icds strengthening – good practices women & child development department government of odisha
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ICDS Strengthening – Good Practices
Women & Child Development DepartmentGovernment of Odisha
SETTING THE CONTEXT
Setting the context:
ICDS at a glance
71,306 AWCs (10,216 Mini AWCs)
338 Projects (20 Urban Projects)
46.5 lakh beneficiaries (approx)
Odisha reflected highest decline (10 pc points) in Underweight between NFHS-2 to 3 NFHS-3
Concurrent monitoring shows further reduction in under nutrition during recent years
Setting the context:Odisha ranks 8th in the country on “Composite ICDS Implementation Index” developed by Central Monitoring Unit of NIPCCD based on the data collected through Supervision & Monitoring of ICDS Scheme
Evaluation Report on ICDS by PEO, Planning Commission, (March 2011)
Odisha is a High Performing state
Good Performer (> 80%) frequency of Delivery of SNP
Quick Evaluation Study of Major Developmental Programmes in 33 districts affected by LWE by PEO, Planning Commission (2010-11)
High level of satisfaction among respondents for AWC services in LWE districts of Odisha
ICDS STRENGTHENING INITIATIVES
ICDS Strengthening InitiativesDecentralization of SNP through Community engagement
MAMATA
Revised Pre-School package – Nua Arunima
Weighing scales, WHO New GS Plotting Registers, MCP Card
Hygiene Kit, Uniform for Pre-school
AWC construction – BALA buildings, tubewell, child friendly toilet
Life cycle approach, with specific focus on 1000 Days
Shakti Varta – Women empowerment through PLA
ICDS systems- Guidelines & Checklist, Uniform, Computer, broadband, PA, etc
Nutrition Operation Plan
ICDS Strengthening InitiativesDecentralization of SNP through Community engagement
Universalisation of community engagement in nutrition provision
– The Odisha Model
Effective April 2011, decentralization of ICDS Feeding Programme was rolled out across the state – all AWCs / Projects / Districts
Paradigm ShiftThe new system recognizes
Directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court
Important role of local communities and institutions in service delivery
Doing away with the involvement of contractors/ commercial interests in food for ICDS
Transparency and accountability at all levels
Quality and priority to local palate/choice
Emphasis on meeting protein and calorie norms within the ration cost
Ensure that the nutritional supplement goes to the intended beneficiary and not entered into the family kitty
Empowering WSHGs
Focus on entitlement and monitoring at all levels
Type of SNP provided*Take Home Ration (THR)
6 months to 3 years 6 months to 3 years (severely
malnourished)
3 years to 6 years (severely
malnourished)
P&L Women
i) RTE consisting of Wheat, Bengal Gram, Ground Nuts & Sugar (Locally known as Chhatua) one packet (Net 1.700 kg) every 15 days
ii) One boiled egg per week to be consumed under observation at AWC every Wednesday or raw eggs to be shared
i) Chhatua one packet (Net 2.550 kg) every 15 days
ii) Two boiled eggs per week to be consumed under observation at AWC every Wednesday and Saturday or raw eggs to be shared
i) Chhatua one packet (Net 1.700 kg) every 15 days
ii) 1 packet Rasi Ladoo (100 gm) every month
iii) MS & HCM as per menu
i) Chhatua one packet (Net 2.125 kg) every 15 days
ii) Two boiled eggs per week to be consumed under observation at AWC every Wednesday and Saturday or raw eggs to be shared
*Further adapted from 1st July 2013, as per the revised cost norms
Type of SNP provided*Hot Cooked Meal (HCM)
Types of food
6 months to 3 years 3 years to 6 years P&L Women
Morning Snacks
NA i) Monday and Thursday – Sprouted Mung ii) Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
– Chuda Ladoo
NA
Hot cooked meal
NA i) Monday and Thursday – Rice, Dalma (Dal & Vegetables)
ii) Tuesday – Rice and Soya Chunk curryiii) Wednesday, Friday & Saturday – Rice and
egg curry
NA
*Further adapted from 1st July 2013, as per the revised cost norms
Progress on DecentralisationStakeholders• Dept. of Women and Child
Development• Ministry of Women and Child
Development, GoI• State Administration• District Administration,• Women Self Help Groups
(WSHGs)• Jaanch Committee / Mothers
Committee• All beneficiaries (pregnant
women, lactating mothers, children below 6 years of age & adolescent girls in nine districts)
Funding Mechanism• As per ICDS norms of Central-
State share• No extra cost, no startup cost,
no maintenance cost. The entire model is self-sustained on its existing budget.
