The
RGN Crèche Scheme (RGNCS) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development has
been revised and the revised scheme is being implemented from 01.01.2016.
The scheme focuses on children of 6 months to 6
years of working women in rural and urban areas who are employed for a minimum
period of 15 days in a month, or six months in a year.
Crèches
shall be open for 26 days in a month and for seven and half (7- ½) hours per
day as per the work schedule of majority of the mothers in the area, which may
be from 7.00 a.m. to 2.30p.m., 8.00 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. or 9.00 a.m. to 4.30
p.m. If required, arrangements may be made for mothers who have longer working
hours with extra payment for additional time at reasonable rates and on
mutually agreed basis.
Sharing
Ratio of expenditure between Government and implementing NGO is now 90:10.There
will be One crèche worker and one helper in each crèche. Honorarium of crèche
worker is increased to Rs. 3000/. Helper’s honorarium is Rs. 1500/-. Supplementary
nutrition has been increased to Rs. 12.00 per child per day.
New
provision of Rs. 2000/- per year is also made for Pre School Education Kit.
The Ministry is implementing RGNCS for the children of working
mothers which provide day care facilities to children of working mothers. The
scheme is presently being implemented throughout the country through Central
Social Welfare Board (CSWB) and India Council for Child Welfare (ICCW). Grants
under the scheme are released to the Implementing Agencies and not to the State
Governments. The Funds are further disbursed by the Implementing Agencies to
their State Councils/ State Boards/ Non-Governmental Organisations. Grants
released to the implementation Agencies are as under:-
Financial
Year
|
Grants
released to Implementing Agencies ICCW & CSWB (Rs. in Crores)
|
2012-13
|
106.00
|
2013-14
|
100.06
|
2014-15
|
97.68
|
2015-16
(upto December 2015)
|
125.77
|
The total
number of creches being currently run by CSWB & ICCW under RGNCS stands at
21790 , while the number of beneficiaries under the scheme stand at 538169 for
the current year.
While considering the Scheme for its continuation and
enhancement of financial norms, the EFC has interalia decided that the number
of crèche would not exceed 23555. Accordingly it has been decided that no new
crèche will be opened under the Scheme during 12th Five Year Plan.
Under
the revised Scheme, the following provisions have been made to monitor the
implementation of Scheme including supply of nutritious food to the beneficiaries
of the crèches:
(i)
Local level monitoring.
(ii)
Monitoring by Implementing
Agencies.
(iii)
District level monitoring by
District Monitoring Committee to be headed by the District Magistrate &
assisted by the District Child Protection Unit set up under the Integrated
Child Protection Scheme.
(iv) Monitoring
by MWCD through Independent monitoring agencies.
This information
was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka
Sanjay Gandhi in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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