The Integrated Child Development Services Scheme program ( ICDS ) is centrally sponsored scheme was launched on 2nd October 1975 in two projects namely Dharani (Amravati) and Dharavi (Mumbai) with a view to improving the nutritional status of children and reducing child mortality and malnutrition., 553 Child Development Projects Offices are in ... ICDS stands for Integrated Child Development Services , which is a government program in India that provides a range of services to children under the age of 6 and their mothers. The full form of ICDS is the Integrated Child Development Services . ICDS is a government organisation in India that serves food, preschool, primary education and healthcare, health check-up, immunisation, and referral facilities for children under 6 and their mothers. Integrated Child Development Services ( ICDS ) is a government program in India which provides nutritional meals, preschool education, primary healthcare, immunization, health check-up and referral services to children under 6 years of age and their mothers. [1]