Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Scheme earlier known as Mid-Day Meal Scheme, is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which covers all school children studying in Classes Bal Vatika & I-VIII of Government and Government-Aided Schools. The scheme covers about 12 crore children in the age group of 5-11 years, comprising of 22.6 lakh children from Bal Vatika, 7.2 crore children from primary and 4.6 crore children from upper primary, studying in 11.20 lakh schools across the country.
The objectives of the PM POSHAN are to address two of the pressing problems for majority of children in India, viz. hunger and education by
Improving the nutritional status of children studying in classes Bal Vatika & I - VIII in Government and Government-aided schools,
Encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities,
Providing nutritional support to children of elementary stage in drought affected areas during summer vacation and during disaster times.
Every year Central govt spent more than Rs 20,000 crore ($ 2.5 billion) under the Scheme including food subsidy of about Rs 9,500 crore.
Food Security Allowance was provided to all enrolled children during closure of schools on account of lockdown due to COVID Pandemic.
31 lakh MT foodgrains have been allocated under the Scheme for 2022-23.
Hot cooked meal is a Right of a child under National Food Security Act, 2013.
Under PM POSHAN, hot cooked meals are provided to all eligible children on all school days, containing 450 calories and 12 gms protein for primary and 700 calories and 20 gms protein for upper primary class children.
'School Nutrition Gardens' have been developed in more than 4 lakh schools across the country. These are very helpful in inclusion of nutritious green leafy vegetables and fruits in the diet of the school children.
Community participation has been strengthened in the scheme in the form of 'Tithi Bhojan'. Under Tithi Bhojan, community volunteers to provide meals/additional food items etc. on birthdays, anniversary, days of National importance etc.
Provisions have been made for 'supplementary nutrition' viz. fruits, chikkis etc. in the aspirational districts and districts with higher prevalence of anaemia (as per NFHS data) under flexi component of the scheme.
States and UTs have been encouraged to enhance the involvement of Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) in implementation of the scheme.
States and UTs have been encouraged to use millets in the preparation of hot cooked meals under PM POSHAN. 'Social Audit' of PM POSHAN Scheme has been made mandatory for every district and is being conducted in most of the States. Public Hearings (Jan Sunvais) have been carried out in which the Panchayat representatives, parents and general community participate and discuss the issues related to implementation of the scheme. |
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