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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Cost norms revised for nutrition provided at anganwadi centers

Cost norms revised for nutrition provided at anganwadi centers

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published Published on Sep 22, 2017   modified Modified on Sep 22, 2017
-The New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to invest an additional Rs 12,000 crore in next three years for the nutrition of pregnant and lactating women and children in the age group of 0-6 years as the cabinet Wednesday approved an increase of cost norms for supplementary nutrition provided in anganwadis and for adolescent girls.

As per the new norms, for children below 6 years, the money has been increased from Rs 6 to Rs 8, for pregnant and lactating women, the money has been increased from Rs 7 to Rs 9.50. There has been an increase of Rs 3 in case of severely malnourished children and Rs 4.50 increase for adolescent girls.

The revision of cost norms for nutrition for beneficiaries of anganwadi services would cost additional expenditure of Rs 9,900 crore and for beneficiaries of adolescent girls, it would cost Rs.2,267 crore for a period from 2017-18 to 2019-20. It would impact the health and nutritional status of about 11 crore beneficiaries per annum under the umbrella Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme.

This follows the decision by the Government to provide cash benefits to pregnant and lactating mothers under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, and is part of an intensive effort to improve the nutritional status of women and children.

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The New Indian Express, 20 September, 2017, http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/sep/20/cost-norms-revised-for-nutrition-provided-at-anganwadi-centers-1660154.html


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