Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS)

ICDS provides vital nutritional supplementation to children as well as expectant and new mothers. ICDS foods include sweet pongal, Wheat rava (upma), ready to cook idly mix (rice + black gram dhal), laddu (sweet balls with nuts), and egg.

The objectives of ICDS are as follows:

2 To improve the nutritional and health status of children < 6 years of age.

2 To lay the foundation for proper physical, psychological and social development of children.

•  To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropouts.

2 To achieve effective coordination of policy and implementation to promote child development.

•  To enhance the capability of the mother through proper health and nutrition education.