The present study aims at investigating the impact of ICDS on cognitive abilities of preschoolers by comparing those who were attending  anganwadi regularly with those who were irregular. A sample of 80 children each attending ICDS and not  attending ICDS or irregular were selected from 4 selected from 4 selected villages of Dharwad taluk. The two groups were matched on age, gender and socio- economic status. Pandey’s (1992) scale of cognitive development was used to measure the cognitive abilities of  preschoolers. Results showed that  cognitive  abilities of preschoolers who availed the ICDS package services was significantly better than that of non-ICDS group.