Government aims to set up 17,000 creches across India

CategoryYojana

Last Updated24/12/2023

The Union Women and Child Development Ministry aims to establish 17,000 creches in Anganwadi centers across the country out of which 5,222 have been approved to date.

These initiatives are being taken under the ‘Palna’ scheme.
Objective
- To address the urgent need for quality day-care facilities/creches for the children of working women
- by providing a safe and secure environment for the nutritional, health and cognitive development of the children
- It will help enable more women to take up gainful employment amongst all socio-economic groups both in the organized and unorganized sector, irrespective of their employment status.
According to government data, participation of women in the workforce has increased to 37% in 2022.
As of March 31, 2021, 13.87 lakh Anganwadi and mini-Anganwadi centers are operational across the country.

It is a centrally sponsored scheme being implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
The scheme was earlier named as Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme.
It aims to provide day care facilities to children (age group of 6 months to 6 years) of working mothers.

Daycare Facilities including Sleeping Facilities.
Early Stimulation for children below 3 years and pre-school Education for 3 to 6 years old children.
Supplementary Nutrition (to be locally sourced)
Growth Monitoring
Health Check-up and Immunization