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Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) ‘Anganwadi worker’ means the person appointed for running an Anganwadi centre; (2) ‘Beneficiary’ means the girl child or her mother till the girl child attains the age of 7 years; or her father in case mother is not alive; or the guardian if both parents are not alive; or head of the institution giving shelter in case of orphans and abandoned children; or as notified from time to time; and shall be identified through the Unique ID issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India; (3) ‘Central Registry’ means the central database of the girl child maintained by the State Implementing Authority (Rural) which allows online updation by the implementing authorities; (4) 'Economically backward household' means any household having annual income below the limits notified by the State Government; (5) 'Girl child' means a girl child born in an economically backward household on or after 1st May, 2013; (6) 'Government' means the State Government of Andhra Pradesh; (7) 'Head master' means the head of any Primary or Secondary or High School either Government or Private in which the girl child is admitted; (8) 'Household' means a family in which the girl child is born; (9) 'Implementing Authority' means an Officer or an institution notified to implement the provisions of the Act; (10) 'Institutional delivery' means delivery of the child in any health care institution; (11) 'Milestones' means the age-specific and essential actions or activities required for healthy mental and physical growth of the Girl Child, as specified from time to time; (12) 'Nodal Authority' means the Department of Women, Children, Disabled and Senior Citizens, in the Government; (13) 'Notification' means, notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and word 'notified' shall be construed accordingly; (14) 'Prescribed' means prescribed by the Government by rules under this Act; (15) 'Principal' means the head of any college either Government or Private in which the girl child is admitted; (16) 'Registrar' means the person designated as such as per the Andhra Pradesh Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 1999; (17) 'Slum Level Federation' means the Federation of Women Self-Help Groups at the slum level in urban areas facilitated/promoted by the Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA); (18) 'Village Organisation of SHGs' means the Federation of Women Self- Help Groups at the village level formed by the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP).