The Government’s sustained initiative on education and employment of women has resulted in increased opportunities for their employment, and more and more women are now in gainful employment, working within or outside their homes. The growing industrialization and urban development have led to increased migration into the cities. The past few decades have shown a rapid increase in nuclear families. Thus, the children of such working women, who were earlier getting support from families while they were at work, are now in need of day care services which provide quality care and protection for the children.
Considering the difficulties faced by the working mothers in giving due child care and protection to their children, it has been decided to provide the day-care créche facilities through the component of Palna. Creche services formalise the child care facilities hitherto considered as part of domestic work. Formalization of care work supports “decent work campaign” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 8 – Decent work and economic growth.
The objective of the Palna component:
• Quality crèche care facility by providing a safe and secure environment for children
• To support nutritional, health and cognitive development of children
• Enable mothers to take up gainful employment
• Ministry is providing creche services through Anganwadi cum Creches (AWCCs). As on 31.03.2026, 3130 AWCCs are operational.
Key Services:
• Sleeping facility
• Early mental/ physical stimulation for children below 3 years of age
• Pre-school education for children between the ages of 3 to 6 year
• Supplementary nutrition (to be locally sourced)
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A & N Island dated 28.12.2023
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Delhi dated 28.12.2023
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Nagaland dated 28.12.2023
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Ladakh dated 28.12.2023
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Kerala dated 29.12.2023
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Manipur dated 26.03.2024
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Revalidation of grants released to the State Government of Maharashtra for utilisation during the FY 2018-19
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Revalidation State Government of Uttarakhand (26/02/2019)
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Revalidation of grants released to State Govt. of Goa for utilisation during the year 2018-19
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Revalidation of grants released to State Govt. of Goa for utilisation during the year 2017-18
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Revalidation of grants to released to State Govt. of Haryana (01/03/2018)
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"Revalidation of grants released to the State Government of Gujarat for utilisation during the FY 2018-19"
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Revalidation of grants released to the State Government of Karnataka for utilisation during the FY 2019-20
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Revalidation of grants released to the State Government of Madhya Pradesh for utilisation during the FY 2018-19
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Revalidation of grants released for 4th quarter of 2016-17 to the UT Admin of Chandigarh under the National Creche Scheme for reimbursement of 5 ICCW run creches for the period 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2016
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Revalidation of grants released for 2018-19 to the UT Admin of NCT of Delhi under the National Creche Scheme
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Revalidation of grants released to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir under the National Creche Scheme for the year 2018-19 for utilization in CFY 2019-20
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About Scheme/ Guidelines (English Version
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National Creach Scheme Guidlines (Hindi Version)
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Statewise List of of Creches under Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme
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Statement of Fund released 2012-13 to 2014-15 under RGNCS
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National Minimum Guidelines for setting up and running creches under Maternity Benefit Act, 2017
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Sanction letter dated 01.06.2020 to State Government of Kerala for 1st qtr of FY 2020-21
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Sanction Letter dated 04.05.2020 to State Government of Madhya Pradesh reg. 4th qtr FY 2016-17 and revalidation of unspent balance for settlement of pending liabilities of FY 2016-17, 2018-19 & 2019-20
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Sanction letter dated 20.07.2020 to State Government of Punjab for settlement of pending liabilities of FY 2019-20 & operation of creches for 1st qtr of FY 2020-21.
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Sanction letter dated 09.07.2020 to State Government of Goa for 1st qtr of FY 2020-21
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Sanction letter dated 25.09.2020 to State Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Sanction Letter dated 24.04.2020 State Government of Kerala for the components of Honorarium to Doctor, Medicine Kit & PSE Kit for the 479 Creches reported functional under National Creche Scheme for the Children of Working Mothers for the FY 2019-20
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Sanction letter dated 01.06.2020 to State Government of Sikkim reg. release of grants for 1st qtr of FY 2020-21
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Sanction letter dated 17-02-2021 to Govt of Karnataka regarding Grant of approval for utilization of unspent balance amounting to Rs. 1,00,63,369/- for settlement of pending liabilities pertaining to operation of ICCW run creches for the period from 01.
