Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is reviewed regularly by holding periodic meetings with Secretaries of the State Government and Union Territory (UT) Administrations and through fields visits of the Officers of the Ministry from time to time. This was stated by the Minister of Women and child Development, Smt. Renuka Chowdhury in a reply to a question by Shri Jai Parkash Aggarwal in Rajya Sabha today.
She said that the Prime Minister in a letter addressed to the Chief Ministers of States/UTs has impressed upon them the need to set up an institutionalized review process at their level after carrying out a detailed assessment of the programme in their States, lay special emphasis on the programme status in areas with concentration of minority communities and preponderance of Scheduled Castes and Tribes, adequately empower Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to monitor and supervise the working of these centers; make line officials firmly accountable for their acitons and report on a quarterly basis on further developments in this sector, she added.
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