Lok Sabha Question No. 4083 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Day Care Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, P.R. SUNDARAM, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.4083 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2018

## DAY CARE CENTRES

4083 :  SHRI SATAV RAJEEV, SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK, SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM, DR.J.JAYAVARDHAN, DR.HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO, SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE.

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

- (a) the  number of day care  centres being run by the Government  along with the funds allocated/released therefor  during  each of the last three  years  and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government    plans  to  increase  the  number  of  day  care  centres    in  the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether there has been any assessment of the need  for more day care centres, if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (d) whether proposals  from various State Governments including  from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are pending  with the Union  Government for release  of funds  for day care centres; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for such  pendency, State/UT-wise and the  time  by  which  the  said    proposals    are  likely  to  be  cleared    and  funds  to  be released by the Union Government ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) : The Ministry is implementing the National Creche Scheme (NCS) for the children of working mothers which provide day  care facilities  to  children  of  working  mothers. The  scheme  is  presently  implemented  throughout  the  country  through  the  State Governments and UT Administration.  Grants under the scheme are released to the State and UT Administration. The funds are further disbursed by State Governments and UT Administration to the NGOs.

State/UT-wise number of crèches under National Creech Scheme for the last three  years  are  available  in  the  Annual  Reports  of  the  Ministry  for  the  respective years.  The copies of these Reports are available in Library of Lok Sabha Secretariat and  also  available  on  Ministry's  website  www.wcd.nic.in.  Detail  of  State/UT-wise number  of  creches  under  NCS  for  current  year  in  respect  of  States/UTs  is  at Annexure-I .

State/UT-wise funds allocated/released under NCS for the last three years are available in the Annual Reports of the Ministry for the respective years.  The copies of these Reports are available in Library of Lok Sabha Secretariat and also available on  Ministry's  website  www.wcd.nic.in.    Detail  of  State/UT-wise  funds  allocated/ released is at Annexure-II (A) & (B) .

As per information furnished by the department of Post, they have established 5 Creches for children of Government employees. Funds are released as part of the grants-in-aid  from  the  Central  Welfare  Fund  to  the  Circle  Welfare  Fund  to  support various welfare initiatives including establishment and running expenses of creches. The  recurring  grants-in-aid  is  admissible  @  Rs.  2655/-  per  month  per  crèche  upto August, 2016 and @ Rs. 1500/-per month per child subject to a maximum grant of Rs. 38,000/- per month for each crèche with effect from September, 2016 to till date from the Circle Welfare Fund.Department of Post have further informed that proposals for creches are considered as per requirement from Circles, from time to time.

As  per  information  furnished  by  the  Department  of  Personnel  and  Training (DoPT) Grih Kalyan Kendra (GKK) is a registered Society working under the aegis of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) runs 12 Crèches  (Day Care Centres) at various locations  in Delhi/NCR and outside Delhi.  These Day Care Centres  run as welfare measure to Central Government employees and their dependents. DoPT has issued  guidelines  to  all  Ministries/Department  regarding  opening  of  Crèches/Day Care Centres in office premises for women employees.

- (b) : Increase or decrease in number of crèches is decided by the State Governments/UT Administrations on need basis and fund are released by the Ministry after verification by and recommendation  of the State Governments/UT  Administrations under National Creche Scheme. .
- ( c)      : No.
- (d)       &( e):   Question does not arise.

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## Annexure-I

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4083 for 10.08.2018 State/UT-wise number of creches taken over under National Creche Scheme

|   S.No | States/UTs           |   No. of creches |
|--------|----------------------|------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh       |               23 |
|      2 | Andaman & Nicobar    |                3 |
|      3 | Chandigarh           |                0 |
|      4 | Chhattisgarh         |                4 |
|      5 | Delhi                |               87 |
|      6 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |               30 |
|      7 | Daman & Diu          |                0 |
|      8 | Gujarat              |              183 |
|      9 | Haryana              |              120 |
|     10 | Himachal Pradesh     |              146 |
|     11 | Jharkhand            |                0 |
|     12 | Karnataka            |              611 |
|     13 | Kerala               |              571 |
|     14 | Lakshadweep          |               12 |
|     15 | Madhya Pradesh       |              545 |
|     16 | Puducherry           |              104 |
|     17 | Punjab               |              208 |
|     18 | Tamil Nadu           |              944 |
|     19 | Uttarakhand          |              148 |
|     20 | Assam                |              641 |
|     21 | Arunachal Pradesh    |              175 |
|     22 | Manipur              |              533 |
|     23 | Mizoram              |              262 |
|     24 | Tripura              |              201 |
|     25 | Sikkim               |               79 |
|     26 | Meghalaya            |               86 |
|     27 | Jammu & Kashmir      |              670 |
|     28 | Nagaland             |              144 |
|     29 | Goa                  |               14 |

| 30    | Rajasthan   |   363 |
|-------|-------------|-------|
| Total | Total       |  6907 |

## Annexure-II-A

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4083 for 10.08.2018 Grants released under National Creche Scheme for 2016-17  to States/UTs-wise.

