Fwd: Releases...........pt2

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From: Press Information Bureau Ministry of I&B <pib.kolkata@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Subject: Releases...........pt2

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Women and Child Development

Anganwadi Centres in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand

New Delhi: May 3, 2010

 

          The number of sanctioned and operational Anganwadi Centres(AWCs)in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarkhand as on 31.3.2010 are as under:

 

Name of State	Sanctioned	Operational
Uttar Pradesh	187517	I50986
Bihar	91968	80211
Uttarakhand	23159	10666

 

As per the information available, drinking water and toilet facilities are available in 52.31 percent and 42.22 per cent of Anganwadi centres respectively in the country. The details of drinking water and toilet facilities available at AWCs are as under:

 

Name of State	%   AWCs having drinking water	%  AWCs having toilet facilities
Uttar Pradesh	87.18%	80.71%
Bihar	6.02%	6.02%
Uttarakhand	46.47%	47.54%

 

Ministry of WCD has reviewed the implementation of ICDS Scheme with States/ UTs and have requested the States/ UTs to provide basic facilities, including drinking water and toilet facilities in the AWCs, in convergence, particularly with Total Sanitation Campaign and Rajeev Gandhi Drinking Water Mission.

 

This information was given by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister of State for Women and Child Development in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

ysk: pm/dk/kol/14:33 hrs.

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Women and Child Development                    

Scheme for Adolescent Girls

New Delhi: May 3, 2010

 

The Government has a proposal to implement Rajiv Gandhi scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) – 'SABLA' whereby the two existing schemes viz. Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) and the Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG) are merged with content enrichment and universal coverage. 'SABLA' would aim at empowering adolescent girls (11-18 years) by improving their nutritional and health status, upgrading various skills like home skills, life skills and vocational skills etc. and equipping them on family welfare, health, hygiene, information and guidance on existing public services.

 

An allocation of Rs. 1000 Crore has been made for the scheme for 2010-11. The scheme is awaiting approval of the Government.

 

This information was given by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister of State for Women and Child Development in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

ysk: pm/dk/kol/14:33 hrs.

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Women and Child Development                    

Child Exploitation

New Delhi: May 3, 2010

 

The number of complaints received by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on child exploitation during last three years are 35 in 2007-08, 115 in 2008-09 and 222 in 2009-2010.

 

Various legislation, namely, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006, Young Persons(Harmful Publication) Act 1956, Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986, Immoral Traffic(Prevention)Act 1956, The Pre-Conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Technique (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 and others have been enacted for saving the children from exploitation. Besides, the issues relating to child exploitation are addressed by the Government through policies, plans, schemes and programmes which include National Policy on Children 1974, National Charter for Children 2003, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000 and its amendment in 2006, Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986, National Plan of Action for Children 2005, Integrated Child Protection Scheme, Scheme for Working Children, etc. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, a statutory body set up in March 2007, also inquires into the complaints of child exploitation.

 

This information was given by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister of State for Women and Child Development in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

ysk: pm/dk/kol/14:33 hrs.

 

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