Name of the scheme: Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme for the Children of Working Mothers
Purpose: The main purpose of this scheme is to help working mothers by providing crèche system for their children.
- To provide day-care facilities for children (6 months to 6 years) of working mothers in the community.
- To improve nutrition and health status of children.
- To promote physical, cognitive, social and emotional development thereby promoting a holistic development of children.
- To educate and empower parents /caregivers for better childcare.
Definition:
- A crèche is a facility which enables parents to leave their children while they are at work and where children are provided stimulating environment for their holistic development.
- Crèches are designed to provide group care to children, who have working parents, usually up to 6 years of age, who need care, guidance and supervision away from their home during the day.
Services:
- Day care Facilities including Sleeping Facilities.
- Early Stimulation for children below 3 years and Pre-school Education for 3 to 6 years old children.
- Supplementary Nutrition
- Growth Monitoring
- Health Check-up and Immunization facilities.
Charges:
For families Below Poverty Line (BPL) | Rs. 20/- per child per month |
Families with Income (Both Parents) of up to Rs. 12,000/- per month | Rs. 100/- per child per month |
Families with Income (Both Parents) of above Rs. 12,000/- per month | Rs. 200/- per child per month |
Financial Assistance/Recurring Grant (For a Crèche of 25 children):
SL No | Item | Ceiling of expenditure | Sharing ratio | Expenditure per annum | Implementing Agencies/ NGOs share per annum | Govt. share per annum (Grant) |
1. | Honorarium | |||||
a) | Crèche worker | Rs. 3000/- per month | 90:10 | Rs.36000/- | Rs.3600/- | Rs.32400/- |
b) | Crèche helper | Rs. 1500/- per month | 90:10 | Rs. 18000/- | Rs. 1800/- | Rs. 16200/- |
c) | Doctor | Rs.250/ – per visit per quarter | 90:10 | Rs.1000/ | Rs.100/ | Rs.900/- |
2. | Supplementary nutrition for 26 days in a month | |||||
Rs. 12.00 per child per day for 25 children | Rs 7800/- per month | 90:10 | Rs.93600/- | Rs.9360/- | Rs.84240/- | |
3. | Other Items | |||||
a) | Medicine Kit | Rs. 500/- six monthly | 90:10 | Rs.1000/- | Rs.100/- | Rs. 900/- |
b) | PSE Kit | Rs. 2000/- per year | 90:10 | Rs.2000/- | Rs.200/- | Rs.1800/ |
c) | Monitoring by independent agencies (once in a year) | Rs.100 0/- per crèche per visit | 100% | Rs.1000/- | — | Rs.1000/- |
4. | Total Expenditure | Rs.152600/- | Rs.15160/- | Rs.137440/ |
Non-Recurring Grant (For a crèche of 25 children):
SL No | Item | Ceiling of expenditure | Sharing ratio | Expenditure | Implementing Agencies/ NGOs share per annum | Govt. share (Grant) |
1 | Non-recurring grant for a period of five years | Rs 10,000/- once in the beginning of every new crèche and a subsequent grant of Rs. 5000/- at an interval of 5 years towards replacement/ purchase of equipment/ furniture, water filter, etc. | 90:10 | (i) Rs.10,000/- (ii) Rs 5,000/- | (i) Rs 1000/- (ii) Rs 500/- | (i) Rs 9000/- (ii) Rs 4500/- |
2 | One time grant for Monitoring Agencies | Rs.10,000/- once | 100% | Rs.10,000/- | — | Rs 10000/- |
3 | One time grant for Mobile/web based monitoring | Rs 5.00 crore (For implementation on pilot basis) | 100% | Rs 5 crore | — | Rs 5 crore |
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