1. Supplementary Nutrition Programme(SNP) is the main component of ICDS to tackle malnutrition.  SNP services are provided to the target groups of Pregnant & Lactating women and children between 7 months to 6 years.

1. The cost norms for Supplementary Nutrition Programme, under “Restructured” ICDS were revised by Government of India (GOI), as per details given below

Target Group	Revised Norms          (per beneficiary per day)
(i) Children(7-72 months)	Rs.6.00
(ii) Severely Underweight children  (7-72 months)	Rs.9.00
(iii) Pregnant and Lactating women	Rs.7.00

1. The nutritive norms for the supplementary nutrition as prescribed by GOI is as follows

Sl. No	Category	Nutritive values
		Calories  (K Cal)	Protein (g)
1	Children (7-72 Months)	500	12-15
2	Severely underweight children (7-72 Months)	800	20-25
3	Pregnant & Lactating women	600	18-20

1. With the revision of cost norms, food models were revised in consultation with stakeholders to provide for calories / protein/RDA as per GOI norms and to ensure that the Supplementary food is acceptable to the target groups.
2. In brief, the supplementary nutrition provided for the various categories of target groups is as follows:
1. Pregnant & Lactating women get “one full meal” under Arogyalaksmiwith one egg, 200 ml of milk, rice, dal and vegetable every day. 7 months to 3 years children receive weaning food i.e the fortified Balamrutham packet of 2 ½ kgs and 16 eggs in a month. This is distributed as THR to the mothers on 1st of every month (i.e on NHD-1)
2. 3 to 6 years children as part of Pre-school get a hot meal of rice, dal, vegetables,egg, and Nutri snacks/chana dal/daily. Malnourished children i.e SUW/SAM/MAM children between 7 months to 3 years are given additional supplementation of 1 egg, 100 ml milk, mini meal+ extra oil daily at the Anganwadi centre.
3. Malnourished children i.e SUW/SAM/MAM between 3 to 6 years are given additional supplementation of 1 egg, 100 ml milk, oil ( with hot meal), 50 gms of Balamrutham daily at the Anganwadi centre.
3. Feeds for Malnourished children of age groups 7 months to 3 years and 3 to 6 years, are supervised and certain feeds are given at the AWC itself. Hence the additional supplementation are made part of model menus which are appropriate for the malnourished children. Detailed guidelines issued for the “Special care and Supervised feeding” of malnourished children upto 5 years include methodology of identification and categorization of children as Severely Underweight (SUW)/ Severe Acute Malnutrition(SAM)/ Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and the details of the Model Menus.

   Table-:  FoodModel for spot feeding of 3-6yearsChildren (per beneficiary)

Sl. No.	Item	Rice+Dalwithleafyvegetables/ Rice + Sambar with vegetables or same as “IAH” menu			Nutritive Value
		Quantity perday	Tentative Rateper Kg/L (Rs)	Tentative Costper day (Rs)	Energy (kcal)	Protein (g)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
A. MainMeal
1	Rice	75 g	4.00	0.30	258.78	5.10
2	Dal (RedGram)	15 g	70.00	1.05	52.20	3.63
3	Vegetables	25g	28.00	0.70	26.25	0.90
4	Condiments			0.25
5	Egg (30 eggs per month)	50 g	3.50/egg	3.50	86.50	6.65
6	Oil	5g	59.00	0.33	45.00	0
7	Transport			0.10
8	Fuel			0.20
B. Snack Food
9	TelanganaFood–Nutri snacks (20gms) /Channa Dal (15gms)			0.83	80.00	2.40
TOTAL				7.26	548.73	18.68

Table-: Food Model for Additional Supplementation for SUW/SAM/MAM Children of 3– 6 years (over and above food model at III for normal children) for additional nutritional requirement and supervised feeding at AWC (per beneficiary)

Sl.No.	Item	Additional Quantity per day	Tentative Cost (Rs)	Nutritive Value
				Calories (kcal)	Protein  (g)	Calcium (mg)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Eggs	18 g per day (9 eggs Additional per month)	1.26	31.14	2.39	10.80
2	Milk	100 ml	3.20	117.00	4.30	210.00
3	Extra oil	5 g	0.33	45.00	0	0
4	Balamrutham	50 g	2.29	207.00	5.50	183.50
TOTAL			7.08	400.14	12.19	404.30

Table VII: Model Menu for SUW/ SAM/ MAM Children of 3-6 years

Sl. No.	Feeding Time	Item	Venue for feeding	Quantity    per day	Tentative cost            (Rs. per day)	Nutritive Value
						Energy (Kcal)	Protein    (g)	Calcium (mg)
1	7:30 am	Tiffin + Extra Oil/Ghee (5g)	Home	100 g	by family	325.00	7.00	20.00
2	9:30 am	Egg	AWC	50g	3.50	86.50	6.65	30.00
3	11:30 am	Milk	AWC	100 ml	3.20	117.00	4.30	210.00
4	12:15-1:00 pm	Meal + Extra oil (5g)*	AWC	125g	2.96	427.23	9.63	26.78
5	3:00 pm	Snack	AWC	15-20g	0.83	80.00	2.40	3.40
6	4:00 pm	Balamrutham        (made into Laddoo /Java)	AWC	50g	2.29	207.00	5.50	183.50
7	5:30 pm	Fruit + Snack	Home	50g	by  family	200.00	3.00	20.00
8	7:30 pm	Meal + Extra Oil/Ghee (5g)	Home	125g	by family	427.23	9.63	26.78
		Transport			0.10
		Fuel			0.20
		Total			13.08	1869.96	48.11	520.46

References:  
            1. G.O.Ms.No. 14, WCD&SC Dept., dt.28.02.2014
2. G.O.Ms.No. 15, WCD&SC Dept., dt.28.02.2014