Progress on DecentralisationPartners in implementation• District administration was the
key implementer• ICDS machinery• Development partners
Coordination & convergence Mechanism
• With allied agencies such as Mission Shakti, Tripti, ORMAS, NRLM, OTELP, WORLP for grading and selection of SHGs for RTE/Chhatua preparation
Progress on Decentralisation• From 1st April 2011
• Transparency :Joint accounts Prior verification of all beneficiaries Publication of Entitlement chartsPhotographs of Jaanch Committee members and Mothers Committee members at AWCE- transfers into joint account
Progress on Decentralisation
Involvement of local communities
Monthly monitoring at GP level
Jaanch Committee
Mothers Committee
Progress on DecentralisationQuality :
Storage of food stuff not more than one week
Oil and soya Agmark certified
quality check for dal, eggs and rice
Egg to Pre-School childrenEgg to THR beneficiaries
Orientation on the process of cooking maintaining the nutritive value
Progress on DecentralisationMonitoring :
Control rooms for grievance
Control room numbers on all flex boards on displaying the entitlement
State and district level squads
Local publicity- CD & guidelines developed & distributed in Oriya
Sensitisation of PRI members
Progress on Decentralisation Local procurement3 eggs per week to Pre-School children; 2 eggs per week to Pregnant/Lactating; 1 egg per week to severely malnourished child (6 months to 3 years)Severely malnourished 3-6 years – HCM & THRCapacity building of AWWs and AWHsTHR by SHGs
Decentralization Reviews
PEO- LWE districts- level of satisfaction 95% and above
Social Audit by NGO group (November 2011, 7 districts)
88% respondents were of the opinion that the Pre-School activities are going on six days a week in their respective AWCs
71% respondents were of the opinion that the Menu Chart is followed
89% respondents said that Egg is given once every week
DR. N. C. SAXENA, COMMISSIONER AND HARSH MANDER, SPECIAL COMMISSIONER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN THE CASE:
PUCL v. UOI & Ors. WRIT PETITION (Civil) No. 196 of 2001
• We appreciate the efforts made by the department to decentralize the production of the Supplementary nutrition in ICDS involving the community through the local women’s groups. We have been recommending the model being pursued by your state to several other states as part of engaging communities in nutrition provisions and doing away with the involvement of contractors/ commercial interests in food for ICDS.
• As mentioned by you over the last year, you have taken out several guidelines to strengthen the process of involving the community in ICDS. Please do share the progress reports on the same and any other independent evaluations done on the initiative. We would also like to have 25 copies of this initiative sent to our office to disseminate further as a good practice to be followed by other states.
Learning and Takeaways
• Provisioning of food stuff meeting calorie and protein norm within the ration cost is difficult but possible
• Contractors and middle-men can be removed from the system of provisioning of supplementary nutrition in government programming
• Engaging community in nutrition provisioning is possible (Jaanch Committees and joint account of AWWs with Ward Members/Councillors/Corporators)
• Finally, a model that is replicable at scale and through government mechanism.
ICDS Strengthening Initiatives
MAMATA
MAMATA
MAMATA scheme* launch on 5th September, 2011
Launch of e-Transfer of funds to beneficiary account on 19th October, 2011
Extending the MAMATA scheme coverage to Urban areas on 15th August 2012
The scheme benefits have reached more than a million women across the state, a major milestone, in September 2013
Chronology of events
* IGMSY is implemented in the two districts of Bargarh and Sundergarh. In these two districts, the state government provides the fourth installment
MAMATAGOALS • Contribute to reducing maternal and infant mortality.• Improve the health and nutritional status of pregnant and
lactating mothers and their infants.
OBJECTIVES• To provide partial wage loss compensation for pregnant and
nursing mothers.• To increase utilization of maternal and child health services.• To improve mother and child care practices, especially
exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding of infants.
MAMATATARGET GROUP• Pregnant women aged 19 yrs and above• for the first 2 live births• except Central/State govt. or PSU employees and their
wives(age, no. of live births and employment is self certified)
COVERAGE• All projects (338) in 30 districts covering Tribal, Rural and
Urban areas in two phases, first rural and then urban
MAMATA
Cash Transfer
When Amount (in Rs.)
Modalities
First At the end of the second trimester of pregnancy
1500 Disbursed through the CDPO office
Second 3 months after delivery 1500 Disbursed through the CDPO office
Third 6 months after delivery 1000 Disbursed through the CDPO office
Fourth 9 months after delivery 1000 Disbursed through the CDPO office
CASH TRANSFER & TRANCHES
MAMATACash Transfer
Conditions Amount (in Rs.)
Means of Verification
Fourth( 9 months after delivery)
• Measles vaccine has been given before the child is one year old .
• Vitamin A first dose has been given before the child is one year old.
• Age specific appropriate complementary feeding has started and is continuing.
• Child is weighed at least two times between six months to nine months of age.