|   S.No | State/UT          | 2016-17          |
|--------|-------------------|------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Rs.2,07,29,700/- |
|      2 | Bihar             | Rs.51,93,570/-   |
|      3 | Chhattisgarh      | Rs.2,55,44,340/- |
|      4 | Goa               | Rs.7,13,280/-    |
|      5 | Gujarat           | Rs.2,47,64,190/- |
|      6 | Haryana           | Rs.1,03,20,270/- |
|      7 | Jharkhand         | Rs.1,65,61,470/- |
|      8 | Karnataka         | Rs.1,93,70,010/- |
|      9 | Kerala            | Rs.1,70,96,430/- |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    | Rs.3,16,51,800/- |
|     11 | Maharashtra       | Rs.4,07,01,540/- |
|     12 | Odisha            | Rs.1,42,65,600/- |
|     13 | Punjab            | Rs.48,14,640/-   |
|     14 | Rajasthan         | Rs.1,21,25,760/- |
|     15 | Tamil Nadu        | Rs.2,23,79,160/- |
|     16 | Telangana         | Rs.2,07,07,410/- |
|     17 | Uttar Pradesh     | Rs.3,84,27,960/- |
|     18 | West Bengal       | Rs.2,59,23,270/- |
|     19 | Assam             | Rs.2,04,47,360/- |
|     20 | Arunachal Pradesh | Rs.56,17,080/-   |
|     21 | Manipur           | Rs.1,58,40,760/- |
|     22 | Meghalaya         | Rs.31,50,320/-   |
|     23 | Mizoram           | Rs.77,86,640/-   |
|     24 | Nagaland          | Rs.36,55,560/-   |
|     25 | Tripura           | Rs.60,62,880/-   |
|     26 | Sikkim            | Rs.31,80,040/-   |
|     27 | Jammu & Kashmir   | Rs.2,09,22,880/- |
|     28 | Himachal Pradesh  | Rs.1,42,35,880/- |
|     29 | Uttarakhand       | Rs.1,56,92,160/- |

| Total       | Total              | Rs.46,78,81,960/-   |
|-------------|--------------------|---------------------|
| S.No        | State/UT           |                     |
| 1.          | Andaman & Nicobar  | Rs.12,03,660/-      |
| 2.          | Chandigarh         | Rs.10,69,920/-      |
| 3.          | Dadar Nagar Haveli | Rs.9,02,745/-       |
| 4.          | Daman & Diu        | Rs.0/-              |
| 5.          | Delhi              | Rs.55,83,645/-      |
| 6.          | Lakshadweep        | Rs.4,01,220/-       |
| 7.          | Puducherry         | Rs.54,49,905/-      |
| Total       | Total              | Rs.1,46,11,095/-    |
| Grand Total | Grand Total        | Rs. 48,24,93,055/-  |

Annexure- II-B

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4083 for 10.08.2018

Grants released under National Crèche Scheme for 2017-18 to States/UTs

| S.No   | State/UT           | Grants Released   |
|--------|--------------------|-------------------|
| 1.     | Andhra Pradesh     | Rs.2,21,24,700    |
| 2.     | Bihar              | Rs.55,43,070/-    |
| 3.     | Chhattisgarh       | Rs.2,72,63,340/-  |
| 4.     | Goa                | Rs.7,61,280/-     |
| 5.     | Gujarat            | Rs.2,64,30,690/-  |
| 6.     | Haryana            | Rs.31,64,070/-    |
| 7.     | Jharkhand          | Rs.1,76,75,970/-  |
| 8.     | Karnataka          | Rs.2,06,73,510/-  |
| 9.     | Kerala             | Rs.1,82,46,930/-  |
| 10.    | Madhya Pradesh     | NIL               |
| 11.    | Maharashtra        | Rs.4,34,40,540/-  |
| 12.    | Odisha             | Rs.1,52,25,600/-  |
| 13.    | Punjab             | Rs.51,38,640/-    |
| 14.    | Rajasthan          | Rs.1,29,41,760/-  |
| 15.    | Tamil Nadu         | Rs.2,38,85,160/-  |
| 16.    | Telangana          | Rs.2,21,00,910/-  |
| 17.    | Uttar Pradesh      | Rs.4,10,13,960/-  |
| 18.    | West Bengal        | Rs.2,76,67,770/-  |
|        | Total              | Rs.33,32,97,900/- |
| S.No   | State/UT           | Grants Released   |
| 1.     | Assam              | Rs.2,18,23,360/-  |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh  | Rs.59,95,080/-    |
| 3      | Manipur            | Rs.1,69,06,760/-  |
| 4      | Meghalaya          | Rs.33,62,320/-    |
| 5      | Mizoram            | Rs.19,66,640/-    |
| 6      | Nagaland           | Rs.39,01,560/-    |
| 7      | Tripura            | Rs.64,70,880/-    |
| 8.     | Sikkim             | Rs.33,94,040/-    |
| 9.     | Jammu & Kashmir    | Rs.2,23,30,880/-  |
| 10.    | Himachal Pradesh   | Rs.1,51,93,880/-  |
| 11.    | Uttarakhand        | Rs.1,67,48,160/-  |
|        | Total              | Rs.11,80,93,560/- |
| S.No   | State/UT           | Grants Released   |
| 1.     | Andaman & Nicobar  | Rs.12,84,660/-    |
| 2.     | Chandigarh         | Rs.0/-            |
| 3.     | Dadar Nagar Haveli | Rs.9,63,495/-     |
| 4.     | Daman & Diu        | Rs.0/-            |
| 5.     | Delhi              | Rs.59,59,395/-    |
| 6.     | Lakshadweep        | Rs.4,28,220/-     |
| 7.     | Puducherry         | Rs.23,19,525/-    |
|        | Total              | Rs.1,09,55,295/-  |
|        | Grand Total        | Rs.46,23,46,755/- |