INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (ICDS) SCHEME :-
Name of the Department: Cooch Behar District ICDS Cell, Women & Child Development and Social Welfare Department
Children are the future human resource of the country. Women & Child Development and Social Welfare Department is implementing various Schemes for welfare, development and protection of children. ICDS is Launched on 2nd October, 1975, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is one of the largest flagship program of the Government. 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 & Health status of the Children below age of 6 yrs.
- to lay the foundation for Psychological, Physical & Social Development of the Child
- to reduce the incidence of Mortality, Morbidity, Malnutrition & School Dropouts
- 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.
The District ICDS Cell is primarily concerned with the implementation of schemes related to children in the age group of 0-6 years, adolescent girls as well as pregnant and lactating women. In addition to these initiatives, District ICDS Cell is concerned with the monitoring, evaluation and supervision of programmes concerning early childhood care and nutrition programmes. It is also responsible for implementation of the Scheme for Adolescent Girls- Kanyasree Prakolpo (SAG-KP) Convergence Program under umbrella ICDS.
The Dist ICDS Cell executes the programmes in coordination with the Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) in charge of the ICDS projects at the block level. At the village level, there are the Anganwadi Workers, closely guided by Lady Supervisors who monitor clusters of Anganwadi Centres and report to the CDPOs.
In Cooch Behar District, there are 20(twenty) ICDS Projects with 4188 Anganwadi Centres covering all the 12 Blocks as well as 6(six) Municipalities of this district. The present numbers of sanctioned as well as the functioning AWCs are furnished in the table below:
| Sl No. | Name of the ICDS Project | Name of the CDPO | Contact No. | No. of Anganwadi Centre Sanctioned | No. of Anganwadi Centre operational |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tufanganj-I | Prabir Ghosh | 8927800207 | 179 | 179 |
| 2 | Tufanganj-I Addl. | Prabir Ghosh | 8927800207 | 192 | 192 |
| 3 | Cooch Behar-II | Bidur Ch. Roy | 8927800286 | 268 | 268 |
| 4 | Cooch Behar-II Addl. | Bidur Ch. Roy | 8927800286 | 212 | 212 |
| 5 | Mathabhanga-II | Nilratan Halder | 8927800205 | 164 | 164 |
| 6 | Mathabhanga-II Addl. | Nilratan Halder | 8927800205 | 181 | 181 |
| 7 | Dinhata-I | Robin Tamang | 8927800196 | 223 | 223 |
| 8 | Dinhata-I Addl. | Robin Tamang | 8927800196 | 206 | 206 |
| 9 | Tufanganj-II | Prabir Ghosh | 8927800207 | 171 | 171 |
| 10 | Tufanganj-II Addl. | Prabir Ghosh | 8927800207 | 132 | 132 |
| 11 | Mekhliganj | Jagadish Roy | 8927800199 | 275 | 275 |
| 12 | Haldibari | Pritam Santra | 8927800198 | 242 | 242 |
| 13 | Mathabhanga-I | Nilratan Halder | 8927800205 | 176 | 176 |
| 14 | Mathabhanga-I Addl. | Nilratan Halder | 8927800205 | 167 | 167 |
| 15 | Sitai | Loknath Dey | 8927800231 | 229 | 229 |
| 16 | Sitalkuchi | Sanjoy Saha | 8927800206 | 304 | 304 |
| 17 | Dinhata-II | Durlav Mandal | 8927800197 | 190 | 190 |
| 18 | Dinhata-II Addl. | Durlav Mandal | 8927800197 | 166 | 166 |
| 19 | Cooch Behar-I | Akherul Rahaman | 8927800195 | 255 | 255 |
| 20 | Cooch Behar-I Addl. | Akherul Rahaman | 8927800195 | 256 | 256 |
| Total | 4188 | 4188 | |||
Address: Office of the District Magistrate
District ICDS Cell
P.O.& Dist. Cooch Behar
E-mail: dpo[dot]icds[dot]cbr[at]gmail[dot]com
Office Phone No. 8927800194
Activities/Services offered by the Department under umbrella ICDS:-
(A)- The ICDS Scheme offers a package of 6(six) services:-
- Supplementary Nutrition Programme
- Health Check-up
- Immunisation Programme
- Referral services, and
- Early Childhood Care and Education
- Nutrition & Health Education.
| Services | Target Group | Service provided by |
|---|---|---|
| (i) Supplementary Nutrition | Children below 6 years, Pregnant & Lactating Mothers (P&LM) | Anganwadi Worker and Anganwadi Helper |
| (ii) Immunization* |
Children below 6 years, Pregnant & Lactating Mothers (P&LM) |
ANM/MO [Health functionaries] |
| (iii) Health Check-up* |
Children below 6 years, Pregnant & Lactating Mothers (P&LM) |
ANM/MO/AWW [AWW & Health functionaries] |
| (iv) Referral Services |
Children below 6 years, Pregnant & Lactating Mothers (P&LM) |
AWW/ANM/MO [AWW &Health functionaries] |
| (v) Pre-School Education | Children 3-6 years | AWW |
| (vi) Nutrition & Health Education | Women (15-45 years) |
AWW/ANM/MO [AWW &Health functionaries] |
(B). Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG)-Kanyashree Prakalpa (KP) Convergence Programme:-
The programme targets 11-18 years adolescent girls, both in school and out of school, to provide comprehensive services that include life skills, health and nutrition, reproductive and sexual health, mainstreaming out of school girls into formal and non-formal education and importantly, provision of vocational training for girls aged 16 and above.
- Realizing the multi-dimensional needs of out of school pre adolescent girls (11-14) years and with an aim to motivate these girls to join school system, GoI approved implementation of restructured Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG), previously known as SABLA.
- Kanyashree Prakalpa is a flagship of State Government Scheme whose target group is 13 to 18 school going adolescent girls with an objective of facilitating continued education of the girls.
- Considering the common objectives of these two schemes for the adolescent girls, Dept. of Women and Child Development & Social Welfare under GoWB is implementing SAG-KP Convergence Program as one adolescent girls empowerment program for the age group of 11-18 years, using ICDS platform.
The objectives of the SAG- KP convergence programme are follows.
- Enable the adolescent girls for self-development and empowerment.
- Improve the nutrition and health status of AGs.
- Promote awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition, Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH), family welfare and child care.
- Upgrade their life skills, home-based skills and vocational skills
- Support out of school AGs to successful transition back to formal schooling or bridge learning or skill training.
- Provide information/guidance about existing public service such as Primary Health Centre, Rural Hospitals/ CHC, Post Office, Bank, Police Station etc.
