INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (ICDS)
SCHEME
ANNUAL PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (APIP)
2012-2013
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

Nagaland is a vibrant hill state Located in the
extreme North Eastern End of India, bounded by
Myanmar in the East; Assam in the West; Arunachal
Pradesh and a part of Assam in the North with
Manipur in the south. It offers rich incomparable
traditional and cultural heritage. The population of
Nagaland is entirely Tribal. The Distinctive character
and identity of each tribe in terms of tradition,
custom, language and dresses is clearly visible to the
visitors. Its Longitude lies at 93.200E to 95.150E
and Latitude: 25.60 N to 26.40N.
BRIEF PROFILE OF THE STATE AS PER 2011 CENSUS
 Actual Population :
19,80,602
 Male : 1,025,707 ; Female : 954,895
 Sex Ratio :
931
 Population (0 -6yrs) :
2,85,981
 Male(0-6yrs):
1,47,111
 Female(0-6yrs):
1,38,870
 Child sex ratio (0-6yrs) :
944
 Literacy :
80.11%
 Male literacy:
83.29%
 Female literacy:
76.69%
 No. of districts:
11
 No. of sub-districts:
114
 No. of towns:
26
 No. of villages:
1428
HISTORY OF ICDS IN THE STATE
In Nagaland, the ICDS programme was launched
in the year 1975 in Jalukie block of Peren district
with 50 Anganwadi centers. The programme has
since grown and at present there are 60 (sixty) ICDS
projects in 11 (Eleven) districts of the State. Of this 2
(two) are Urban projects, 1(one) is rural project and
the rest are Tribal projects. All the 6(six) services
under ICDS are being provided through a Network of
3455 Anganwadi centres in the State.
PRESENT ICDS INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE:
 Out of 3455 AWCs in the State, 1729 Anganwadi
houses have already been constructed, 1282 AWHs
are under construction and the remaining 444
AWHs are on rent. As for the CDPO offices, out of
the total 60 project offices , 40 project offices are
on rent and the remaining 20 were constructed out
of the state plan.
 Total No of AWC:
3455
 AWC with building:
1729
 AWC without building:
444
 AWC where construction is going on: 1282
STATUS OF ICDS PROJECTS & AWCs OPERATIONALIZATION
NO OF ICDS
PROJECTS
SANCTIONED
60
OPERATIONALISED NO OF AWCs
ICDS PROJECTS
SANCTIONED
59
3455
NO OF
OPERATIONALISED
AWCs
3455
HUMAN RESOURCES POSITION
S.
N
FUNCTIONARIES
SANCTIONED
IN POSITION
VACANCY
1
1
0
0
8
1
59
1
STATE LEVEL
1.
OSD
P.O
1
1
DISTRICT LEVEL
2.
DPOs
9
BLOCK LEVEL
3.
CDPOs
4.
60
AWC LEVEL
AWWS
3455
3455
0
AWHs
3455
3455
0
MAJOR CONSTRAINTS IN PROGRAMME
IMPLEMENTAION:
 Due to difficult terrain and poor road connectivity in
some districts such as Mon, Tuensang, Longlen,
kiphire, Phek and Zunheboto, transportation of SNP
and PSE materials are hindered to a great extend. In
addition to that proper buildings are not available in
some blocks to run the project offices. So proviso of
constructing CDPO offices in difficult areas may be
considered by the MoWCD, Govt of India for the
smooth implementation of ICDS scheme.
PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENTS
 All the District and Block offices in the state have
been provided with computers, printers and Data
cards to strengthen the existing Management
Information System (MIS). The current status of
functional resources at various levels is presented in
the table below:
Place
Computers
Present Status
Printers
Vehicles
State
Yes
Yes
Yes
District (11)
Yes
Yes
Yes
PROJECT(60)
Yes
Yes
19 CDPOs are
without vehicle
ESTIMATION AND TIMELINES IN PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT :
ITEMS
Nos TO BE
PROCURED
DURING 2012-13
ESTIMATED BUDGETARY
REQUIREMENT in RS
PSE KIT
3455
@Rs. 1,000 Rs.34,55,000
MEDICINE KIT
3455
@Rs. 600 Rs.20,73,000
WEIGHING SCALE
3455
@Rs. 1,600 Rs. 55,28,000
FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT FOR PURCHASE OF ALMIRAH, STORAGE BOX, UTENSILS:
STATE LEVEL
DISTRICT
Rs. 8,00,000
@Rs.55,555
Rs.5,00,000
BLOCK
@ Rs.59,000 Rs.35,40,000
AWC
@Rs.20,000 Rs.6,91,00,000
 SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRITION (SNP) is funded
jointly by the Central and State govt on 90:10 basis.
