ICDS

Is ASHA ushering hope? – National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)

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The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) seeks to address the issue of health and nutritional status of the rural population by strengthening the health care delivery system. According to the mission document, “it has as its key components provision of a female health activist in each village; a village health plan prepared through a local … Read more

Integrated Child Development Scheme – What is cooking Renukaji

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The recent debate or shall we call it ‘Halla’ between minister of state for women and child development Renuka Chowdhury and the Planning Commission over her ministry’s proposal to introduce packed pre-cooked food for children under the Integrated Child Development Scheme, well known under the acronym ICDS, in government and development sector, has been limited … Read more