Scheme Name | Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) |
Objective | Supplementary nutrition programme (SNP) is the main component of ICDs to tackle malnutrition. SNP services are provided to the target groups of pregnant & lactating women and children between 7 months to 6 years |
Scheme Area | Health Care |
Societal Group | Women and children |
Individual/Institutional | Individual |
Central/State Level | State |
Govt/Non-Govt | Govt |
Validity | Five Year Terms |
Target Group | Prgnant Women And Child Upto 6 Yrs |
Funds Available | – |
Scholarship Amount | In brief, the Supplementary nutrition provided for the various categories of target groups is as follows pregnant & lactating women get one full meal under indiramma amrutha hastham (IAH) with one egg, 200 ml of milk, rice, dal and vegetable every day. where IAH is not implemented, pregnant & lactating women receive take home ration(thr) of 3 kg rice, 1 kg dal, ltr oil and 16 eggs in a month on 1st of every month(i.e. on NHD-1) 7 months to 3 years children receive weaning food i.e the fortified Balamrutham packet of 2 kgs and 8 eggs in a month. This is distributed as thr to the mothers on 1st of every month (i.e on NHD1) 3 to 6 years children as part of Pre-school get a hot meal of rice, dal, vegetables daily, 4 eggs in a week and snacks of ap food/ chana dal/ Peanuts daily Malnourished children i.e SUW/SAM/MAM children between 7 months to 3 years are given additional supplementation of 1 egg, 100 ml milk, mini meal+ extra oil daily at the anganwadi centre malnourished children i.e SUW/SAM/MAM between 3 to 6 years are given additional supplementation of 1 egg, 100 ml milk, oil ( with hot meal), 50 gms of Balamrutham daily at the Anganwadi centre |
Eligibility Criteria | Pregnant and lactating mother,underwight child |
Documents/Collaterals reqd | Aanganwadi tested underweight children ,Registerd Pregnant Women |
Departments | Department For Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens Schemes |
Dept Contacts | – |
Imp Dates | – |
Forms Availability | – |
Web URL for Details | http://wcdsc.ap.nic.in/snpMain.php |
Online Process | – |
Support Processes/ Institutions | – |
Annexure | Supplementary Nutrition Programme |