Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) ,Tamilnadu.

Welcome to Department of Integrated Child Development Services Government of Tamilnadu.

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Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme is world's largest community based programme. Tamil Nadu has a long history of providing organized services through various programmes with special emphasis on nutrition, preschool education, health and personal hygiene of the children upto the age of 6 years, Adolescent Girls, pregnant and lactating mothers.

Integrated Child Development Services

Integrated Child Development Services Scheme is the centre place to improve the Nutritional status of beneficiary by adapting life cycle approach for intervening sustainable growth strengthen with continuum of care and focus on critical periods of nutritional vulnerability.

The Integrated Child Development Services Scheme was launched in India in the year 1975 on the 106th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with 33 Projects which was designed as a befitting tribute to him. Three Projects namely Chennai (Urban), Nilakottai (Rural) and Thali (Tribal) were started in Tamil Nadu. Now the scheme is being implemented in all the Districts. The broad framework of our State policy is to achieve the specific goal of “Malnutrition free Tamil Nadu”.

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Umbrella ICDS Scheme

In the financial year 2016-2017 Government of India renamed the restructured ICDS into umbrella ICDS scheme within its ambit. During 2017, Government of India have brought the National Nutrition Mission, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), under umbrella ICDS inclusive of the following sub schemes.

Anganwadi Services

Scheme for Adolescent Girls

Child Protection Services

National Crèche Scheme

POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission)

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) – As per the policy decision this scheme is being implemented through Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine since 2018-2019.

Anganwadi Services

Anganwadi is a type of rural child care centre in India. They were started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to combat child hunger and malnutrition. Anganwadi means "courtyard shelter" in Indian languages...

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Anganwadi Service

Started at 1975

Child Protection Services

The Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) is a centrally sponsored scheme aimed at building a protective environment for children in difficult circumstances, as well as other vulnerable children, through Government-Civil Society Partnership.

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Protection Services

Implemented in 2009

Schemes For Adolescent Girls

This scheme has two components viz. Supplementary Nutrition Component and Non-Supplementary Nutrition Component. The State Government provides 50% financial assistance towards Supplementary Nutrition Component...

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Adolescent Scheme

Implemented during in 2019-2020

National Creche Scheme

The scheme aims at providing a safe place for mothers to leave their children while they are at work and thus is a measure for empowering women as it enables them to take up employment.At the same time, it is also an intervention towards protection and development of children in the age group of 6 months to 6 years...

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National Creche Scheme

Implemented during in 2019-2020

Poshan Abhiyaan (NNM)

Government of India has setup National Nutrition Mission with a goal to achieve improvement in nutritional status of children from birth to 6 years, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner in three years, commencing from 2017-2018....

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Poshan Abhiyaan (NNM)

Launched in the year 2018

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana is a maternity benefit program run by the government of India. It was introduced in 2016 and is implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. It is a conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating women of 19 years of age or above for the first live birth...

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