Write down the programme component, target group and significance of following programmes in context of combating malnutrition:

i)PDS and TPDS

ii)ICDS

i) National Nutrition Anemia Control Program (NACP) was launched in the country in 1970. It was supposed to cater to children between 1-5 years of age. Under this program, fifty per cent of children were to be given 100 tablets of iron and folic acid (IFA) per year for prophylaxis against nutritional anemia(13). However, the children below 24 months can not swallow the tablets and there is no provision of IFA liquid preparation in the program. Consequently, the children in this age group largely remained uncovered.

The health consequence of iron deficiency during first two years of life are not only serious but also irreversible. Paradoxically, during this critical "window" no effectively functioning supplementation program is in place to prevent iron deficiency. It is evident that strong concerted _________ __________ ____ _____ _____ __________ _______.
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