Multi-ministerial convergence’ mode way to let deserving avail benefits of central schemes: MD ICDS

Jammu, February 21:(PTK) Highlighting the role of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Mission Director (MD), ICDS, J&K Nitu Gupta exhorted that through a “multi-ministerial convergence” mode the deserving could avail the benefits of various central schemes.

She expressed these views while chairing a meeting where the implementation of various Central schemes including POSHAN ABHIYAN,PMMVY, SAG, ECCE, SNP were reviewed.

Joint Director ICDS, Deputy Director ICDS Kashmir, Deputy Director ICDS Jammu, various Programme Officers of J&K, all CDPOs of District Jammu and Samba and Accounts Officer State Mission Directorate Vishnukant Sharma were present in the meeting.

Speaking on the occasion, the Mission Director said that through a multi-Ministerial Convergence mode it is our responsibility to ensure that the deserving avail the benefits of these schemes so that the issues including mal-nutrition, prevalence of anemia among children, women and adolescent girls are taken care of.

She impressed upon all the Officers to work with zeal enthusiasm to achieve the targets fixed and sensitize the masses about the need and importance of ICDS.

Nitu Gupta said that sufficient funds have been released by GOI and placed at the disposal of DPOs and CDPOs, as such prompt action is required for utilization of these funds under proper way as per the standing norms/guidelines. She has also assured the officers about the rationalization of Staff.

On spot direction were passed on by the Chair for filling up of statement/Status of facts of the cases in the Court of Law, which are still unfilled, completion of the maintenance work on model Anganwadi Centres and the release of honorarium to all Anganwadi workers and Anganwadi helpers which has been decentralised through DBT mode with supervisor as Nodal Officer.

Other points which were highlighted in the meeting were: Linkage of AWCs with Nearest Ration Depots, Area of AWCs should be 500 to 600 Sq ft, as per revised norms of the Scheme, Providing of Drinking water and toilet facilities to AWCs, Modules for ILA Training , Registration of Programme Officers and CDPOs on GeM Portal and Aadhar seeding of all beneficiaries’ etc. Besides all the officers were directed to submit the utilization Certificates well in time to the Directorate for onward submission of  the same to Ministry of Women and Child Development Government of India.

Vote of thanks was paid to the Chair by the Deputy Director ICDS Jammu,  Atul Kumar. While highlighting the role and efforts of Mission Director ICDS he said that it is first time when any HOD is reviewing the achievements personally on Ground levels and said that whatever we learnt is very much useful for our future service.