Explanation:

The Centre has launched the country’s first modernised anganwadi centre (AWC) at Hasanpur village in Sonipat, Haryana, which will be replicated at 4,000 other places and is likely to change the face of government’s 40-year-old children and women-oriented scheme.

The Sonepat facility, built in partnership with private mining firm Vedanta at a cost of Rs 12 lakh, is part of Central government’s Nand-Ghar Yojna that aims at transforming the anganwadi centers, which accommodate around 50 children in daytime everyday, by making them equipped with latest facilities.

“The main aim is to make anganwadis a community center for children and mothers.