Scheme For Adolescent Girls (SAG)
This topic of “Scheme For Adolescent Girls (SAG)” is important from the perspective of the UPSC IAS Examination, which falls under General Studies Portion.
Introduction:
- Scheme For Adolescent Girls (SAG) by the Ministry of Women & Child Development
- Aimed at empowering out-of-school adolescent girls and improving their health, nutrition, and hygiene status
- To support their transition back to formal schooling or bridge learning/skill training and upgrade their home-based and life skills
Ministry/Agency:
- Ministry of Women & Child Development
- Implemented through the platform of Anganwadi Services of Umbrella ICDS Scheme via Anganwadi Centers (AWCs)
Objectives:
- To enable the self-development and empowerment of out-of-school adolescent girls
- To improve the nutritional, health, and hygiene status of girls
- To provide information/guidance about existing public services such as health centers, post offices, banks, etc.
Benefits:
- Nutrition Component:
- Take Home Ration or Hot Cooked Meal for out-of-school girls with nutrition provision of ₹ 9.50 per day (600 calories; 18‐20 gram of protein and recommended daily intake of micronutrients per day for 300 days in a year.)
- Inclusive of the cost of micronutrient fortification
- Non-Nutrition Component:
- IFA supplementation
- Health check-up and referral services
- Nutrition & Health Education (NHE)
- Counseling/Guidance on family welfare, ARSH, and child care practices
- Life Skill Education and accessing public services
Eligibility:
- Female applicants
- Age between 11 and 14 years
Implementation Strategy:
- Implemented through Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) under the Umbrella ICDS Scheme
