Srinagar, April 12 -- According to official documents, the central government had launched a plan to build 50,000 new AWCs across the country over five years-10,000 centres each year.

Each AWC under the plan is supposed to be funded through a mix of central and state schemes. The funding includes Rs 8 lakh from MGNREGA, Rs 2 lakh from the 15th Finance Commission or other local funds, and another Rs 2 lakh from the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The funds are shared between the Centre and respective states or UTs.

However, J&K has not received approval for any new centres because it did not send any proposal to the Centre, officials said. In contrast, several other states have already secured approvals.

Bihar has received clea...