write a short note on a} anganwadi         b} national child labour project [ NCLP]

Q.A.
Anganwadi basically means Courtyard shelter. It was a scheme started by the Government of India in 1975 under Integrated Child Development Service Programme and is part of government health care policy. Anganwadi centers in both rural and urban areas  aims at providing health care to mother and child and includes services like health check ups, immunization,nutrition and health education etc. Their main aim has been to counter growing malnutrition and hunger.
Q.B.
It was one of the approaches taken by Ministry of Labour and Employment which was meant to curb the child labour related issue's in India especially in hazardous industries by 2010.
It includes Every child below14 years of age  working in occupations mentioned in  Schedule to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 .
Some purview's of this project are as:
children below 14 years of age who are working in occupations and processes listed in the Schedule to the
Some purview's of this project are as:
Ensuring enforcement of child labour laws
Provision of Vocational Training
Creating awareness of the harmful effects of child labour on the development of a child

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