Download or read book Integrated Child Development Services, GOI Budget Brief 2011-12 written by Avani Kapur and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, is one of the worlds largest child nutritional schemes.Launched in 1975, the targeted at children from below poverty line households and is designed to provide basic education and health services to children below 6 years of age as well as pregnant and lactating mothers. In 2005, following a Supreme Court order, the programme was extended to the entire country. Using government data, this brief reports on ICDS performance along the following parameters: a) Trends in budgetary allocations, and b) Trends in physical coverage and human resources c) State-wise malnutirion rates.