INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICE

 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is one of the flagship programmes of the Government of India and represents one of the world’s largest and unique programmes for early childhood care and development. It is the foremost symbol of country’s commitment to its children and nursing mothers, as a response to the challenge of providing pre-school non-formal education on one hand and breaking the vicious cycle of malnutrition, morbidity, reduced learning capacity and mortality on the other. The beneficiaries under the Scheme are children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers.

Objectives of the Scheme are:

• to improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years;
• to lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child;
• to reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout;
• to achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various departments to promote child development; and to enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education

Services under ICDS

The ICDS Scheme offers a package of six services, viz.

• Supplementary Nutrition
• Pre-school non-formal education
• Nutrition & health education
• Immunization
• Health check-up and
• Referral services

The delivery of services to the beneficiaries is as follows: Services Target Group Service provided by (i) Supplementary Nutrition  Children below 6 years, Pregnant & Lactating Mothers (P&LM) Anganwadi Worker and Anganwadi Helper [MWCD] (ii) Immunization* Children below 6 years, Pregnant & Lactating Mothers (P&LM)   ANM/MO [Health system, MHFW] (iii) Health Check-up* Children below 6 years, Pregnant & Lactating Mothers (P&LM)   ANM/MO/AWW [Health system, MHFW]   (iv) Referral Services Children below 6 years, Pregnant & Lactating Mothers (P&LM)   AWW/ANM/MO [Health system, MHFW] (v) Pre-School Education Children 3-6 years AWW [MWCD] (vi) Nutrition & Health Education Women (15-45 years) AWW/ANM/MO [Health system, MHFW & MWCD] * AWW assists ANM in identifying the target group.

 

 

There are 8 ICDS Project in  Dibrugarh district.

Sl No	Name of ICDS Project	No of Supervisor	No of AWC	Remarks
1	Barbaruah	11	299
2	Dibrugarh	5	133
3	Joypur	8	296
4	Khowang	15	322
5	Lahowal	7	229
6	Panitola	7	253
7	Tengakhat	15	418
8	Tingkhong	8	202

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRITION PROGRAMME

 

               The SNP under ICDS targets children under six years, adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women to address the problem of under nutrition. In the district the following benefits are provided in the year 2018-19 under the scheme-

1. Total ICDS project-  8nos
2. Total AWCs           - 2152Nos.
3. Amount received for the year-  2018-19    Rs.3,98,87,000
4. Total beneficiaries- 39,887nos.

 

 

 

Scheme for Adolescent Girl (SAG)

The  key objective of the scheme is to  facilitate , educate  and empower Adolescent Girls so as to enable them  to become self relient and aware citizens .

Objectives :

5. Enable the AGs for self development and empowerment
5. Improve the nutritional and health  status 
5. Promote  awareness about health hygiene , nutrition
5. Support out of school AGs  successfully transition back to  formal schooling or bridge learning / skill training
6. Upgrade their home based skills and Life skills.l
5. Provide informational/ guidance  about existing public service as Primary Health Centers , Rural hospitals ,/ CHCs, Post office , Bank, Police Station etc.

Base line survey of THE SCHEME FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS (SAGs) for the year 2019-2020,Dibrugarh                                         

Name of Project	Barbaruah		Dibrugarh	Joypur	Khowang	Lahowal	Panitola	Tengakhat	Tingkhong	Total
SC	20	11		29	8	38	18	11	15	150
ST	42	10		39	22	30	52	10	21	226
Other	510	720		554	275	737	488	720	789	4793
TOTAL	572	741		622	305	805	558	741	825	5169

 

 

In 2019

• Out of school adolescent  girls has provided nutrition as Rice and Pea @Rs 9.5/- per day per beneficiaries . Rice and pea supplied for 150  feeding days  during the month of March 2019 . The fund was for the year 2018-19.

• Awareness campaign was being conducted  for the use of sanitary napkins . Manstural   Hygiene  Week been Celebrated from 21^st  May to 28^thn the district .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSHAN ABHIYAAN

 

GOALS OF POSHAN ABHIYAAN

 

• Prevent and reduce stunting in children(0-6 years) @ 2% per annum
• Prevent and reduce under-nutrition(underweight prevalence) in children (o-6 years)@ 2% per annum
• Reduce low Birth weight (LBM)@2% per annum
• Reduce the prevalence of anemia among young children(6-59 months)@ 3% per annum
• Reduce the prevalence of anemia among women adolescent Girls in the age group of 15-49 years @3% per annum.

