AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE ANGANWADI SCHEME WITH SPECIAL

REFERENCE TO GOTA AREA OF AHMEDABAD CITY, GUJARAT

PROJECT TYPE: RESEARCH PAPER

COURSE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND LEGAL WRITING

FACULTY: DR. MADHURI PARIKH

SUBMITTED BY:

GAURI TIWARI HEEMANSHI SEN

(19ML009) (19ML011)

1st YEAR LLM (CRIMINAL AND SECURITY LAWS)

1st TRIMESTER

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TOPIC - AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE ANGANWADI SCHEME WITH SPECIAL

REFERENCE TO GOTA AREA OF AHMEDABAD CITY.

INTRODUCTION

Anganwadi is a type of rural child care centre in India which was started by the Indian
Government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to
combat child hunger and malnutrition. Anganwadi means "courtyard shelter" in Indian
language. An Anganwadi centre provides basic health care in a village. It is a part of the
Indian public health care system. Basic health care activities include nutrition, education and
supplementation, as well as pre-school activities. The Ministry of women and Child Care, has
laid down guidelines for the responsibilities of Anganwadi workers. These guidelines include
showing community support and active participation in executing this program, conducting
regular quick surveys of all families, organizing pre-school activities, providing health and
nutrition education to families, especially pregnant women, motivating families to adopt
family planning, educating parents about child growth and development, assisting in the
implementation and execution of Kishori Shakti Yojana, educating teenage girls and parents
by organizing social awareness programs, and identifying disabilities in children.

The issue is that there have been various rules formed to uplift the health and nutrition of the
Children and Women, but the major concern is whether the ground level implementation of
such rules is heeded or not. It can be seen in major Indian cities that though there are
stringent rules and regulations to eradicate/alleviate child hunger and malnutrition but the
implementation is not given in an effective and efficient manner. The issue is that not only
the government itself is solely responsible but also the public has some defined duty of
participation towards the alleviation of child hunger and malnutrition.

STATEMEMT OF PURPOSE

The purpose of the study is to critically analyse the situation of the implementation of
Anganwadi Scheme in Gota area of Ahmedabad, India. The researcher would suggest some
better implementation measures in rules for the effective execution of the Anganwadi
Scheme.
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 AIMS AND OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

1) To know and understand the Anganwadi schemes and rules.

2) To study the working of Anganwadi centres and their roles and responsibilities.
3) To study whether the Rules framed for the working of Anganwadi workers are
stringent enough to be implemented effectively.
4) To study on suggestive measures for better implementation of the Anganwadi scheme.

SIGNIFICANCE AND BENEFIT OF THE STUDY

The researcher through this study would get the knowledge of Anganwadi schemes and rules
and regulations related to eradicate child hunger and malnutrition. The researcher would get
an opportunity to empirically study and critically analyse the implementation of Anganwadi
Scheme in Gota area, in the city of Ahmedabad.

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The researcher would conduct an empirical study on the implementation of Anganwadi

Scheme and its impact on the people of Ahmedabad city. The study is restricted to Gota area
of the Ahmedabad city. The study is restricted to analyse the functioning of Anganwadi
workers for effective and efficient implementation of the Anganwadi scheme.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1) What are the rules and regulations related to Anganwadi Scheme?

2) What is the role and responsibility of Anganwadi workers for better implementation
of the Scheme?
3) What are the difficulties faced in implementing the Scheme?
4) How Anganwadi Scheme can be implemented more effectively and efficiently?

HYPOTHESIS

The Anganwadi Scheme introduced in Ahmedabad city are effectively implemented at the
ground root level.

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The research would be empirical and doctrinal in nature. The research would also be
exploratory along with analytical study of present implementation of the scheme.

Empirical Study: An empirical study would be done by the researcher with the help of
questionnaires and interviews and data will be collected by personal visits made to
Anganwadi centres, which would help determine the actual implementation of Anganwadi
Scheme and the role played by the Anganwadi workers for its better implementation and
critically analyse it.

Doctrinal Study: It would cover the secondary resources such as commentaries, books,
scholarly articles and web journals referred by the researcher in completion of the research.

Exploratory Study: The Research will explore into the measures for better implementation of
the scheme.

Analytical Study: The researcher would do an analysis of study with the data collection to
actually know the position of Anganwadi scheme and its implementation in the city of
Ahmedabad.

RESEARCH DESIGN

1) The primary data will include the rules and regulations framed under the Anganwadi
Scheme for its application. It will also contain the details of Interview conducted
while collecting data.
2) The Secondary data will include all the research papers, journals, articles and previous
analysis done by the people for the better understanding of the working and
implementation of the scheme.

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