SABLA- NUTRITION SCHEME FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS

SABLA- NUTRITION SCHEME FOR

ADOLESCENT GIRLS

          The union government on Monday 16^th August,2010,cleared for implementation the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for empowerment of Adolescent Girls-known as’ Sabla-‘ aimed at enhancing their nutritional and economic status.

          The scheme will be run along with the integrated child Development service (ICDS) project in anganwadi centres in 200 select districts targeting girls in the age group 11-18. The districts will be selected using a set of indicators and will be a combination in equal proportion of good, moderate, and no so well- performing districts.

          An allocation of Rs4,500 crore has been made for implementing’Sabala” during the remaining period of the 11^th five –year plan. For 2010-16, a budget provision of Ts 1000 crore has been made. In the initial years, 40-50 percent of the girls accessing the scheme.

          The cost of the scheme will be shared equally by the centre, the states and the union territories on provision of Nutrition including 600 calories and 18-20 gm of protein which will cost Rs 5 a beneficiary per day for 300 days a year for school girls in the age group 11-14 and all others age15-18.

Prof. John Kurakar