Integrated Child Development Services

Avani Kapur, Ritwik Shukla , Sharad Pandey
(2021)

Integrated Child Development Services is Government of India’s (GoI’s) flagship programme aimed at providing basic education, health, and nutrition services for early childhood development. It has now been combined with POSHAN Abhiyaan to form Saksham Anganwadi and
POSHAN 2.0.

Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this brief uses government data to analyse:
■ Required funds, allocations, and releases;
■ Changes in coverage and service delivery due to the COVID-19
pandemic;
■ Human resources; and
■ Malnutrition status

 

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