Lok Sabha Question No. 89 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE, POONAM  MAHAJAN

## GOVERNEMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.89

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2017

## RAJIV GANDHI SCHEME FOR EMPOWERMENT OF  ADOLESCENT GIRLS

## 89: SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE: SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has reviewed the performance of the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescents Girls, if so, the details and the outcome thereof
- (b) the budgetary allocation along with the funds allocated/ released and utilized under the scheme during each of the last three years and the current year, State/ UT- wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to extend the reach of the scheme to more districts in view  of  proposals/requests  received  from  States/  UTs  including  Chhattisgarh  in  this regard and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether adolescent girls are provided with menstrual health assistance under the scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has taken note  that 56.2 per cent of adolescent girls are anaemic and  suffer  from  other  general  health  issues  due  to  lack  of  education  and  social backwardness; and
- (f) if  no,  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  spread  awareness  about  female adolescent health in schools and communities under the said scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) The  Government  is  reviewing  the  performance  of  the  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls (earlier named as Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls) at regular intervals  on  a  quarterly/annual  basis  to  identify  gaps  for  taking  corrective  measures. Monitoring  committees  are  set  up  at  all  levels  (National,  State,  District,  Block  and Village  level)  to  take  stock  of  the  progress  of  the  scheme  as  also  strengthen  the coordination and convergence between concerned departments.
- (b) The funds allocated/ released and utilized under the scheme during each of the last three years and the current year, State/ UT- wise is at Annexure-1 .
- (c) the Government approved implementation of Scheme for Adolescent Girls for out of school girls  in  the  age  group  of  11-14  years  with  its  phased  expansion  so  as  to  cover  additional districts  for  a  period  of  one  year  i.e.  upto  30.11.2018.    In  2017-18,  the  scheme  has  been extended to additional 303 districts including 17 districts in Chhattisgarh.
- (d) menstrual health assistance to adolescent girls is provided under the scheme in the form of awareness/education  on  various  health  issues  including  menstrual  health,  use  of  sanitary napkins, maintaining personal hygiene and sanitation, reproductive and sexual health related issues etc
- (e) & (f) Government is aware of the fact that as per NFHS 4, 53.0 per cent of women age 1549 years are anaemic and steps are being taken to address this issue. One of the objective under the  Scheme  for Adolescent Girls is to provide Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation by establishing convergence with Health Department. Each out-of-school Adolescent Girl  attending AWC is given one adult IFA tablets per week under the scheme . In  addition,  information  on  food  fortification,  dietary  diversification,  advantages  of  IFA tablets  supplementation  and  its  consumption  with  food  is  given  to  adolescent  girls  for combating iron deficiency. Other health related services provided under SAG include Health check-up & referral services, nutrition & Health Education.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b)  OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 89 FOR 15.12.2017 BY SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE; SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN REGARDING RAJIV GANDHI SCHEMES FOR EMPOWERMENT OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS

State-wise funds released and utilized under the Scheme for adolescent Girls during each of the last three years and the current year

