Project ‘Bal Basera’

News:Project Bal Basera or creche has been inaugurated at AIIMS Rishikesh.

Facts:

About Bal Basera:

• Bal Basera or a Crèche is a project for the welfare of Children of Construction Workers was deployed at AIIMS Rishikesh site. 
• The project is supported by Central Public Works Department (CPWD).
• Bal Basera can accommodate about 35 Children and shall be run by CPWD Officers Wives Association(OWA).

Additional information:

Crèche:

• A crèche is a facility which enables parents to leave their children while they are at work and where children are provided stimulating environment for their holistic development.

National Crèche scheme:

• National Crèche Scheme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
• The scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• The scheme aims to provide day care facilities to children from age group of 6 months to 6 years of working mothers in the community.
• The scheme also provides supplementary nutrition,health care inputs like immunization, polio drops, basic health monitoring, sleeping facilities,pre-school education for children aged between 3-6 yrs.