 

POSHAN ABHIYAAN PROGRESS REPORT

 

• Recruitment under POSHAN has been done .  1 no District Coordinator, 1 no Project Assistant district level,4 no Block coordinator  and 7 no Project Assistant Block Level  has joined on 29/7/2019. Now they are starting to work. .  Process of recruitment of remaining 4 nos of Block Coordinator  and 1no Project Assistant Block Level   has been going on.

• First Meeting of District Convergence Committee  held on 1^st August regarding POSHAN Abhiyaan, presided by   Additional Deputy Commissioner Mr.Partha Pratim Bairagi.

Activites  are going on of  POSHAN Mah

 

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana  (PMMVY)

 

INTRODUCTION

• Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana’ (PMMVY) was implemented on 01.01.2017 in all the districts of the country.
• This programme was implemented as in India under nutrition continues to adversely affect many women.
• This is because economic and social distress force many women to continue work to earn a living for their family right up to the last days of their pregnancy. Furthermore, they resume working soon after childbirth, even though their bodies might not permit it.
• This prevent their bodies from full recovery on one hand, and also impeding their ability to exclusively breastfeed their young infant in the first six months.

 

 

OBJECTIVES

• Providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentives so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first living child.
• The cash incentive provided would lead to improved health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM).

BENEFITS

• First installment- Rs. 1000/- on early registration of pregnancy at the Anganwadi Centre (AWC).
• Second installment- Rs. 2000/- after six months of pregnancy on receiving at least one ante-natal check-up (ANC)
• Third installment- Rs. 2000/- after child birth is registered and the child has received the first cycle of BCG, OPV, DPT and Hepatitis-B, or its equivalent/ substitute.
• The eligible beneficiaries would receive the incentive given under the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) for Institutional delivery and the incentive received under JSY would be accounted towards maternity benefits so that on an average a woman gets ` 6000/-.

One Stop Center

One Stop Centers(OSC) intended to support women affected to support women affected by violence , in private and public spaces , with in the family ,community and at work places. Women facing physical , sexual, emotional ,psychological and economic abuse , irrespective of age, class, caste, education status , marital status, race and culture will be facilitate with support and redressal . 

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In Dibrugarh One Stop Centre has been inaugurated on5/3/2019.For construction of One Stop Center Land has been taken over on 8/8/2019 from Circle Officer , Dibrugarh East revenue Circlewhere construction will done with fund already received form Govt of India.

 

Mahila Sakti Kendra

 District  Level Centre for Women (DLCW) has been envisaged  which will  collate information on government programmes ,schemes and  services meant for women empowerment ( including Beti Bachao Beti Padhao(BBBP), One Stop Centre, Women Helpline, Mahila Police Volunteer,Swadhar, Ujjawala Etc).

In Dibrugarh for process of  recruitment  for District Women Welfare Officer and District Coordinator  has been going on .

 

SWADHAR GREH

             Swadhar has been designed with a flexible and innovative approach  to cater to the requirement of various types of women in distress in diverse situations under different conditions. The Swadhar Scheme supports to address the specific vulnerability of each group of women in difficult circumstances through a Home-based holistic and integrated approach.

Objectives:

1. To provide primary need of shelter, food, clothing and care to the marginalized women/girls living in difficult circumstances who are without any social and economic support.
2. To provide emotional support and counseling to such women.
3. To rehabilitate them socially and economically through education, awareness, skillup gradation and personality development through behaviuoral training etc.
4. To arrange for specific clinical, legal and other support for women/girls in need of those interventions by linking and networking with other organizations in both Govt. & Non- Govt. sector on case to case basis.
5. To provide for help or other facilities to such women in distress.
6. To provide such other services as will be required for the support and rehabilitation to such women in distress.

