, as many as 13.3 lakh (a lakh is 100,000) anganwadi and mini-anganwadi centres (awcs/mini-awcs) are operational out of 13.7 lakh sanctioned awcs/mini-awcs. these centres provide supplementary nutrition, non-formal pre-school education, nutrition and health education, immunization, health check-up and referral services of which the last three are provided in convergence with public health systems.