Lok Sabha Question No. 2780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: Buildings for Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2780

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2018

## BUILDINGS FOR ANGANWADI CENTRES

## 2780:     SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

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

- (a) Whether the Government has taken note  that a number of Anganwadi  Centres (AWCs) in the country, particularly in Jharkhand do not have their  own buildings and are running from rented premises and if so, the de   tails thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the expenditure incurred on paying rent for such premises along with its percentage in the total expenditure incurred on AWCs in the country, particularly in Jharkhand during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the present provisions regarding hiring building/rooms for AWCs;
- (d)                whether  the  Government  has  received  any  complaints  with  regard  to  violations  of  aforesaid provisions during the said period;
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and the action taken thereon; and
- (f) the further measures taken by the Government for construction of permanent buildings for AWCs?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) :  Out  of  13,63,021  number  of  operational  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs)  in  the  country,  20,433 AWCs in Government Buildings and 15,107 AWCs in Rented Buildings are     running in the Jharkhand State and State/ UT-wise position is at Annexure-I.
- (b) : Statement of expenditure incurred on payment of rent for premises along with its percentage in the total expenditure incurred on AWCs in the country, particularly in Jharkhand during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise is at Annexure-II.
- (c) : To ensure continued implementation of the Anganwadi Services under Umbrella ICDS scheme, Government has made provisions for taking the AWC buildings on rent for which the monthly rentals  are  Rs.1,000/-  in  the  rural  areas,  Rs.4,000/-  in  the  urban  areas  and  Rs.6,000/-  in  the metropolitan cities.
- (d) : No, Madam.
- (e) : Does not arise.
- (f) :  Under  revised  Anganwadi  Services,  there  is  a  provision  of  construction  of  1  lakh  new  AWC buildings  per  year  under  convergence  with  MGNREGS  @  Rs.7.00  lakh    per  AWC  building. Central  share  for  construction  of  AWC  building  is  Rs.1.00  lakh  per  AWC  for  all  States/  UTs which is reimbursed to States/ UTs on completion of construction work.

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## Statement referred to Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question No.2780 by for 03-08-2018

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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                         | State/UT                                                        | No. of Operational AWCs                                         |                                                                 |                                                                 | Number of Anganwadi Centres                                     | Number of Anganwadi Centres                                     | Number of Anganwadi Centres | Number of Anganwadi Centres |
| Sl. No.                                                         | State/UT                                                        | No. of Operational AWCs                                         | Govt.                                                           | Govt.                                                           | Building AWWs/ AWHs                                             | Building AWWs/ AWHs                                             | Building AWWs/ AWHs         | Building AWWs/ AWHs         |
| Sl. No.                                                         | State/UT                                                        | No. of Operational AWCs                                         | Kutcha                                                          | Pucca                                                           | Kutcha                                                          | Pucca                                                           | Kutcha                      | Pucca                       |
| 1                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                  | 55606                                                           | 113                                                             | 18502                                                           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 931                         | 25730                       |
| 2                                                               | Telangana                                                       | 35634                                                           | 0                                                               | 10167                                                           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                           | 12759                       |
| 3                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                               | 6225                                                            | 5801                                                            | 0                                                               | 378                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                           | 0                           |
| 4                                                               | Assam                                                           | 62153                                                           | 0                                                               | 34748                                                           | 0                                                               | 775                                                             | 0                           | 0                           |
| 5                                                               | Bihar                                                           | 91677                                                           | 0                                                               | 19945                                                           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 17317                       | 33037                       |
| 6                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                    | 50448                                                           | 12                                                              | 33594                                                           | 2955                                                            | 1126                                                            | 6611                        | 2425                        |
| 7                                                               | Goa                                                             | 1258                                                            | 0                                                               | 156                                                             | 5                                                               | 53                                                              | 33                          | 744                         |
| 8                                                               | Gujarat                                                         | 53029                                                           | 0                                                               | 41822                                                           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                           | 8385                        |
| 9                                                               | Haryana                                                         | 25962                                                           | 0                                                               | 8229                                                            | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                           | 5959                        |
| 10                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                | 18925                                                           | 0                                                               | 816                                                             | 440                                                             | 108                                                             | 2815                        | 7073                        |
| 11                                                              | Jammu &Kashmir                                                  | 29599                                                           | 33                                                              | 716                                                             | 8987                                                            | 16735                                                           | 949                         | 933                         |
| 12                                                              | Jharkhand                                                       | 38432                                                           | 110                                                             | 20323                                                           | 3836                                                            | 2049                                                            | 4550                        | 4672                        |
| 13                                                              | Karnataka                                                       | 65911                                                           | 0                                                               | 38686                                                           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 10954                       | 0                           |
| 14                                                              | Kerala                                                          | 33244                                                           | 269                                                             | 21632                                                           | 25                                                              | 42                                                              | 386                         | 8086                        |
| 15                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                  | 97132                                                           | 0                                                               | 17181                                                           | 3265                                                            | 2180                                                            | 13350                       | 12221                       |
| 16                                                              | Maharashtra                                                     | 109779                                                          | 0                                                               | 45041                                                           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                           | 15769                       |
| 17                                                              | Manipur                                                         | 11510                                                           | 1965                                                            | 2554                                                            | 2783                                                            | 192                                                             | 201                         | 80                          |
| 18                                                              | Meghalaya                                                       | 5896                                                            | 29                                                              | 2621                                                            | 121                                                             | 90                                                              | 79                          | 107                         |
| 19                                                              | Mizoram                                                         | 2244                                                            | 0                                                               | 2215                                                            | 0                                                               | 29                                                              | 0                           | 0                           |
| 20                                                              | Nagaland                                                        | 3980                                                            | 0                                                               | 906                                                             | 0                                                               | 50                                                              | 0                           | 182                         |
| 21                                                              | Odisha                                                          | 72587                                                           | 0                                                               | 17518                                                           | 3336                                                            | 2261                                                            | 1257                        | 8626                        |
| 22                                                              | Punjab                                                          | 26988                                                           | 0                                                               | 1094                                                            | 0                                                               | 479                                                             | 0                           | 2784                        |
| 23                                                              | Rajasthan                                                       | 61974                                                           | 0                                                               | 25241                                                           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                           | 10800                       |
| 24                                                              | Sikkim                                                          | 1308                                                            | 0                                                               | 906                                                             | 0                                                               | 50                                                              | 0                           | 183                         |
| 25                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                      | 54439                                                           | 0                                                               | 40744                                                           | 0                                                               | 228                                                             | 0                           | 8043                        |
| 26                                                              | Tripura                                                         | 10145                                                           | 0                                                               | 9349                                                            | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                           | 260                         |
| 27                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                   | 187997                                                          | 0                                                               | 16074                                                           | 0                                                               | 47                                                              | 0                           | 23245                       |
| 28                                                              | Uttrakhand                                                      | 20067                                                           | 0                                                               | 2557                                                            | 36                                                              | 1435                                                            | 119                         | 6323                        |
| 29                                                              | West Bengal                                                     | 115384                                                          | 0                                                               | 18000                                                           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1000                        | 8000                        |
| 30                                                              | A &NIslands                                                     | 720                                                             | 3                                                               | 238                                                             | 19                                                              | 37                                                              | 7                           | 199                         |
| 31                                                              | Chandigarh                                                      | 500                                                             | 0                                                               | 144                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                           | 318                         |
| 32                                                              | Delhi                                                           | 10897                                                           | 0                                                               | 36                                                              | 0                                                               | 117                                                             | 182                         | 10509                       |
| 33                                                              | Dadra &NHaveli                                                  | 302                                                             | 0                                                               | 152                                                             | 30                                                              | 60                                                              | 31                          | 27                          |
| 34                                                              | Daman &Diu                                                      |                                                                 | 0                                                               |                                                                 |                                                                 |                                                                 |                             |                             |
| 35                                                              | Lakshadweep                                                     | 107 107                                                         |                                                                 | 76                                                              | 0                                                               | 17                                                              | 0                           | 0 80                        |
|                                                                 |                                                                 |                                                                 | 0                                                               | 27                                                              | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                           |                             |
| 36                                                              | Puducherry TOTAL =                                              | 855 1363021                                                     | 0 3011                                                          | 310 452460                                                      | 0 28828                                                         | 2 29238                                                         | 0 65312                     | 440 207973                  |

