Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 73,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'catslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 73,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'catslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 74,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 74,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Code Context
            if (Configure::read('debug')) {

                trigger_error($message, E_USER_WARNING);

            } else {
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 34836,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 9 October, 2017, https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4682942,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 34836,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Child Nutrition,Nutrition Security,nutritional intake,Integrated Child Development Services,Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme,ICDS,Food Security&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot; title=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 34836,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 9 October, 2017, https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4682942,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 34836
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Child Nutrition,Nutrition Security,nutritional intake,Integrated Child Development Services,Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme,ICDS,Food Security&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot; title=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-TheWire.in<br /><em><br />ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.</em><br /><br />Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food security project?<br /><br />The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.<br /><br />The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.<br /><br />The Ministry of Women &amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.<br /><br />ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.<br /><br />Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.<br /><br />Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&rdquo; said Dand.<br /><br />&ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&rdquo;<br /><br />Please <a href="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/" title="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$maxBufferLength = (int) 8192
$file = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php'
$line = (int) 853
$message = 'Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853'
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Code Context
            $response->getStatusCode(),

            ($reasonPhrase ? ' ' . $reasonPhrase : '')

        ));
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 34836,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 9 October, 2017, https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4682942,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 34836,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Child Nutrition,Nutrition Security,nutritional intake,Integrated Child Development Services,Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme,ICDS,Food Security&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot; title=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 34836,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 9 October, 2017, https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4682942,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 34836
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Child Nutrition,Nutrition Security,nutritional intake,Integrated Child Development Services,Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme,ICDS,Food Security&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot; title=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-TheWire.in<br /><em><br />ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.</em><br /><br />Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food security project?<br /><br />The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.<br /><br />The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.<br /><br />The Ministry of Women &amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.<br /><br />ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.<br /><br />Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.<br /><br />Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&rdquo; said Dand.<br /><br />&ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&rdquo;<br /><br />Please <a href="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/" title="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$reasonPhrase = 'OK'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitStatusLine() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 54
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Code Context
                    $value

                ), $first);

                $first = false;
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67ef8a6af31c5-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 34836,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 9 October, 2017, https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4682942,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 34836,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Child Nutrition,Nutrition Security,nutritional intake,Integrated Child Development Services,Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme,ICDS,Food Security&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot; title=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 34836,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 9 October, 2017, https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4682942,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 34836
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Child Nutrition,Nutrition Security,nutritional intake,Integrated Child Development Services,Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme,ICDS,Food Security&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest food security project?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ministry of Women &amp;amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &amp;ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &amp;ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&amp;rdquo; said Dand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot; title=&quot;https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-TheWire.in<br /><em><br />ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.</em><br /><br />Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food security project?<br /><br />The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.<br /><br />The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.<br /><br />The Ministry of Women &amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.<br /><br />ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.<br /><br />Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.<br /><br />Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&rdquo; said Dand.<br /><br />&ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&rdquo;<br /><br />Please <a href="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/" title="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$cookies = []
$values = [
	(int) 0 => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
]
$name = 'Content-Type'
$first = true
$value = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitHeaders() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 55
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

<head>

    <link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo Configure::read('SITE_URL'); ?><?php echo $urlPrefix;?><?php echo $article_current->category->slug; ?>/<?php echo $article_current->seo_url; ?>.html"/>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

$viewFile = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp'
$dataForView = [
	'article_current' => object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		'id' => (int) 34836,
		'title' => 'Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal',
		'subheading' => '',
		'description' => '<div align="justify">
-TheWire.in<br />
<em><br />
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.</em><br />
<br />
Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food security project?<br />
<br />
The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.<br />
<br />
The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.<br />
<br />
The Ministry of Women &amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.<br />
<br />
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.<br />
<br />
Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.<br />
<br />
Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
&ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&rdquo; said Dand.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
Please <a href="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/">click here</a> to read more. <br />
</div>',
		'credit_writer' => 'TheWire.in, 9 October, 2017, https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/',
		'article_img' => '',
		'article_img_thumb' => '',
		'status' => (int) 1,
		'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
		'lang' => 'EN',
		'category_id' => (int) 16,
		'tag_keyword' => '',
		'seo_url' => 'is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942',
		'meta_title' => null,
		'meta_keywords' => null,
		'meta_description' => null,
		'noindex' => (int) 0,
		'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		'most_visit_section_id' => null,
		'article_big_img' => null,
		'liveid' => (int) 4682942,
		'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'edate' => '',
		'tags' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		'[new]' => false,
		'[accessible]' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[hasErrors]' => false,
		'[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[repository]' => 'Articles'
	
