• PRIYANKA KHOSLA
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Fate of women and children have, since ages, been kept at the mercy of big men, bureaucrats and overlords. They, not being able to ‘voice’ their issues, led to the deteriorating condition of this section of the population over the years and hence of the anganwadis which were supposed to be established and made well-functioning under the ICDS scheme for the betterment in lives of women and children. Recent studies show drastic figures of infant mortality and mother mortality rates; as according to NFHS-2, only 65 per cent of women access antenatal care, and less than half of all deliveries take place with skilled attendance. The maternal mortality ratio is as high as 540. About 50 per cent of women are anaemic, and the median age at marriage is 16.7 years, in spite of a law against child marriages. The infant mortality rate is 67.6 per 1,000 live births, and 45.5 per cent of children under the age of five are chronically undernourished (Sinha D., 2006). Considering these, this paper aims at questioning whether only anganwadis are the only medium to be able to provide basic healthcare facilities and pre-school facilities to target group under ICDS, or there could be other alternatives. If not, what are the necessary aims and motives to be take into consideration for aiming at ICDS as a “rights-based approach” with a “universalisation with quality” feature incorporated in its implementation through these anganwadis.

ICDS(Integrated Child Development Services), Rights-based approach, Universalization with quality, anganwadis, infant mortality, maternal mortality, ante-natal care, AWW, AWH, ANM

"EVALUATING ICDS: REMEDIES TO POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS (Gracing it as a RIGHT-Based Approach)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.829-833, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907718.pdf

"EVALUATING ICDS: REMEDIES TO POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS (Gracing it as a RIGHT-Based Approach)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp829-833, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907718.pdf