29267 Anganwadi centres operational in JK, 2339
in pipeline
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 27: Minister of State for Social
Welfare, Health and Medical Education, Asiea Niqash today convened a meeting to
review the status of various ongoing projects being executed under Integrated
Child Development Services (ICDS) in Jammu division.
Commissioner- Secretary, Social Welfare
Department, Shujaat Ahmed Khan, Mission Director, ICDS, J&K, G A Sofi,
Joint Director, Social Welfare Department, Joyti Rani Salathia and all District
Programme officers, ICDS Jammu division along-with their respective CDPs
attended the meeting and gave their suggestions for further streamlining of
working of the Department.
It was informed in the meeting that ICDS project
was launched on pilot basis in October 1975 in two blocks Kangan in Kashmir and
Billawar in Jammu division and subsequently was extended to all the districts
of J&K and now 29267 Anganwadi centres are operational besides 2339 new
Anganwadi Centres have been approved in 2016-17.
It was informed in the meeting that apart from
ICDS Anganwadi Centres, implementation of other schemes like KSY, SABLA, IGMSY,
LADI Beti and PMMVY has also been entrusted to the State Mission Director ICDS.
Besides, 96 per cent of Anganwadi Centres are operating from rented buildings
and MWCD has approved funding for construction of 1000 new Anganwadi buildings
in convergence with MGNREGA.
The meeting was informed that 420
anganwadi workers have been trained for Aadhaar enrolment, 500 tablets and 141
Aadhaar enrolment kits are being purchased from GeM portal for Aadhaar
generation of children below 5 years as well as other beneficiaries, 1329
anganwadi workers and 40 Supervisors have undergone Refresher Training during
2017-18, 265 anganwadi Workers have undergone job training during 2017-18, 44
DLMTs are providing training to AWWs under ECCE, purchase of 30000 storage bins
each of 50 kg capacity besides 7000 weighing machines and uniform for Anganwadi
workers and helpers shall be purchased through e-tendering mechanism. The Minister directed the concerned authorities
for early completion and up-gradation of construction of Anganwadi Centres in
all the districts of the State through MNREGA, timely procurement of nutrition,
Constitution of Village Level Councils. She issued on the spot instructions for
early establishment of new Anganwadi Centres, Monitoring of Weekly Tour
diaries, release of honorarium of AWW/ Helpers etc.
The Mission Director, ICDS apprised the
Minister about the problems faced by the Officers in their day to day working
due to shortage of staff and vacant posts of DPOs & CDPOs, lack of
proper infrastructure, inadequate space in Centres, lack of hygienic storage
space for nutrition, stagnation of Ministerial staff and Supervisors, low
remuneration of anganwadi workers against multi-tasking etc.
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