The scheme aims to address the Government’s commitment to address the challenge of child malnutrition and maternal under-nutrition through a strategic shift in nutrition content and delivery and create conditions and a convergent eco-system to develop practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity. Components under SakshamAnganwadi have been reorganized in primary verticals :
Nutrition Support for POSHAN and for Adolescent Girls; Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years];
Anganwadi Infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadis. Beneficiaries registered at AWCs are to be covered, viz., Children 6 months – 6 years of age; Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PWLM) and Adolescent Girls (14-18 years) in Aspirational Districts and NER.
Anganwadi services (under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0) provides the following six services across the country through the platform of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) to the eligible beneficiaries :
Supplementary Nutrition (SNP)
Pre-school Non-formal Education,
Nutrition & Health Education,
Immunization,
Health Check-up, and
Referral Services
Three of the six services, viz., Immunization, Health check-up and Referral Services are related to health and are provided through NHM & Public Health Infrastructure. The Anganwadi Services is a universal self-selecting Scheme available to all the beneficiaries who enrol at the AWCs. The beneficiaries under this scheme are children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
