A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRITION PROGRAM AND PRE- SCHOOL EDUCATION BENEFIACIARIES OF ICDS PROJRCTS

Abstract

Present study is based on the comparison between the numbers of beneficiaries of supplementary nutrition programme and Pre-School Education of ICDS programme. The Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) beneath the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in India offers a completely unique state level meals distribution initiative for pre-school education to cope up with the severity of malnutrition problem and illiteracy in India. Targeted at pregnant, lactating ladies, children (zero-6 years) and adolescent girls, this paper examined the comparative difference between the beneficiary’s number of SNP in 2017 to 2021 and difference between number of beneficiaries of pre-school education in 2017 to 2021 in India.