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MoWCD’s Palna Scheme under Mission Shakti Ensures Quality Day-Care for Children Aged 6 Months to 6 Years.

National | Dated: 10 Apr 2025

The Palna Scheme, integrated within the Samarthya sub-scheme of Mission Shakti, stands as a vital initiative by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) to ensure accessible and quality day-care services for children aged six months to six years.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - To ease the burden on working mothers and ensure proper care and protection for their young children, the Palna Scheme facilitates the provision of day-care crèche services.
  • - Under the Palna Scheme, key services include day-care facilities with proper sleeping arrangements, early stimulation activities for children below 3 years, and pre-school education for those aged 3 to 6 years. The scheme also ensures locally sourced supplementary nutrition, along with regular growth monitoring, health check-ups, and immunization support.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) Palna Scheme Launched in 2022, the Palna Scheme is a restructured and renamed version of the former National Creche Scheme.
  • (ii) Its core aim is to offer safe, nurturing, and development-focused crèche services, ensuring child health, cognitive growth, regular monitoring, immunization, and nutrition, in convergence with Mission Poshan 2.0.
  • (iii) Palna functions as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) with a funding ratio of 60:40 between the Central and State Governments and Union Territories (UTs) with legislatures. For North Eastern and Special Category States, the funding ratio is 90:10.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

The Palna Scheme, recently integrated into the Samarthya sub-scheme, is part of which larger mission?

Correct Answer: Mission Shakti

🚀 Quick Recap:

About MoWCD

  • Minister : Krishna Raj
  • Headquarters : New Delhi