The ages children between 7 months to 6 years.

For children between 7 months to 3 years 16 eggs per month will be provided and for children from 3 to 6 years 30 eggs per month will be provided.

No, only Pregnant and lactating mothers are eligible

Pregnant and lactating women are provided one full meal at the Anganwadi center along with iron and folic acid tablets.

1 full meal will consist of rice, dal with leafy vegetables/sambar, and vegetables for a minimum of 25 days. Boiled eggs and 200 ml milk for 30 days in a month

Two categories are 1. Children, aged between seven months and three years, 2. children aged between 3 and six years.

Children, aged between seven months and three years are provided with 16 eggs a month in addition to a 2.5 kg food packet.

For children aged between 3 and six years, one egg a day in addition to rice, dal, vegetables and snacks is supplied.

Enhance the quality and acceptability of supplementary nutrition by the Pregnant and Lactating women Ensure food supplied is consumed by only the Pregnant and Lactating women rather than the whole family

• Go to your nearest Anganwadi centre • Ask for Arogya Lakshmi application form • Fill all the required information in this application form • Attach all the required documents to the application form • Now submit this form in the Anganwadi centre • By following this procedure you can apply under the Arogya Lakshmi scheme through the Anganwadi centre

• Applicant must be permanent resident of Telangana • Applicant must be pregnant or lactating • Aadhar Card • Ration card • Proof of age • Proof of income • Passport size photograph • Mobile number

“Balamrutham” is the weaning food introduced under ICDS to provide improved supplementary nutrition to children between 7 months to 3 years. The weaning food is a preparation of wheat, chana dal, milk powder, oil, and sugar. It is fortified and thus provides 50% of iron, calcium, vitamins, and other RDA that children require per day. The composition and nutritive values of Balamrutham are indicated in Table-I and II respectively. The recommended quantity is 100 gms which is to be given to children 3-5 times every day. For children below one year, Balamrutham can be served as porridge mixed with hot water and for older children, it can be given in the form of “Laddu”. Balamrutham is distributed in packets of 2.5 Kg per child per month. It is distributed on first day of every month on Nutrition Health Day-1 to mothers of 7 months - 3 years children as Take Home Ration. Along with Balamrutham packet, these children also receive 2 eggs a week at the AWC under ICDS Food Model for 7 months to 3 years under ICDS is at Table III. It is expected that Balamrutham will serve as an effective supplementary nutrition during the child’s crucial period of 7 months to 3 years and along with counseling to mother on IYCF practices will help to prevent incidence of chronic malnutrition. Balamrutham serves not only as a weaning food but also as a caloric-dense food to reduce malnutrition and is therefore used as part of Supervised feeding for malnourished children