Ministry : Ministry of Women and Child Development
Scheme:
- The scheme aims at providing adolescent girls nutritional support, motivating out of school girls to go back to formal schooling or skill training under its non-nutrition component.
- Girls are equipped with information on health, hygiene and guidance on existing public services.
- It is centrally sponsored scheme implemented using platform of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme.
- Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) are focal point for delivery of services.
- Ministry of WCD is implementing scheme in selected 508 districts across country.
- It is implemented through Centre and State share in ratio of 50:50, for nutrition component 60:40 for rest of activities for State/UTs with legislation, 90:10 for NE and 3 Himalayan States and 100% for UTs without legislative assemblies