Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP)

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