Scheme for Adolescent Girls- Bihar

1. Under this scheme, beneficiaries receive a monthly take-home ration (THR) along with skill development training.
2. The following benefits are provided to beneficiaries under both nutritional and non-nutritional items:

• Nutritional items: Rice, eggs, and soybeans are provided as THR to adolescent girls. Nutritious items are provided for 25 days each month. - Non-nutritional items: These include Iron Folic Acid supplements, comprehensive health check-ups and referral services, health and nutrition education, reintegration of out-of-school adolescent girls into the formal education system or mainstreaming through alternative education/skills development, life skills education, home management training, and counseling/guidance for accessing public services.

1. The beneficiary should be a resident of Bihar.
2. The beneficiary should be an adolescent girl aged between 11 and 14 years.
3. The beneficiary should not be currently attending school.

• To avail benefits under this scheme, beneficiaries should register their names at their nearest Anganwadi Center.

> Complaints & Grievance Redressal:

• Complaints and appeals related to various schemes under this program can be filed with the Public Grievance Redressal Officer at the sub-division level, the District Public Grievance Redressal Officer at the district level, and the Departmental Public Grievance Redressal Officer at the department level. Apart from this, issues can be registered with the Child Development Project Officer at the project level, the District Program Officer/District Officer at the district level, the Divisional Commissioner at the divisional level, and the Director, ICDS, as well as the Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary of the Social Welfare Department at the state level. Complaints can be submitted in writing or communicated over the telephone.