SWADHAR GREH IN DIBRUGARH DISTRICT

            The Swadhar Greh was granted in Dibrugarh in1st April, 2016 with a revised budget for 30 ns of beneficiaries comprising of accommodated more then 250 female beneficiaries with accompanied children. The beneficiaries were given medical aids, legal assistance, vocational training, recreation facilities like TV, Inddor and outdoor games, picnic etc. On completion of their vocational training we encourage them to earn their own bread and butter by using their skills in various trades they were trained for. But they are given continuously medical aids, legal support, recreation facilities, free home stay till they feel confident to start independently. Weaving, tailoring outside the Swadhar Greh are also some of the facilities provided to them.

UJJAWALA

            A Comprehensive Scheme for trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-integration of victims of Trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation has been implemented in Dibrugarh District of Assam by NORTH EASTERN BUDDHIST CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (NEBCA).

Objectives:

1. To prevent trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation through social mobilization and involvement of local communities, awareness generation programmes, generate public discourse through workshops/ seminars and such events and any other innovative activity.
2. To facilitate rescue of victims from the place of their exploitation and place them in safe custody.
3. To provide rehabilitation services both immediate and long-term to the victims by providing basic amenities/needs such as shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment including counseling, legal aid and guidance and vocational training.
4. To facilitate reintegration of the victims into the family and society at large.
5. To facilitate repatriation of cross border victims to their country of origin.

UJJAWALA IN DIBRUGARH DISTRICT

            The Ujjawala Home was granted in Dibrugarh in 1^st March, 2013 with a revised budget in 2016 for 50 nos. of female beneficiaries comprising of children boys upto 12 years and girls upto 18 yrs of age and above. The project have accommodated more than 360 female beneficiaries both trafficked victims as well as vulnerable to trafficking. The beneficiaries were given medical aids, legal assistance, vocational training, recreation facilities like T.V, indoor and outdoor games, picnic etc. On completion of their vocational training we encourage them to earn their own bread and butter by using their skills in various trades they were trained for. But they are given continuously medical medical aids, lega support, recreation facilities, free home stay till they feel confident to start everything independently of their own. In this process many beneficiaries were reintegrated back to their families. In cases where reintegration is not possible, we encourage them to earn their livelihood by adopting safe profession like domestic help, sales girls etc.

                                                DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT, 2005

 

        An Act to provide for more effective protection of the rights of women guaranteed under the constitution who are victims of violence of any kind occurring within the family and for matters connected with or incidental thereto. The District Social Welfare Department, Dibrugarh is working with different families. In the District, Domestic Incident Report of 64 cases has been submitted to the court from 2017 to September 2019. SEWA  (NGO )  has working as service provider of  DV Act.

 

 

INTEGRATED CHILD PROTECTION SCHEME

           Under this scheme, children under 18 years of age committing any unlawful acts or coming in conflict with law are given protection. The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) comprises of a Principal Magistrate and two members. The children are also given legal aid. For children in need of care and protection the CWC (Child Welfare Committee) helps the children to provide them with proper care and protection. Under this scheme many facilities like Observation Homes, Shelter Home are provided to them. The Children are provided with free food, clothing in these Homes. In this District through Adoption Agency Adoption procedures are being carried on.  In this District around 163 such cases are filed and through JJB and CWC 196 cases are filed.

Ther are to Child Care Institute are running in Dibrugarh .

1. Prerona Children Home  -Run by Prerona Pratibandhi NGO – for noemal Children .
2. Jyoit Niwas Children Home – run by Mrinaljyoit Rehabilitation Centre- for specially able children.

 

                             Schemes For Person with Disability

DDRC:

District Disability Rehabilitation Centre is going on at Assam Medical College  Hospital. Nodal Officer: Dr Bipul Borthakur.

UDID

Unique Disability Identity Card will be provide to the Person with Disablity. Trining for Data entry operator was held. Issuing of UDID card will be Start soon.

 

DEEN DAYAL DIBYANGJAN PENSION

            Under  this scheme  pension @ Rs 1000/- per month  has been given to Person with Disabilities . In Dibrugarh    4048 nos PwD had  already benefited.                                                                                                     DEEN DAYAL DIBYANGJAN  PUNOURSANSTHAPON ACHONI

        Already received application form = 58Nos

 

Scholarship to Disable Students

 

Scholarships are being provided to 45 numbers of physically handicapped students.