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Which of the following schemes are included in women and child development schemes ? A. Anganwadi Services Scheme B. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Scheme C. National Nutrition Mission D. Child Protection Scheme 

Which of the following schemes are included in women and child development schemes ? A. Anganwadi Services Scheme B. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Scheme C. National Nutrition Mission D. Child Protection Scheme  Correct Answer All of the above

The correct answer is All of the above.

Key Points

Anganwadi and ICDS Mission-

  • Anganwadi Services Scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme implemented by the States / UTs as per the guidelines/instructions issued by the Government of India. This scheme comes under the ICDS programme of GOI.
  • Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)  provides food, preschool education, and primary healthcare to children under 6 years of age and their mothers.
  • The main objectives of ICDS are
    • To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years;
    • To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child;
    • To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout;
    • To achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various departments to promote child development
    • To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education.

Pradhan Mantri Matruvandana Yojana-

  • The Pradhan Mantri Matruvandana Yojana (PMMVY) was launched in 2016 as a flagship maternity benefits programme of the Government of India.
  • This scheme runs under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
  • The scheme is aimed at pregnant or lactating women aged 19 years or above for the first live birth.
  • The programme provides partial compensation for wage loss during childbirth and afterwards during childcare.
  • It also aims to provide information on good feeding and nutrition for mother and child pursuant to the National Food Security Act, 2013.

  • PMMVY is implemented through a centrally deployed Web Based MIS Software application and the main point of implementation would be the Anganwadi Centre (AWC) and ASHA/ ANM, workers.

National Nutrition Mission-

  • The goals of NNM are to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time-bound manner during the next three years beginning 2017-18.
  • The Scheme launched by the Ministry of Women And Child Development.
  • The main purpose of the POSHAN Abhiyaan is to improve the nutritional status of children and reduce the level of under-nutrition. Hence all the statements are correct.

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