Lok Sabha Question No. 3135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Priority Households under AAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL, SUBHASH PATEL, GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3135 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST   MARCH, 2017

## PRIORITY HOUSEHOLDS UNDER AAY

3135. DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL: SHRI SUBHASH PATEL: SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT:

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- (a) the  guidelines  prepared  by  the  State  Governments  to  identify  the priority households covered under Antyodaya Anna Yojana;
- (b) the percentage of the rural population receiving entitlements  under the National Food Security Act, 2013 and the details thereof;
- (c) the number of anganwadi workers working under the scheme, State
- wise and the details thereof;
- (d) the  criteria  adopted  for  selection  of  anganwadi  workers  and  the training module if any and the details thereof; and
- (e) the total budget allocated to various schemes under the Scheme  for the current financial year?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a)&(b):       National  Food  Security  Act,  2013  (NFSA)  provides  for  giving subsidized food grains to upto 75% of the rural population and upto 50 % of the urban population of the country. Coverage for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains under the Act is under two categories - households covered under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and priority households. Within the coverage determined  for  each  State/UT,  State  Governments  are  required  to  identify AAY households in accordance with the guidelines applicable to the scheme and  the  remaining  households  as  priority  households  in  accordance  with such  guidelines  as  the  State  Government  may  specify.  The  guidelines stipulated  by  the  Government  of  India  for  identification  of  AAY  households inter  alia  includes  households  headed  by  widows  or  terminally  ill/disabled persons/  HIV  positive  persons/  persons  aged  60  years  or  more  with  no assured means of subsistence or societal support.

## (c):       A statement is annexed.

(d)&(e):     As per the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) guidelines,  Anganwadi  Worker  should  be  from  the  local  village  and  are selected by a Selection Committee constituted by the State Governments/UT Administrations consisting of the District Social Welfare Officer, the BDO, the CDPO, the Medical Officer of the primary health centre, the President of the Taluka  Panchayat/Block  Advisory  Committee,  the  district  representative  of the State Social Welfare Advisory Board and any other non-officials which the State Government may consider appropriate. Recently approved Strengthened and restructured ICDS prescribe for qualification of Matriculation  and  age  limit  of  18-35  years  for  engagement  as  Anganwadi Worker and Anganwadi Helper. A revised budgetary provision of Rs 14,560 cr. has been kept for ICDS for 2016-17.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3135  TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST   MARCH, 2017 IN LOK SABHA.

State-wise  number  of  Anganwadi  workers  sanctioned  and  in-position  under  ICDS Scheme as on 31.12.2016

| S.No.   | State             | No. of Anganwadi Workers   | No. of Anganwadi Workers     |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State             | Sanctioned by GOI          | In-position as on 31.12.2016 |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 55607                      | 53823                        |
| 2       | Telangana         | 35700                      | 33159                        |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | 6225                       | 6028                         |
| 4       | Assam             | 62153                      | 62153                        |
| 5       | Bihar             | 115009                     | 85980                        |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 52474                      | 48770                        |
| 7       | Goa               | 1262                       | 1241                         |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 53029                      | 50403                        |
| 9       | Haryana           | 25962                      | 25348                        |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 18925                      | 18772                        |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 31938                      | 28707                        |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 38432                      | 35424                        |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 65911                      | 63186                        |
| 14      | Kerala            | 33318                      | 33102                        |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 97135                      | 94413                        |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 110486                     | 106784                       |
| 17      | Manipur           | 11510                      | 10274                        |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 5896                       | 5891                         |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 2244                       | 2244                         |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 3980                       | 3455                         |
| 21      | Odisha            | 74154                      | 68980                        |
| 22      | Punjab            | 27314                      | 26390                        |
| 23      | Rajasthan         | 62010                      | 58581                        |
| 24      | Sikkim            | 1308                       | 1289                         |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        | 54439                      | 38827                        |
| 26      | Tripura           | 10145                      | 9911                         |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 190145                     | 172367                       |
| 28      | Uttrakhand        | 20067                      | 18995                        |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 119481                     | 107872                       |
| 30      | A &NIslands       | 720                        | 720                          |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 500                        | 450                          |
| 32      | Delhi             | 11150                      | 10806                        |
| 33      | Dadra &NHaveli    | 302                        | 302                          |
| 34      | Daman &Diu        | 107                        | 102                          |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 107                        | 107                          |
| 36      | Puducherry        | 855                        | 855                          |
|         | Total             | 1400000                    | 1285711                      |