1000 •MCP card•Self certification on MCP Card.
MAMATAStakeholders• Dept. of Women and Child
Development, GoO• Dept. of Health & Family
Welfare/NRHM, GoO• Ministry of Women and Child
Development, GoI• Dept. of Finance, GoO• State Bank of India• State Administration• District Administration,• Jaanch Committee / Mothers
Committee• All beneficiaries
Funding Mechanism• All four tranches from State
Budget for 28 districts out of 30 districts in the state
• 4th tranche from State Budget for the remaining 2 districts in the state
• First 3 tranches for 2 districts from Ministry of Women and Child Development, GoI
MAMATAPartners in implementation• District administration -- the key
implementer• ICDS machinery• Development partners
Coordination & convergence Mechanism
• Has ensured better coordination and convergence between ICDS with Health Department, Banks, Panchayati Raj Department and other stakeholders
MAMATASERVICE DELIVERY MECHANISM
Anganwadi Workers plays pivotal role in the scheme implementation for
Timely registration of Pregnant women at the AWCsFacilitate opening of Bank account in favour of the beneficiaryComplete registration documentations -- Beneficiary Undertaking with photograph and Follow-up on the services
Incentives to AWW and AWH Rs.200 : AWW ; Rs.100: AWH per beneficiary
on disbursement of all installments
MAMATASERVICE DELIVERY MECHANISM
Additional staffState level- PMUAdditional staff at district levelAdditional staff of one each at project (one Programme Assistant)
InfrastructureComputer, Printer, Scanner, UPS, external drivesBroadband connections
MAMATASERVICE DELIVERY MECHANISM
Capacity BuildingAll CDPOs, DSWOs trained on use of Computers and application with special focus on internet All CDPOs and Programme Assistants trained on cyber securityAll ICDS Supervisors, CDPOs, POs & DSWOs trained on the scheme and its implementation, using Video Conference facilityRegular Video Conferences held with scheme managers across the state to review the progress made and also for dissemination of critical administrative decisions
Undertaking by the beneficiary and her husband/guardian on age, live birth, employment and on use of the cash benefit
Photocopy of first page of passbook is a critical instrument in the fund transfer
MCP Card• MCP Card is the means
of verification for conditionalities and service uptake
• Joint use of the same MCP card by AWW and ANM ensures better field level service convergence
• MCP Cards are supplied by Health, and issued by AWWs immediately on registration to all Pregnant Women
MAMATA beneficiaries with the AWW displaying MCP (Mother & Child Protection) Card
Fund Flow and Disbursement
Beneficiary
Bank Account of MAMATA Beneficiary
ICDS Project OfficeMAMATA Special Account at ICDS Project level
Department of W&CD, GoO
MAMATA Special Nodal Account at State HQ
No payments are made in cash or by cheque (No cheque book has been issued for any of the Mamata Accounts)
MODE OF PAYMENT
MAMATA Scheme has embraced Corporate Internet Banking services offered by State Bank of India, namely VISTAAR
MODE OF PAYMENT• 4-Eyes concept (Uploader-Authoriser) concept is used for
proper validation and authorization. – The Programme Assistant uploads the data (Self
Declaration Form along with the photograph and photocopy of the first page of bank passbook is submitted by the AWW to the Project office)
– The beneficiary data is validated by the Administrator and then the fund transfers (e-Cheques) are authorised by the Authoriser.
– CDPOs are the Administrators and Authorizers – Second factor authentication i.e., Mobile services (SMS) are
used for sending the authorisation code to the Authorisers
MODE OF PAYMENT
• The choice of use of e-Transfer (Corprate Internet Banking) has impacted MAMATA programme implementation in the following ways:– It has ensured a transparent mechanism– It has ensured time-bound service delivery, critical to the
objectives of the scheme– It has reduced bottlenecks in service delivery and removed any
form of intermediaries– It has made service delivery more accountable, as it is easily
monitored.
