A brief and concise presentation about Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).

2. SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• To enumerate the objectives of ICDS
• To elaborate the beneficiaries of ICDS
• To enumerate the services that are delivered to the beneficiaries.
• To acknowledge the administration unit of ICDS

3. INTRODUCTION
• Launched on 2nd October, 1975
• Department of Social Welfare
• Ministry of Women & Child Development
• Umbrella ICDS

4. OBJECTIVES
• To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years
• To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the
child
• To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout
• To achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various
departments to promote child development
• To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional
needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education.

5. BENEFICIARIES OF ICDS PROGRAMME
Children 0-6 years
Pregnant & Lactating
women
Women (15-45)

6. SERVICES UNDER ICDS
Supplementary Nutrition
Pre-school non-formal education
Nutrition & health education
Immunization
Health check-up
Referral services
Six services

7. Beneficiary Services
Children
(<3 years)
Supplementary nutrition,
Immunization,
Health check up,
Referral services
Children
(3-6yrs)
Supplementary nutrition
Immunization
Health check up
Referral services
Non-formal education
Adolescent
girls
(11-18yrs)
Supplementary nutrition
Health education
BENEFICIARIES
Beneficiary Services
Pregnant
women
Supplementary nutrition
Immunization
Health check up
Nutrition and Health
education
Nursing
mothers
Supplementary nutrition
Health check up
Nutrition & health education
Other
women
(15-45yrs)
Nutrition and health
education

8. INSTITUTION
Rural/ Urban
• 1 AWC for 400- 800 population
• 2 AWC for 800- 1600 population
• 3 AWC for 1600- 2400 population
• Thereafter AWC in multiples of 800
• Mini-AWC for 150- 400 population
Tribal/ Hilly
• 1 AWC for 300- 800 population
• Mini-AWC for 150- 300 population
Anganwadi on Demand (AOD)
Where a settlement has at least 40
children under 6 years of age but no
AWC

9. DELIVERY OF SERVICES: SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRITION
:
Target group Type of meal or food (revised) Financial
norms/day
Children (6-72 months) Take home ration* + 500 cal. and
12- 15g protein
Rs. 6.00
Severely malnourished Children
(SAM)
(6 months- 72 months)
Take home ration* + 800 cal. and
20- 25g protein
Rs. 9.00
Pregnant women and
lactating mothers
Take home ration + 600 cal. and
18- 20 g protein
Rs. 7.00

10. • Supplementary nutrition is given 300 days in a year.
• Children are weighed every month
• Universal
Problem Action taken
1st degree of
malnutrition
Nutrition education and
health education
2nd and 3rd degree
malnutrition
Supplementary nutrition
4th degree malnutrition Hospitalization

11. HEALTH CHECK UP
• Expectant mothers- Antenatal care, Immunization, Iron & folic acid and protein
supplementation
• Nursing mother and new born infants- Postnatal Care
• Children < 6 years of age- Immunization, record of wt., deworming
• High risk mothers are referred to appropriate institutions for special care
• Maintaining Health record

12. NON-FORMAL PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
• Target group: Children (3-6 years)
• The objective is to provide opportunities to develop desirable attitude, values and
behaviour pattern among children.
• Locally produced inexpensive toys and material are used in organizing play and
creative activity.

13. SCHEMES FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS
Name of the scheme Beneficiary Benefit
Kishori Shakti Yojana Adolescent girls 11-18years Self-development, literacy
and numerical skills,
vocational skills
Nutrition Programme
for Adolescent Girls
Undernourished
adolescent girls:
11 to 15 years (weight <30 kg )
15 to 19 years (weight < 35 kg )
6 kg of free food grain per
month
Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for
Empowerment for
Adolescent “SABLA”
Adolescent girls 11-18years Improve nutrition and
health status, Vocational
training

14. UMBRELLA ICDS
• Anganwadi Services Scheme
• Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
• National Creche scheme
• POSHAN abhiyaan
• Scheme for adolescent girls
• Child Protection scheme

15. PRADHAN MANTRI MATRU VANDANA YOJANA
(PMMVY)
• Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana- started in 2010; 2017
• Incentives-compensation for wage loss, better health seeking behaviour
Installment Condition Amount
1st Early registration Rs. 1000
2nd At least one ANC (claim after 6
months of pregnancy)
Rs. 2000
3rd Child birth is registered
Child received first cycle of
immunization
Rs. 2000

16. MoHFW
Director/ State Coordinator
District Chief Medical Officer
Medical Officer
ANM/ MPW
ASHA
MoWCD
Director
District Program Officer
CDPO
Anganwadi Worker
Mukhya Sevika/ Supervisor
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

17. Function of AWW
Assists CDPO in survey of community and beneficiaries
Organizes non-formal education sessions
Provides health and nutrition education to mothers
Assists PHC staff in providing health services
Maintains records of immunization
Feeding and pre-school attendance
Works for other community based activities- family
planning
Functions of
supervisor
Mentor and trains
AWWs
Assists in record
keeping
Visits of health
personnel & organizes
community visits

18. HONORARIUM
• From Block, WCD office
Beneficiary Amount/ month
AWW Rs. 4500
AWW (mini) Rs. 3500
AW helper Rs. 2250
EXPENSES
• For supplementary nutrition North-Eastern States between 90:10, other
States/UTs 50:50
• Cost sharing ratio for other components- 75:25 , 90:10 for NER