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Delhi, Nov 16: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on
Thursday approved continuation of the Rs 41,000-crore Anganwadi Services,
Scheme for Adolescent Girls, Child Protection Services and National Crèche
Scheme till November 30, 2018.
Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, IT, Law and Justice Minister and Cabinet spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said the approved schemes include sub schemes of Anganwadi Services, Scheme for Adolescent Girls, Child Protection Services and National Crèche Scheme under umbrella scheme “Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)”. More than 11 crore children, pregnant women and lactating mothers and adolescent girls will be benefited through this scheme. The Cabinet also approved implementation of Scheme for Adolescent Girls for out-of-school girls in the age group of 11-14 years, its phased expansion; phasing out of the on–going Kishori Shakti Yojana for out-of-school girls in the age group of 11-14 years, the minister said. The decision also provides for conversion of National Crèche Scheme from Central Sector to Centrally Sponsored Scheme with the revised cost sharing between Centre and States in the ratio of 60:40 for all states and UTs with legislature, 90:10 for NER and Himalayan States and 100% for UTs without legislature and implementation of the Scheme through States/UTs instead of existing implementation agencies.
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Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, IT, Law and Justice Minister and Cabinet spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said the approved schemes include sub schemes of Anganwadi Services, Scheme for Adolescent Girls, Child Protection Services and National Crèche Scheme under umbrella scheme “Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)”. More than 11 crore children, pregnant women and lactating mothers and adolescent girls will be benefited through this scheme. The Cabinet also approved implementation of Scheme for Adolescent Girls for out-of-school girls in the age group of 11-14 years, its phased expansion; phasing out of the on–going Kishori Shakti Yojana for out-of-school girls in the age group of 11-14 years, the minister said. The decision also provides for conversion of National Crèche Scheme from Central Sector to Centrally Sponsored Scheme with the revised cost sharing between Centre and States in the ratio of 60:40 for all states and UTs with legislature, 90:10 for NER and Himalayan States and 100% for UTs without legislature and implementation of the Scheme through States/UTs instead of existing implementation agencies.
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