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ICDS including Anganwadi services extend till Nov. 20, 2018
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.16 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given a nod to the extension of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), which includes Anganwadi services and others till November 30, 2018 from April 1, 2017.
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Cabinet meeting: Nutrition value of adolescent girls, pregnant, lactating
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Cabinet has approved an increase in cost norms for Supplementary Nutrition, provided in Anganwadi and in scheme for Adolescent girls (out of school and are 11-14 years), under the Umbrella Integrated Child Development (ICDs) Scheme, on Wednesday.
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Father sells child for Rs. 25,000, buys alcohol, mobile, clothes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 13 (ANI): A man hailing from the Bhadrak district of Odisha, on Tuesday, was arrested for allegedly selling his eleven-month-old son for a mere Rs. 25,000, that he spent on buying a mobile phone, silver anklet and alcohol.
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K'taka: Police arrests a drunken man for allegedly raping 2.5-year-old gir
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Belgaum (Karnataka) [India], Sept. 10 (ANI): The Karnataka Police on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly raping a two-and-a-half-year-old girl and trying to bury her alive, after committing the crime, in Belgaum's Bailhongal area.
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UP Govt. swaps 'panjiri' with 'ladoo' in Anganwadi cen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 22 (ANI): In a bid to fight malnutrition the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to provide ladoo's instead of panjiri (an Indian sweet dish) for children and pregnant women in Anganwadi centres across the state.
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Telangana CM says govt. will stand by Anganwadi workers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Telangana (Hyderabad) [India], Feb. 28 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has assured that the government would stand by Anganwadi workers who are working relentlessly for the protection of pregnant women, lactating mothers and infants.
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WCD ministry to give National Awards to Anganwadi workers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 22 (ANI): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi will today confer national awards to Anganwadi workers for their exceptional achievement.
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Pankaja Munde gets clean chit in Anganwadi scam case
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 21 (ANI): The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday closed its inquiry in the Anganwadi scam case against state Women and Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde and gave a clean chit to her.
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Vedanta joins hands with Centre to modernise anganwadis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 20 (ANI): Union Minister for Woman and Child Development Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurated 'Nandghar'- the new age Anganwadi.
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Anganwadi workers protest for wage hikes in Shimla
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Sept. 29 (ANI): Hundreds of female Anganwadi workers stage a protest outside the Himachal Pradesh State secretariat here, demanding wage increases and adequate food and nutrition for children.
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