	},
	'articleid' => (int) 34836,
	'metaTitle' => 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal',
	'metaKeywords' => 'Child Nutrition,Nutrition Security,nutritional intake,Integrated Child Development Services,Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme,ICDS,Food Security',
	'metaDesc' => '
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food...',
	'disp' => '<div align="justify">-TheWire.in<br /><em><br />ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.</em><br /><br />Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food security project?<br /><br />The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.<br /><br />The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.<br /><br />The Ministry of Women &amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.<br /><br />ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.<br /><br />Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.<br /><br />Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&rdquo; said Dand.<br /><br />&ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&rdquo;<br /><br />Please <a href="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/" title="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>',
	'lang' => 'English',
	'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/',
	'site_title' => 'im4change',
	'adminprix' => 'admin'
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	'id' => (int) 34836,
	'title' => 'Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal',
	'subheading' => '',
	'description' => '<div align="justify">
-TheWire.in<br />
<em><br />
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.</em><br />
<br />
Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food security project?<br />
<br />
The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.<br />
<br />
The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.<br />
<br />
The Ministry of Women &amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.<br />
<br />
ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.<br />
<br />
Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.<br />
<br />
Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
&ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&rdquo; said Dand.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
Please <a href="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/">click here</a> to read more. <br />
</div>',
	'credit_writer' => 'TheWire.in, 9 October, 2017, https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/',
	'article_img' => '',
	'article_img_thumb' => '',
	'status' => (int) 1,
	'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
	'lang' => 'EN',
	'category_id' => (int) 16,
	'tag_keyword' => '',
	'seo_url' => 'is-the-government-planning-to-dismantle-the-icds-programme-rashme-sehgal-4682942',
	'meta_title' => null,
	'meta_keywords' => null,
	'meta_description' => null,
	'noindex' => (int) 0,
	'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	'most_visit_section_id' => null,
	'article_big_img' => null,
	'liveid' => (int) 4682942,
	'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'edate' => '',
	'tags' => [
		(int) 0 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	'[new]' => false,
	'[accessible]' => [
		'*' => true,
		'id' => false
	],
	'[dirty]' => [],
	'[original]' => [],
	'[virtual]' => [],
	'[hasErrors]' => false,
	'[errors]' => [],
	'[invalid]' => [],
	'[repository]' => 'Articles'

}
$articleid = (int) 34836
$metaTitle = 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal'
$metaKeywords = 'Child Nutrition,Nutrition Security,nutritional intake,Integrated Child Development Services,Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme,ICDS,Food Security'
$metaDesc = '
-TheWire.in

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.

Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food...'
$disp = '<div align="justify">-TheWire.in<br /><em><br />ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world.</em><br /><br />Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world&rsquo;s largest food security project?<br /><br />The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually.<br /><br />The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level.<br /><br />The Ministry of Women &amp; Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers.<br /><br />ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people &ndash; the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce.<br /><br />Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised.<br /><br />Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, &ldquo;The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,&rdquo; said Dand.<br /><br />&ldquo;The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.&rdquo;<br /><br />Please <a href="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/" title="https://thewire.in/185629/government-planning-dismantle-icds-programme/">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>'
$lang = 'English'
$SITE_URL = 'https://im4change.in/'
$site_title = 'im4change'
$adminprix = 'admin'

include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51

Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal

-TheWire.in ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people – the highest in the world. Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world’s largest food security project? The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of pregnant and lactating mothers from the most vulnerable sections of our society. This massive program receives Rs 16,000 crore from the central government annually while state governments spend another Rs 16,000 crore annually. The fulcrum of the programme is the 14 lakh anganwadi workers who implement a slew of schemes pertaining to healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and women empowerment at the village level. The Ministry of Women & Child Development, headed by Maneka Gandhi, is quietly planning pilot projects to replace the hot cooked meals and panjiri given under ICDS with direct cash transfers. ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people – the highest in the world. It also has 48 million stunted kids due to malnutrition, from which 31 million are part of the workforce. Till 2006, ICDS was reaching only one-third of the country but given the alarming statistics of malnourishment, the Supreme Court had ordered that it be universalised. Sejal Dand, working on the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) in Gujarat says, “The Supreme Court directive was very clear. Kids under three were to be given a panjiri while those between three to six years of age were to be given a hot cooked meal preferably using local foods to be cooked by local community women.” “This is the current practice. The financial allocation for pregnant and lactating mothers is Rs 7 per day while the financial allocation for every child is Rs 6 per day. The reason why ICDS can provide meals at these rates is because the Food Corporation of India gives them grain at subsidised rates. The ICDS buys eggs at Rs 4 per egg while the market price is Rs 8 per egg,” said Dand. “The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has clearly defined the calorie and protein norms for kids and mothers. Supplementary nutrition is a legal right for the vulnerable sections of the population.” Please click here to read more.