Women contributes in ICDS scheme in Haryana
Over one lakh women residing in the villages of Haryana have been catapulted in to a decision making role in 6200 Village Level Committees of Women which facilitates implementation of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) aimed at addressing ...
By PTI |
CHANDIGARH: Over one lakh women residing in the villages of Haryana have been catapulted in to a decision making role in 6200 Village Level Committees of Women which facilitates implementation of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) aimed at addressing the inter related needs of the children below six year of age, pregnant and nursing women and other women in the age group of 15 to 45 years all across the state.
A spokesman of the Women and Child Development Department said today that these committees comprised of all women Panches, three educated adolescent girls, Mahila Mandal Pradhans, the representatives of Self Help Groups, war widows, social activists, school lady teachers, ASHA and Anganwadi Workers.
Village Level Committees of Women had been declared as a sub-committee of the Gram Panchayat under Gram Panchyat Act, 1994 to empower women by persuading them to step into decision making role.
He said that the State Government had generated employment for about 75,000 women by dispensing off with the existing centralized system of procuring food for the beneficiaries of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and entrusted the responsibility of preparation of food items to Women Self Groups and Mother's Groups under the supervision of village level committees.
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