MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA TIRATH)
(a) & (b) : Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
in which Central Government is responsible for Programme Planning and States/ UTs are responsible for
the implementation of the Scheme including monitoring the performance of the Anganwadi Centres (AWCs).
In the existing monitoring mechanism, monthly & half yearly progress reports are prescribed at Anganwadi
and Project level in States/ UTs. In addition, Government has introduced 5-tier monitoring & review
mechanism at National, State, District, Block and Anganwadi Levels for which guidelines were issued
on 31.03.2011. Under these guidelines, the District and Block level Committees will closely monitor
inter-alia regularity of functioning of AWCs, monitoring & supervision visits to AWC by ICDS functionaries
etc. and Anganwadi level Committee is required to review and take as well as suggest actions to improve
delivery of services at the AWC etc.
In order to ensure proper functioning of AWCs, under the strengthening and restructuring of the ICDS
revised Management Information System (MIS), Web based MIS and provision for ICT at AWCs under ICDS,
forging strong institutional convergence with National Rural Health Mission and Total Sanitation
Campaign, particularly, at the district and village levels has been approved.
(c), (d) & (e): Associations of Non-Government Organization in the functioning of AWCs are
totally on the discretion of State Governments/UTs. Hence, the Government of India is not maintaining
the involvement of NGOs in functioning of AWCs and complaints regarding irregularities on embezzlement
committed by these NGOs.