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Sanction letter dated 31.03.2021 to State Government of Karnataka for settlement of pending liabilities of FY 2018-19 and 2019-20
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Sanction letter dated 30.03.2021 to State Government of Meghalaya for All Four qtr of FY 2020-21
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Re-validation of grants released to the State Government of NCT of Delhi under the National Creche Scheme for the Children of Working Mothers for the year 2O2O-21- for running 58 Creches under the National Creche Scheme
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Release of 1st and 2nd installment of recurring grants-in-aid to the UT of Lakshadweep for running 12 Crèches under the National Creche Scheme for the Children of Working Mothers (NCS) for the current financial year of 2020-21
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Reimbursement of funds for 37 operational Creches amounting to Rs.44,87,360/- to State Govt of Meghalaya for clearing pending liabilities of 2019-20 during the year 2020-21 under the ‘National Crèche Scheme for the Children of Working Mothers
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Sanction letter to State Government of Meghalaya for 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th quarter of the year 2018-19
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Sanction letter to State Government of Assam for 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th quarter of the year 2018-19
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Sanction letter dated 03.05.2019 for the period from March 2017 to December 2017 (10 months) to the State Government of Sikkim
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Sanction letter dated 19.09.2019 for 2nd,3rd & 4th quarter of 2017-18, 2nd, 3rd & 4th quarter of 2018-19 and 1st & 2nd quarter of 2019-20 for UT Administration of Puducherry
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Sanction letter dated 20.09.2019 for 1st & 2nd qtr. of State Government of Haryana
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Sanction letter dated 10.10.2019 to State Government of Gujarat for 1st & 2nd qtr of FY 2019-20 - Permission to utilize unspent balance
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Sanction letter dated 02.12.2019 to State Government of Tamil Nadu reg. release of grants for 1st & 2nd qtr of FY 2019-20
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Sanction letter dated 30.10.2019 to State Government of Mizoram reg. release of grants for 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th qtr of FY 2019-20
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Sanction letter dated 13.1.2020 to State Government of West Bengal reg. reimbursement of grants for the period 01.07.2017 to 31.03.2019
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Sanction letter dated 16.08.2019 for the 1st & 2nd Installment to the State Government of Himachal Pradesh
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Sanction letter dated 25.11.2019 for the 1st to 4th Installment to the State Government of NCT of Delhi
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Sanction letter dated 24.2.2020 to State Government of Kerala reg. settlement of pending liabilities for the FY 2017-18 & 2018-19 and release of grants for the FY 2019-20
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Sanction letter dated 12.03.2020 to State Government of Sikkim reg. release of grants for 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th qtr of FY 2019-20
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Sanction Letter dated 27.03.2020 to State Government of Madhya Pradesh reg. settlement of pending liabilities for the 4th Quarter of FY 2016-17, FY 2018-19 & 1st, 2nd and 3rd Quarter of FY 2019-20
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Sanction letter to State Government of Gujarat - Reimbursement of grant-in-aid to 125 ICCW run creches for the period 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2016
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Sanction letter to State Government of Tamil Nadu - Reimbursement of grant-in-aid to ICCW run creches for the period 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2016
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Sanction letter to State Government of Gujarat - Reimbursement of grant-in-aid to ICCW run creches for the period 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2016
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Sanction letter to State Government of Haryana - Reimbursement of grant-in-aid to ICCW run creches for the period 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2016
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"Sanction letter to State Government of Himachal Pradesh" - "Reimbursement of grant-in-aid to ICCW run creches for the period 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2016"
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"Sanction letter to State Government of Karnataka" - "Reimbursement of grant-in-aid to ICCW run creches for the period 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2016"
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"Sanction letter to State Government of UT Administration of Puducherry" - "Reimbursement of grant-in-aid to ICCW run creches for the period 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2016"
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"Sanction letter to Mizoram" - "Reimbursement of grant-in-aid to ICCW run creches for the period 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2016"
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1st Installment Sanction Letter to NCT of Delhi
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1st Installment Sanction Letter to Himalayan States
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1st Installment Sanction Letter to North Eastern States
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1st Installment Sanction Letter to States(other than North Eastern and Himalayan States)
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1st Installment Sanction Letter to Sikkim
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1st Installment Sanction Letter to UT Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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1st Installment Sanction Letter to UT Dadar and Nagar Haveli
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1st Installment Sanction Letter to UT Lakshadweep
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1st Installment Sanction Letter to UT Puducherry
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Sanction letter 1st and 2nd Qtr. of CSWB
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Sanction letter dated 29.03.2017 for 1st & 2nd qtr. of CSWB
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ICCW 4th Quarter Sanction of Grants for other than NE States
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ICCW 4th Quarter Sanction of Grants for NE States
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Sanction letter of CSWB & ICCW
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Sanction letter 2nd & 3rd qtr. for CSWB and ICCW
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Release of grants to CSWB for settlement of pending liabilities of CSWB run creches in West Bengal
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Release of grants to CSWB for settlement of pending liabilities of CSWB run creches in Tripura
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Sanction Letter Goa CSWB (21.06.2019)
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The scheme focuses on children of 6 months to 6 years.
Each AWCC will have additional 2 staff, Creche Worker and Creche Helper
The minimum qualification should be Class XII (intermediate) for Crèche workers, In addition to AWW and AWH
Creche facility to be provided to all mothers, irrespective of their employment status.
Anganwadi Worker is the overall incharge of the AWCC
The minimum qualification should be Class X (Matriculation) for Crèche Helpers, In addition to AWW and AWH
The crèche timings may be decided by States / UTs government as per local need however it has to be ensured that timing should facilitate Working mothers.
Yes
| Name | Landline | |
|---|---|---|
| Shri Abhishek Anand, Deputy Secretary | abhishek[dot]anand88[at]gov[dot]in | 011-23741248 |
