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integrated child development services news

State introduces double check screening system to tackle malnutrition

Each screening team will comprise a medical officer, a supervisor, and a health worker, either male or female. At the village level, anganwadi workers, ASHA workers, and anganwadi helpers will assist the team and will be trained to improve the precision of screenings, an official from the women and child development department said. (HT ARCHIVES)
Published on Apr 05, 2026 04:48 am IST

Odisha officials give 3-day deadline as Anganwadi stays shut over Dalit helper

Kendrapara Anganwadi has remained shut for nearly three months (HT Photo)
Published on Feb 11, 2026 08:35 pm IST

Poshan Abhiyaan: Fuelling the future of a Viksit Bharat

Malnutrition in children
Updated on Jan 08, 2026 01:38 pm IST

14,526 kids died due to malnutrition in last 3 years: Minister

Melghat - Ht Photo : Satish Bate - 09/06/2007
Published on Dec 13, 2025 06:08 am IST

Ludhiana: Anganwadi workers slam Centre over minimal wages, budget cuts

Anganwadi workers during a protest rally near Gill road in Ludhiana on Monday. (HT Photo)
Published on Dec 09, 2025 07:32 am IST

Poshan Tracker: Mandatory face recognition rule impractical, say anganwadi workers

Anganwadi workers protesting outside the Child Development Project Office in Ludhiana on Friday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
Published on Nov 15, 2025 03:04 am IST

Community nutrition project in state’s tribal belts cuts severe malnutrition by half

Community nutrition project in state’s tribal belts cuts severe malnutrition by half
Published on Nov 05, 2025 07:06 am IST

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

Bihar polls: Nitish Kumar announces hike in wages of Anganwadi workers, helpers

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in Siwan on Sunday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sept 08, 2025 03:32 pm IST

Ludhiana: Anganwadi workers mark Black Day, protest against Poshan app

Anganwadi workers union protesting against the government at DPO office in Ludhiana on Thursday. (Manish/HT)
Published on Aug 22, 2025 03:44 am IST

Odisha govt body scraps exam to recruit 2,895 candidates after petitions in court

Odisha Subordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) (facebook/osssc)
Published on Jul 30, 2025 10:38 pm IST

Odisha Cabinet sets graduation as minimum qualification for Anganwadi workers

Under Odisha’s Integrated Child Development Services programme, Anganwadi workers are entrusted with delivering essential health, nutrition, and education services to children under six, pregnant and lactating mothers, and adolescent girls (PTI/ Representative photo)
Published on Apr 23, 2025 07:16 pm IST

16,344 cases of malnutrition in children in Mumbai suburban area

Representational image (HT Photo)
Published on Apr 04, 2025 08:10 am IST

Rahul Gandhi writes to minister, seeks a raise, gratuity for Anganwadi workers

Bengaluru: Anganwadi workers stage a protest demanding higher wages in Bengaluru. (PTI FILE PHOTO)
Published on Mar 31, 2025 08:33 pm IST

Ludhiana: Anganwadi workers protest for better pay, allowances

Anganwadi workers staging protest in Ludhiana on Thursday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
Updated on Dec 06, 2024 05:34 am IST

Ludhiana: Anganwadi workers protest, seek better pay

Anganwadi workers during a protest in Ludhiana on Monday. (Manish/HT)
Published on Nov 18, 2024 10:19 pm IST

Cyclone Dana: Bengal govt to keep schools, ICDS centres closed for 3 days

Fishermen shift their boats in anticipation of Cyclone Dana in Odisha’s Puri on Monday. (PTI)
Updated on Oct 23, 2024 08:51 am IST

SHGs across 50% blocks in U.P. now key suppliers of ‘take-home rations’ for ICDS

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) (Sourced)
Updated on Sept 29, 2023 06:34 am IST

Punjab: Over 900 Social Security, Women and Child Development Dept employees await June salary

Sources said that the department did not get budget for the ICDS scheme and had budget till the month of May. (Representational Photo)
Updated on Jul 24, 2023 09:58 pm IST

India’s welcome focus on women-led development

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Women across G20 countries must be assured of sustainable livelihoods.
Published on Mar 08, 2025 08:47 am IST

ICDS and Anganwadi vacancies: Process begins to fill 53,000 posts in U.P.

For representation only (HT File Photo)
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 10:59 pm IST

Saksham Anganwadi: An important step towards a healthier future for India

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The new generation Anganwadis are likely to drive enormous transformations in early childhood care and development, not only from a nutrition viewpoint, but in contributing to the overall mental and physical health of children.
Published on May 11, 2024 01:36 pm IST

Lockdown hit food security of children, says rights body

Essential nutritional programmes, such as mid-day meals and the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), ground to a halt during the lockdown, the rights body said, increasing risks for already vulnerable communities. (HT File photo)
Updated on Oct 06, 2020 07:53 pm IST

745 cr released for GPF, centrally sponsored schemes

HT Image
Published on Mar 09, 2020 09:46 pm IST

Anganwadi running in public toilet for 14 years in Mohali

The defunct public toilet that has been converted into an anganwadi in Sohana village.
Updated on Feb 22, 2020 12:22 am IST

NRC to blame? Assam misses nutrition target

The ongoing exercise to update the National Register of Citizens, aimed at weeding out illegal immigrants, could have led to missed nutrition targets in Assam.
Updated on Jun 13, 2019 07:12 am IST

Structural reforms have changed the social sector

Providing high quality education remains a mammoth task. An Ernst & Young
Updated on Apr 22, 2019 09:23 am IST

Why India’s health system fails to spot malnourished children

Malnourished children eat a meal at the Apanalaya centre, an organisation working for the betterment of slum children, Mumbai.
Updated on Jan 24, 2019 07:19 am IST

Over 14 lakh ghost anganwadi beneficiaries found in Uttar Pradesh

More than 14 lakh ghost beneficiaries under the anganwadi scheme have been found in Uttar Pradesh.
Published on Nov 18, 2018 04:22 pm IST

Addressing hunger will result in other gains too

Even though the Supreme Court has upheld that Aadhaar is mandatory for receiving government subsidies, the legislature can always give the poor some respite from Aadhaar
Updated on Oct 23, 2018 11:56 am IST