DISTRICT-LEVEL COVERAGE OF INTERVENTIONS IN THE INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (ICDS) SCHEME DURING PREGNANCY, LACTATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD IN INDIA : INSIGHTS FROM THE NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY-4

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India’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, which was launched in 1975, offers nutrition and health services across the continuum of care in the first 1000 days of life. Universalization was mandated in 2006 and implemented thereafter. This Data Note describes the coverage of core ICDS interventions during pregnancy, lactation and early childhood at the district level in 2016, as seen in the National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) data from 640 districts of India.

Findings show that overall, in 2016, at the national level, less than 60 percent of women and children received any of the key ICDS interventions. For a majority of the interventions, districts in Odisha featured in the top 10 for high coverage while districts from the north-eastern states featured in the bottom 10 for low coverage. For detailed findings about the core ICDS interventions during pregnancy, lactation and early childhood, download our Data Note on "District-level Coverage of Interventions in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme During Pregnancy, Lactation and Early Childhood in India : Insights from the National Family Health Survey-4".