Centre releases Rs 8510.26 lk for nutrition in NE

Agartala, Mar 30: The Centre has released Rs 8510.26 lakh for the eight North-East (NE) states to provide nutrition to the children under ICDS scheme during the last fiscal.

According to Union Government release here today, the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development had released Rs 8510.26 lakh upto March 13 this year to provide nutritional support to the children under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme.

Of the total amount released for the eight NE states, including Sikkim, Assam was on top of the list with an amount of Rs 3711.54 lakh followed by Nagaland with Rs 1188.71 lakh, Meghalaya Rs 1023.42 lakh, Manipur Rs 914.32 lakh, Tripura Tripura 707.69 lakh, Mizoram 488.97 lakh, Arunahal Pradesh Rs 379.84 lakh and the Sikkim was the lowest which got Rs 95.77 lakh respectively, the release said.

Under the scheme, the Centre provided financial support to the states up to 50 per cent of the financial norms or to support 50 per cent of the expenditure incurred by them on supplementary nutrition, whichever was less.

Currently, nutritional support under the ICDS was being provided to about 543.43 lakh children throughout the country through a network of about 7.81 lakh Anganwadi centres, the release added.

UNI