Dfine Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)?
The adolescent girl scheme under ICDS intends to cover school dropout girls, 11-18 years in age with a view to meet their needs of self development, nutrition, health education, literacy, recreation and skill formation, Though the scheme is not very effectively implemented, food supplements are provided (in some selected blocks only) to the adolescent girls along with pregnant and lactating mothers and 0.5-6 years old children (Tenth Five Year Plan, 2002-2007). Special emphasis is also placed on reducing nutritional anaemia among this group. Hence, iron and folate supplementation once a week through the ICDS is also being tried out in few Slates.