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No.   | States/UTs        | 2014-15        | 2014-15        | 2015-16        | 2015-16        | 2016-17        | 2016-17        | 2017-18       | 2017-18       |
|---------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
| S.No.   | States/UTs        | Release        | Utilised       | Released       | Utilised       | Released       | Utilised       | Released      | Utilised      |
| (1)     | (2)               | (3)            | (4)            | (5)            | (6)            | (7)            | (8)            | (9)           | (10)          |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 805.48         | 1864.15        | 675.68         | 762.79         | 762.99         | 1710.10        | 1771.97       | 555.86        |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 120.94         | 95.29          | 78.41          | 152.86         | 126.25         | 83.49          | 69.52         | 42.76         |
| 3       | Assam             | 1042.63        | 749.91         | 817.44         | 1429.75        | 1356.94        | 149.18         | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 4       | Bihar             | 6458.23        | 6261.54        | 875.28         | 1090.17        | 2696.83        | 2315.55        | 2756.29       | 0.00          |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 4232.15        | 2833.08        | 2072.23        | 2203.10        | 1389.69        | 2772.50        | 2195.23       | 431.88        |
| 6       | Goa               | 236.44         | 250.62         | 337.905        | 337.91         | 131.50         | 259.21         | 302.77        | 281.02        |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 2270.30        | 5765.97        | 2234.25        | 6023.25        | 8443.18        | 2321.84        | 2319.15       | 3.38          |
| 8       | Haryana           | 792.09         | 836.00         | 812.47         | 564.41         | 104.74         | 573.65         | 517.53        | 200.97        |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 583.71         | 626.76         | 956.78         | 958.74         | 720.45         | 1349.14        | 1112.10       | 367.58        |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 292.12         | 136.31         | 156.27         | 227.13         | 194.63         | 184.69         | 184.67        | 0.00          |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 944.50         | 254.87         | 193.31         | 1056.64        | 145.57         | 1465.35        | 1164.54       | 154.54        |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 4345.49        | 3244.55        | 3164.54        | 2672.50        | 740.73         | 2642.58        | 2158.34       | 559.72        |
| 13      | Kerala            | 802.45         | 1639.27        | 1201.84        | 1165.99        | 1057.73        | 893.89         | 679.05        | 551.15        |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 7395.74        | 6972.94        | 8746.45        | 8199.59        | 5302.02        | 8466.04        | 7570.82       | 3429.42       |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 386.74         | 2424.37        | 1531.25        | 5252.78        | 5334.42        | 3541.02        | 3541.02       | 0.00          |
| 16      | Manipur           | 21.15          | 109.04         | 95.82          | 49.65          | 49.65          | 161.87         | 161.87        | 0.00          |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 296.92         | 338.72         | 232.04         | 232.04         | 919.65         | 919.65         | 242.58        | 0.00          |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 96.37          | 101.25         | 90.65          | 103.49         | 91.78          | 103.40         | 114.67        | 53.87         |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 185.31         | 188.51         | 188.39         | 173.95         | 206.31         | 206.31         | 132.54        | 92.60         |
| 20      | Orissa            | 3528.36        | 3477.67        | 3477.67        | 3657.00        | 2867.25        | 3443.78        | 1780.97       | 0.00          |
| 21      | Punjab            | 0.00           | 934.70         | 814.7          | 0.00           | 0.00           | 448.77         | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 4301.48        | 5504.85        | 3275.09        | 8.85           | 0.00           | 22.49          | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 55.99          | 55.86          | 48.2           | 32.54          | 32.54          | 16.90          | 13.43         | 20.07         |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 4322.41        | 4420.50        | 4131.91        | 3896.38        | 2655.26        | 3076.85        | 2361.31       | 1556.44       |
| 25      | Telangana         | 1226.48        | 1226.48        | 1242.82        | 1144.78        | 572.39         | 0.00           | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 26      | Tripura           | 622.77         | 622.45         | 417.25         | 358.74         | 334.81         | 792.16         | 582.10        | 0.00          |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 14642.59       | 15803.13       | 8823.48        | 6031.14        | 10932.99       | 7631.00        | 1137.88       | 3152.06       |
| 28      | Uttaranchal       | 243.19         | 87.27          | 14.12          | 39.25          | 43.02          | 3.77           | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 0.00           | 261.61         | 0              | 1221.44        | 40.41          | 340.08         | 26.87         | 9.22          |
| 30      | A&N Islands       | 93.11          | 22.25          | 44.14          | 42.49          | 107.05         | 50.65          | 51.35         | 0.00          |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 7.78           | 6.42           | 14.01          | 9.33           | 12.11          | 7.84           | 12.11         | 3.74          |
| 32      | Daman &Diu        | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0              | 0.00           | 14.14          | 15.94          | 14.14         | 0.00          |
| 33      | D&NH              | 0.00           | 0.00           | 16.44          | 14.41          | 16.44          | 16.44          | 16.44         | 0.00          |
| 34      | Delhi             | 655.20         | 496.75         | 228.43         | 317.17         | 276.66         | 687.49         | 348.48        | 0.00          |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 0.00           |                | 12.03          |                | 2.20           | 1.80           |               |               |
|         |                   |                | 2.89           |                | 3.30           |                |                | 11.65         | 0.00          |
| 36      | Pondicherry Total | 24.02 61032.12 | 24.01 67639.99 | 19.27 47040.57 | 17.97 49451.53 | 17.72 47700.06 | 18.67 46694.09 | 8.24 33359.64 | 0.00 11466.28 |