Lok Sabha Question No. 5014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Development/Strengthening of Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, DHARMENDRA YADAV, Shrirang Appa Barne, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE

5014:

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO: 5014

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.03.2017

## DEVELOPMENT/STRENGTHENING OF ANGANWADI CENTRES

DR.SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE;

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV;

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE;

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL;

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO;

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT;

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE;

DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE.

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to develop/ strengthen the Anganwadi System and  to  provide  each  Anganwadi  centre  with  a  tablet  device  to  track  their  work which  would  help  them  to  alleviate  malnutrition  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- (b) whether complaints regarding the quality of Take Home Ration (THR) have been received by the Government and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and the action taken thereon;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to make conditional cash transfer in place of THR in selected districts as a pilot project and if so, the details thereof indicating the identified districts in this regard, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the present status of the scheme and the time by which final decision is likely to be taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) Integrated  Child  Development  Services  (ICDS)  is  the  flagship  program  of Government of India for the holistic development of children.  The beneficiaries of  the  programme  are  children  below  six  years  of  age  and  pregnant  women  & lactating  mothers.  With  a  view  to  bridge  the  gaps  in  the  Integrated  Child Development Services (ICDS) delivery, Ministry of Women & Child Development is implementing ICDS  Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement  Project  (ISSNIP),  in  162  high  malnutrition  burden  districts  of  8 States  viz.  Andhra  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh,

Maharashtra,  Rajasthan  and  Uttar  Pradesh  covering  3.68  lakh  Aanganwadi Centres.    Information  and  Communication  Technology  enabled  Real  Time Monitoring (ICT-RTM) of ICDS has been instituted in the Restructured ISSNIP for  improving  the  service  delivery  in  ICDS  and  ensuring  better  monitoring  and supervision of ICDS implementation at 1,00,000 Anganwadi Centres. It is based on  ICDS-Common  Application  Software  (ICDS-CAS)  developed  especially  for this  program  thereby  equipping  Aanganwadi  Workers  with  a  Smart  Phone preinstalled  with  ICDS-CAS  and  Sector  Supervisors  with  a  Tablet  preinstalled with ICDS-CAS.  ICT-RTM would help strengthen the ICDS capacity to deliver nutrition services in a better way.

- (b) During 2016-17, 6 complaints (three from State of Uttar Pradesh, one from State of  Uttarakhand,  one  from  State  of  Chandigarh  and  one  from  State  of  Orissa) concerning quality of Take Home Ration (THR) were received by Government. Since  Integrated  Child  Development  Service  (ICDS)  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme and the overall management & monitoring of the implementation of the ICDS Scheme is done by the concerned State Government, the complaints have been forwarded to the concerned State Governments for necessary action.
- (c)              & (d) No such proposal has been finalised.

********