New Delhi, Oct 2 || In an apparent jibe at the current dispensation, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday rued that the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, launched during Indira Gandhi government, which has undergone subsequent name changes, "failed" to achieve a breakthrough.
Jairam Ramesh said that the ICDS was launched by the then PM Indira Gandhi 50 years ago on this day, but it has "failed" to live up to its promises despite undergoing "'rechristening and rebranding" a couple of times.
Taking to his X handle, the Congress Communications in-charge said, "The ICDS has since been renamed and subsumed under the Mission Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0. Unfortunately, the governance of the scheme has not kept pace with the name change."
Highlighting the achievements and milestones achieved under the scheme, he said, "Today, there are 13.96 lakh Anganwadi Centers across the country which provide early education, health, and nutrition services to more than 7.65 crore children across the country."