Saksham Anganwadis schemes

Saksham Anganwadis schemes

Subject: Welfare schemes

Context: The budget 2021-22 for Ministry of women and child development saw highest allocation to the Sakasham Anganwadi Scheme along with the Poshan Abhiyan 2.0.

Concept:

• It is a Ministry of women and Child development scheme.
• The aim of the scheme is to upgrade a total of 2.5 lakhanganwadis in the next five years.

About Anganwadi

• Anganwadis or a type of rural child care centre were started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to combat child hunger and malnutrition.
• These are focal point for implementation of all the health, nutrition and early learning initiatives under ICDS.
• Currently Anganwadis services scheme provide 6 services: Supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-up, pre-school non-formal education, nutrition and health education, and referral services. These are performed by The Anganwadi worker (AWW).
• AWW is a woman (18- 44 years) from the local village and acceptable in the local community. They are honorary workers who receive a monthly honorarium
• They are supported by supported by a part-time assistant, called an Anganwadi Helper (AWH).
• Generally, there is 1 Anganwadi worker for a population of about 1000 people