Mamata Progress
Total Coverage*:10.78 lakh women(0.87 lakh IGMSY coverage)
5.09 lakh beneficiaries have
exited from the scheme
*including IGMSYUpto Sept 2013
Total Fund transferred to Beneficiaries
Rs 396.00 Crores transferred to bank accounts of beneficiaries upto Sept 2013
from State FundRs 368.47 Crores IGMSY Rs 27.53 Crores
MONITORING
Monitoring and supervision
Category of Official Schedule/ Proposed
requirementProgramme Assistants 30 cases / monthSupervisor 20 cases / monthCDPO 20 cases / monthDPMU (MAMATA) 50 cases / month.Programme Officer 20 cases / monthDSWO 20 cases / month
The monitoring and supervision mechanism set up under the ICDS at all levels is used for this scheme. Everyone is mandated to check specific no of cases sponsored by AWW
Role of Jaanch Committee/ GKS / Mothers committee
Calendar display of beneficiaries with amount received in every AWC
Jaanch Committee check the veracity of – the “display of
beneficiaries with amount” in the specified format with the Mamata Register kept with the AWW
Online Checking as Super-User• State Officials,
Collectors and SPMU track fund flow and disbursement of every single Mamata account ONLINE as Super Enquirer
• Fund requirement for projects are calculated by State through this review process
Online MIS Software
• Web based MIS developed• Uploading the Web based software at State Data Centre
under progress• Masters developed and under checking/scrutiny• Back data updation is under progress • Launch of software for use soon
Online MIS Software
• Software customized for different layers of functionaries• “WEB BASED” module, with “OFFLINE” data entry at the project/block
level and online “Updation” to the central server• “ONLINE” output and report generation only from the server database• All intermediate outputs for generating the E-Cheques for SBI CINB
(Beneficiary File and Transaction File) to be generated from the software
Online MIS Software
• Local terminal and database should be only for data entry, uploading and saving outputs/reports generated from the server database.
• Reports to be generated by each AWC• Provision for SMS alerts• Every Single beneficiary shall be tracked
CDPOs being trained on different aspects of computer usage and applications
Beneficiaries displaying updated Bank Passbook reflecting MAMATA fund
Beneficiary displaying updated Bank Passbook reflecting MAMATA fund
• Mamata scheme brings “woman at the core of the policy implementation” and has been implemented at scale, using government machinery, requiring minimal startup cost, ensuring good governance, has potential for replication at other states.
• Fund is transferred into single savings bank accounts of women, ensuring any withdrawal of money will require woman’s consent. This has also ensured Financial Inclusion of women (Zero-Frills-Zero-Balance accounts)
• The features that make the practice replicable includes: developing a self sustaining infrastructure, capable PMU, motivating field-level workers, community ownership and participation, and improved infrastructural & technological innovations with ICT use.
Learning and Takeaways
ICDS Strengthening Initiatives
Revised Pre-School package – Nua Arunima
Nua Arunima: A new methodology for Pre-School Education
The revised package was launched on 29th April 2013
Rolled out across the state – all AWCs /Projects/ Districts
Context• Early childhood, care and education critical for school preparedness,
retention and improved learning in subsequent grades• Right to Education Act recommends ECCE by ‘appropriate
Government’ for 3-6 year age group• Integrated service delivery of pre-school convergence with elementary
education• Draft ECCE Policy in process by the WCD department• Pre school attendance increasing.
Process
• State Resource Group-• Review of preschool curriculum
and content- Gap analysis and feedback• Inter-state workshop - approaches/ideas from other states on
strengthening preschool education • State Level Consultation on preschool education • Review of materials and finalization of framework age
appropriate norms and standards • Workshops for package development with experts, AWWs,
CDPOs • Vetting of materials by national level experts
ECE
Health habits
Socio-emotional/ Adjustment
Intellectual
Physical-motor
Curiosity/ Creativity
Language
Components
Curriculum focus • More child-centered;
• Thematic activities:– Me, my family and community– Immediate environment– Nature and weather– Health and safety
• Building a bridge between home and center
• Free conversation, action songs, storytelling, play and construction activities and nature walks
• Emphasis on pre-reading, pre-writing and pre-number skills
The pre school package
• Bell• Uniform• Toy bank• Community involvement• AWC leaving certificate
• Childrens day- 14th Nov• Parents meeting- 1st May, 1st September• Grandparents day- 1st October• Local vocations, institutions
Materials • Handbook for AWW
with month-wise activity schedule for 12 months• Quarterly age-wise developmental indicators for assessing and
demonstrating development in children• 2 age appropriate workbooks• Adaptation of Nua Arunima in 10 tribal languages by OPEPA
promoting mother tongue based school readiness .• Illustrated daily-plan for the AWC• Monitoring format and certificate for attending AWC• Training DVDs and Audio CD
All materials available in DWCD website and encouraged for use by all agencies, individuals institutions.
Handbook
Nua-Arunima adapted in ten tribal languages
Koya, Kui, Kuvi, Juanga, Saura, Santhali, Kissan, Munda, Oraon and Bonda
Workbook
Part I & II
Theme based training video (One for each month)
Audio CD of Prak Vidyalaya
PLAY THE MOVIE NOW
Nua ArunimaPartners in implementation• District administration -- the key
implementer• ICDS machinery• Development partners
Funding mechanism• All components of Pre-school
package developed from state fund
• First lot of materials to the children from state funds
Outcome
• Nua Arunima has just been launched. It is still not in any stage to show initial outcome.
• Nua Arunima definitely has the potential to be a Good Practice
Thank you