BALIKA SAMRIDHI YOJANA

Kishori Shakti Yojna (KSY) is a means to empower adolescent girls, so as to enable them to take charge of their lives. Under this scheme, a special intervention has been devised for adolescent girls, using the ICDS infrastructure. This intervention focuses on school drop-outs, girls in the age group of 11-18 years, to meet their needs of self development, nutrition, health, education , literacy, recreation and skill formation. This scheme attempts to mobilize and enhance the potential of adolescent girls as social animators. It also seeks to improve their capabilities in addressing nutrition and health issues-through center-based instructions, training capos and hands-on learning as well as sharing of experiences.

All eligible girls in the age group of 11-18 years, irrespective of income levels of the family, are eligible to receive assistance under the scheme. Preference is given to younger girls, in the age group of 11-15 years, and belonging to poor families. 20 girls in the age group of 11-18 years are identified from all the eligible girls in this age group in the Anganwadi Centres. These 20 girls are enrolled for a period of six months in the balika mandals. In each ICDS project, only 10%of the total Anganwadi Centres are selected on rotation to serve as balika mandals.

Kishori Shakti Yojana is being implemented in 85 ICDS projects at present.The State Govt. decided to expand this scheme to the remaining 31 ICDS projects during the year 2005-06 for which budget provision was also made.However, Govt of India has approved this scheme for 43 ICDS projects including 12 new ICDS projects vide Letter No. 9-16/2005/KSY dated 18^th August ,2005.

The list of new blocks sanctioned for implementation of Kishori Shakti Yojana

S.No.	District	Project	Nature	Year of sanction
1	Ambala	Shahjadpur	R	2005
2	Ambala	Saha	R	2005
3	Ambala	Ambala-II	R	2005
4	Bhiwani	Behel	R	2005
5	Bhiwani	Bhiwani	U	2005
6	Faridabad	Hasanpur	R	2005
7	Fatehabad	Jakhal	R	2005
8	Hissar	Adampur	R	83
9	Hissar	Agroha	R	94
10	Hissar	Barwala	R	83
11	Hissar	Bhattukalan	R	92
12	Hissar	Bhuna	R	86
13	Hissar	Fatehabad	R	85
14	Hissar	Hansi-I	R	87
15	Hissar	Hansi-II	R	86
16	Hissar	Hissar-II	R	81
17	Hissar	Hissar-I	R	87
18	Hissar	Hissar	U	2005
19	Hissar	Narnaul	R	89
20	Hissar	Tohana	R	89
21	Hissar	Uklana	R	92
22	Kaithal	Kaithal	R	93
23	Kaithal	Kalayat	R	78
24	Kaithal	Rajaund	R	86
25	Karnal	Indri	R	95
26	Kurukshetra	Babain	R	96
27	Kurukshetra	Ladwa	R	79
28	Kurukshetra	Pehowa	R	93
29	Kurukshetra	Shahbad	R	86
30	Kurukshetra	Thanesar	R	92
31	Narnaul	Ateli	R	82
32	Narnaul	Kanina	R	85
33	Narnaul	Mohindergarh	R	87
34	Narnaul	Nangal Choudhary	R	83
35	Narnaul	Narnaul	U	2005
36	Narnaul	Narnaul	R	95
37	Panchkula	Barwala	R	87
38	Panchkula	Morni	R	95
39	Panchkula	Raipur Rani	R	86
40	Panchkula	Pinjore	R	78
41	Sonepat	Sonepat	U	2005
42	Yamunanagar	Mustafabad	R	2005
43	Yamunanagar	Jaghadri	U	2005

An action plan for implementation of KSY is to be prepared each year as per instructions issued by the Govt. of India.

Under this scheme funds are being provided by Govt of india for implementation while the state Govt is bearing expenditure for supplementary nutrition .

So far as assistance for intervention from Govt. of India is concerned ,it is limited to the approved amount of Rs 1.10 lac per ICDS project per annum only.