Government has notified the national 'Early Childhood Care and Education' policy, which aims to achieve holistic development of children below six years of age. This was informed by Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in the Lok Sabha. <br/><br/>He was replying to a query about the Centre's reaction to a UNICEF Survey that indicated 34 per cent of Muslim and 25 per cent of Christian children below six years do not attend pre-school. <br/><br/>He said, the government has reaffirmed its commitment to promote early childhood care and education by formulating and notifying National Early Childhood Care and Education policy.<br/><br/>The Minister said, the early Childhood Care and Education' policy is one of the six free services provided through Anganwadi centres located across the country.