HECM 121: Kishori Shakti Yojna

Kishori Shakti Yojna

Women in Agriculture

Lesson 13 : Programmes for Girl Child -2

Kishori Shakti Yojna

The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, in the year 2000 came up with scheme called “Kishori Shakti Yojna”(KSY) using the infrastructure of Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS). The objectives of the Scheme were to improve the nutritional and health status of girls in the age group of 11-18 years as well as to equip them to improve and upgrade their home-based and vocational skills; and to promote their overall development including awareness about their health, personal hygiene, nutrition, life skills, family welfare and management.

Nutritional Programme for Adolescent Girls

The Nutritional Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG) was started on a pilot basis in the year 2002-03 in 51 districts of the country. Under this programme undernourished adolescent girls (body-weight < 35 kg) are given 6 kg of food-grains per month, free of cost for an initial period of three months initially. Thereafter, if their nutritional status does not improve, they are referred to a doctor, meanwhile the provision in terms of free food grains is continued.

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