Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Budget Briefs 2013-14
Year: 2013
Type: preprint
Abstract: The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) was launched in 1975 in 33 blocks of the country. The scheme was universalized in 2005 following a Supreme Court order. Using government data, this brief reports on ICDS performance along the following parameters: a) trends in budgetary allocations and expenditures, b) trends in number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCS) opened, c) human resource capacity, d) coverage of the scheme in terms of eligible beneficiaries, and e) outcomes (percentage of malnourished children).
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Author: Avani Kapur
Institution: Centre for Policy Research
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1579958367