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Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is a government program in India which provides nutritional meals, preschool education, primary healthcare, immunization, health check-up and referral services to children under 6 years of age and their mothers. [1]
Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) were issued by the Government of India in exercise of powers conferred to it under section 145(2) of The Income Tax Act, 1961. The Ministry of Finance published 14 draft ICDS, out of which 10 ICDS were notified by the government on 31 March 2015.
Implemented with Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme, [111] and then placed under Saksham Anganwadi & Mission Poshan 2.0. [112] Empowering adolescent girls aged 11–18 years with focus on out-of-school girls by improvement in their nutritional and health status and upgrading various skills like home skills, life skills ...
The Act also includes the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM), the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS) and maternity entitlements. While the MDM and ICDS were pre-existing schemes of the union government, universal maternity entitlements were created under the NFSA 2013 for the first time.
As part of the strengthening and restructuring the ICDS scheme, the government approved a provision of construction of 200,000 Anganwadi centre buildings at a cost of ₹450,000 per unit during XII Plan period in a phased manner with a cost-sharing ratio of 75:25 between centre and states (other than the NER, where it will be at 90:10).
The bill was approved by the cabinet on 2 July 2009. [10] Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 20 July 2009 [11] and the Lok Sabha on 4 August 2009. [12] It received Presidential assent and was notified as law on 26 August 2009 [13] as The Children's Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act. [14]
The government of India started a program called Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in 1975. ICDS has been instrumental in improving the health of mothers and children under age 6 by providing health and nutrition education, health services, supplementary food, and pre-school education.
The Balwadi Nutrition Programme is a healthcare and education programme launched by the Government of India to provide food supplements at Balwadis to children of the age group 3–6 years in rural areas.