Functions of Women & Child Development Department :
- Household Survey of the Anganwadi area for assessing the children between age group of o to 6 years and pregnant & lactating mothers and adolescent girls.
- Weighing of children in age group 0-6 years once in a month for gradation
- Providing supplementary nutrition to children in age group 6 months to 6 years, pregnant and lactating mothers through Anganwadi centers by women self help groups in the district.
- Conducting Health check up and immunization for 0-6 age group children, pregnant and lactating mothers and adolescent girls with the help of health Dept.
- Running anganwadi centers effectively for delivery of services.
- Regular Trainings to anganwadi workers./supervisers/CDPOs
- Overall monitoring of the ICDS projects and distribution of grants to them
- Implementation schemes of state Govt & ZP cess defined by subject committee
- To improve health states of the children to achieve 75 % children in normal grade
- Admit children of grade III & IV in child Development centers for upgrading the health status.