The Integrated Child Development Sevices Programme aims at providing services to pre-school children in an integrated manner so as to ensure proper growth and development of children in rural, tribal and slum areas. ICDS is a centrally sponsored scheme. ICDS -- In Maharashtra There are 451 projects in Maharashtra out of which: 

	297 projects in Rural areas.
	66 projects in Tribal areas.
	88 projects in Urban Slum areas.
	Total population of the children of 0-6 years of age is 1,31,87,087 in Maharashtra   State (as per census 2001).
	The population of the children 0-6 years of age in the areas covered by ICDS   scheme in Maharashtra is about 82,00,000.
	There are 82,864 Anganwadi functioning Under ICDS scheme.