The country-wide network of an estimated 1.38 million Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) established under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) catering to young mothers and children of 0-6 years will be augmented and modernized to provide standardized Early Childhood Education (ECE) in a phased manner during the next five years beginning 2021-22. The plan is to cover 20 percent of these …