Under this programme, various supplementary
nutrition items such as micronutrient fortified
khichiri, Kheer and weaning food are distributed to
3.43 lakh children, pregnant and lactating mothers
in 3455 AWCs under 59 ICDS projects located across
the state.
 In pursuance of the orders of the Honourable
Supreme Court in 2001, Government of Nagaland
has decentralised the procurement under SNP.
 The SNP are procured and distributed by NGOs.
 Necessary standards are maintained as far as the
quality of SNP is concerned.
 SNP is provided 6 days a week to the beneficiaries.
TREND IN BENEFICIARIES COVERAGE FOR SNP AND
PSE .
 2010-2011
=
3, 39,260
 2011-2012
=
3,43,924
 2012-2013
=
3,45, 723.
REQUIREMENT OF FUNDS FOR 2012-13.
 For SNP an amount of Rs. 5395.60 lakhs
would be required for the year 2012-13,
 Under WBNP the requirement quantum of food for
the financial Year (2012-13) is 11,320.08 mts of rice
and the financial requirement is Rs. 758.45 Lakhs.
 For ICDS(GEN), an amount of Rs.6600 lakhs will be
required for the year 2012-13.
PRE- SCHOOL EDUCATION
 In Nagaland, under pre- school education, kits with
toys and different kinds of educational play-way
materials are provided to every Anganwadi Centre
each year at a cost of Rs. 1000/ kit/awc/year. In
most of the ICDS projects locally available and
scrap materials are also use for pre-school
education activities.
 An amount of Rs. 34,55,000 will be required for the
purchase of pre-school materials during the current
financial year.
INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION
 Under IEC, the Department of Social Welfare has
printed pamphlets, banners about the various services
of ICDS in all the tribal dialects and distributed to all
Anganwadi centres for wide publicity and mass
awareness.
 Various National events like Nutrition week,
Breastfeeding week, ICDS week, Children’s Day, etc are
celebrated in all the Anganwadi centres across the
State.
 For the financial year 2012-13, an amount of Rs. 34.55
lakhs is required for IEC.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Some of the strategies adopted by the State to strengthen its
monitoring and evaluation components are as follows:
 Annual verification of Beneficiaries has been done for all the ICDS
projects.
 Field visits are regularly under-taken by the Departmental Officials,
State Monitoring unit, DPOs, CDPOs, and Supervisors to monitor the
Implementation of the ICDS program in the State. Exchange visits are
also undertaken at the State, District and Block level.
 Monthly Review Meetings are organised at Project level by the CDPOs
and at the District level by DPOs every month.
 Monitoring is done at the State level, District level, Project level and
Village level for the proper implementation of the ICDS Scheme.
 MIS: The state has already completed the printing of the revised MIS
registers and is ready for the roll out by Nov 2012.
 Estimated Budgetary requirement for the FY@Rs. 500 per AWC/Yr will
be Rs.17,27,500
TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING
 The State has 1 (one) Anganwadi training centre at
Diphuphar, Dimapur which is managed by the
Department of Social Welfare. This training centre
imparts trainings to various functionaries of the
ICDS such as Job Training, Refreshers Training and
Induction training. It has one Chief Instructor and
two Instructors.
The Department also has a
mobile training unit under the ICDS training
program attached to the Directorate of Social
Welfare. This team conducts trainings in the Districts
and Project levels for the AWWs and AWHs in the
remote areas of the State.
 An amount of Rs.53,72,293 will be required during
2012-13 for training and capacity building.
 An additional amount Rs.45,62,100 will be required
during the current financial year for induction
training of the new MIS.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENTS OF
PRIs:
 Nagaland has surged ahead over the years as far as
involving the community in the successful
implementation of ICDS is concerned. In lieu of PRI the
State have a strong Village Council in every Village as per
the Constitutional provision of Article 371(A).For the
recruitment of AWWs and AWHs the community plays a
major role in nominating eligible candidates to be
appointed. Even for the construction of AWCs, the
community provides the land and even the raw
materials
 For the smooth implementation of the ICDS scheme the
Govt of Nagaland has already constituted the Village
Anganwadi Board (VAB) on May 22nd 2007. Every village
or ward has formed the VAB.
GROWTH MONITORING AND PROMOTION
 For growth monitoring, all the ICDS Projects in
the State covering 3455 AWCs have already switch
over to the new WHO Growth standard since
2010.
 No and percentage of AWCs having functional
baby and adult weigheing scale= 3455 AWCs;
100%.
 No of percentage of AWCs received WHO new
Growth Chart= 3455 ; 100%.
 Percentage of AWCs using new MCP cards= 100%
PROPOSAL FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORTS FROM GOI
 Purchase of new vehicles.
 Enhancement of rate for purchase of medicine
kits.
 Additional funds for repair and renovation of old
Anganwadi Houses.
 Replacement
and repair of worn
equipments, furniture's, etc in the AWCs.
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