Synopsis The Government of India, for the benefit of working women of lower socio-economic status established cr?che centers throughout the country. These cr?che centers are administered under National Creche fund and Central Social Welfare Board. The programme is being implemented through non-governmental agencies by providing grant-in-aid. In order to assess the performance of the programme and to provide feedback to Government, the cr?che programme was evaluated in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. The findings of the evaluation are presented in eight chapters of this book.