MAIN FEATURES OF THE ICDS SCHEME

1. NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRITION

For children below the age of 6 years and Pregnant and nursing mothers.
2. GROWTH MONITORING
Children below the age of 3 years are weighed once a month and children between 3
and 6years are weighed quarterly. Weight – for – age growth cards are maintained for
children below 6 years. Severely malnourished children are given special
supplementary feeding and are referred to medical services.
3. IMMUNIZATION
For children below 6 years and pregnant and lactating mothers.
4. HEALTH CHECK UP
For children below 6 years and pregnant and lactating mothers. Health services to be
provided are: Regular health check up’s, recording of weight, immunisation,
management of malnutrition, treatment of diarrhoea, de – worming, distribution of
simple medicines, etc. These are to be provided by the Anganwadi worker’s and
Primary Health Centres.
5. REFERRAL SERVICES
The Anganwadi worker has to be oriented to detect disabilities in young children. She
enlists all such cases in a special register and refers them to the medical officer of the
Primary Health Centre.
6. NON – FORMAL PRE – SCHOOL EDUCATION
This is to be conducted for 3 hours a day with a focus on total development of the
child up to 6 years (for under privileged groups).
7. NUTRITION AND HEALTH EDUCATION
Long term goal of capacity building of women within the age group of 15 – 45 years.
8. TEAM
Anganwadi Worker, Anganwadi Helper, Child Development Project Officers
(CDPO’s), District Programme Officer’s (DPO’s), Auxiliary Nurse midwife, MO’s,
Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA).
9. TRAINING
For the Anganwadi worker – Induction Training, Job / Orientation Training,
Refresher Training.