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Beneficiary data, monitoring inadequate in ICDS

The New Indian Express Madurai

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April 30, 2025

THE Comptroller and Auditor General's audit on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in Tamil Nadu between 2020 and 2023, has flagged several concerns regarding the scheme's implementation, including a lack of beneficiary data, inadequate monitoring and misuse of funds.

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One of the key findings was that rationalisation of anganwadi centres (AWCs), mandated by the centre in 2014, was initiated only in 2021-22 and completed in 2023. However, the state's ICDS Directorate had no data on uncovered areas or mini AWCs needing upgrades. However, the state said the rationalisation exercise was complete and uncovered areas were identified, the report said.

The audit also revealed that the state failed to conduct annual beneficiary surveys leading to discrepancies in data as the total number of beneficiaries differed in each set of data like TN ICDS, Poshan tracker and monthly progress reports.

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The missing half of Viksit Bharat: A case for labour codes as growth strategy

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NO SPARING THE GUILTY IN BLACKBUCK DEATHS IN ZOO

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US court upholds $194 mn award against TCS in trade secrets lawsuit

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Chess WC: Sindarov and Wei Yi seal Candidates spots

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Experts say mkt momentum to persist

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Top ULFA leader lays down arms, setback for Baruah

THE Paresh Baruah faction of banned insurgent group United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) suffered a setback on Sunday when one of its top leaders, Arunodoi Dohutia, also known as Arunodoi Asom, surrendered before security forces.

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Lakshya ends title drought in Sydney

AT long last, Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen ended up on the winning side as he captured the Australian Open, his first title of the season.

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Ex-TN chief secy does it 'to the T', lifts Scrabble GM title

AGE is just a number, they say. Proving the dictum right is former Tamil Nadu chief secretary Mohan Verghese Chunkath, who has now become one among India's first seven grandmasters in Scrabble, at 69.

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