LUCKNOW: The ICDS directorate has set up 150 new Anganwadi centres throughout the state and 199 more will come in the subsequent few months. This comes alongside the transfer to recruit personnel for 52,000 new positions for Built-in Baby Growth Companies and Anganwadi staff by the directorate.
In response to a listing launched by the ministry of girls and baby growth in February, Uttar Pradesh at present has 1,89,796 Anganwadi centres throughout the state with the macimum 4499 in Prayagraj. Nevertheless, this quantity pales in comparability to the variety of beneficiaries that these centres are supposed to present companies to.
Throughout the state there are 1,85,67,797 beneficiaries, kids below the age of 6 years together with severely underweight youngsters, pregnant girls and lactating moms. Whereas the funds for 199 more centres has been accepted, the districts the place they are going to be set up and capacities in phrases of project of staff and companies offered are but to be determined.
In early April, the ICDS directorate had introduced {that a} contemporary wave of recruitments was on for the primary time in 10 years for staff, supervisors and helpers, in addition to district programme officers and baby growth venture officers. This was finished to incorporate 10% reservations for EWS (economically weaker sections) candidates, which was missing in the earlier recruitment pointers, attracting plenty of discontent from the group.