## Annexure-I

Annexure-II

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY T O PART (b) OF LOK SABHA USQ.NO. 2780 FOR 03.08.2017

|       |                   |                                                |                 |                                                 |                 | (Rupees in lakhs                                        | (Rupees in lakhs                                        |
|-------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No | States/ UTs       | Expenditure reported by State for rent 2015-16 | %of BE for rent | Expenditur e reported by State for rent 2016-17 | %of BE for rent | Amount approved in APIP (including State share 2017-18) | Amount approved in APIP (including State share 2018-19) |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 3421.72                                        | 0.221           | 2419.87                                         | 0.166           | 3261.6                                                  | 5292.12                                                 |
| 2     | BIHAR             | 2895.05                                        | 0.187           | 2065.08                                         | 0.142           | 6095.06                                                 | 9848.76                                                 |
| 3     | CHHATTISGARH      | 354.98                                         | 0.023           | 282.28                                          | 0.019           | 736.18                                                  | 2397.6                                                  |
| 4     | GOA               | 41.67                                          | 0.003           | 20.73                                           | 0.001           | 27.98                                                   | 170.64                                                  |
| 5     | GUJARAT           | 358.03                                         | 0.023           | 322.09                                          | 0.022           | 1739.24                                                 | 1842.12                                                 |
| 6     | HARYANA           | 372.79                                         | 0.024           | 247.40                                          | 0.017           | 1039.91                                                 | 2095.8                                                  |
| 7     | JHARKHAND         | 333.2                                          | 0.022           | 289.40                                          | 0.020           | 2033.61                                                 | 2087.52                                                 |
| 8     | KARNATAKA         | 751.06                                         | 0.049           | 1038.32                                         | 0.071           | 2362.07                                                 | 4040.64                                                 |
| 9     | KERALA            | 400.08                                         | 0.026           | 476.88                                          | 0.033           | 1161.43                                                 | 1476.24                                                 |
| 10    | MADHYAPRADESH     | 1101.98                                        | 0.071           | 1321.93                                         | 0.091           | 3474.04                                                 | 8012.76                                                 |
| 11    | MAHARASHTRA       | 622.86                                         | 0.040           | 1185.64                                         | 0.081           | 5830.97                                                 | 6577.8                                                  |
| 12    | ODISHA            | 616.53                                         | 0.040           | 119.82                                          | 0.008           | 2345.55                                                 | 1146.24                                                 |
| 13    | PUNJAB            | 238.72                                         | 0.015           | 191.84                                          | 0.013           | 653.56                                                  | 1109.88                                                 |
| 14    | RAJASTHAN         | 402.07                                         | 0.026           | 396.56                                          | 0.027           | 1438.5                                                  | 3341.16                                                 |
| 15    | TAMIL NADU        | 276.38                                         | 0.018           | 354.58                                          | 0.024           | 1723.07                                                 | 2204.4                                                  |
| 16    | TELANGANA         | 2114.06                                        | 0.137           | 1412.17                                         | 0.097           | 2570.48                                                 | 2744.64                                                 |
| 17    | UTTAR PRADESH     | 681.21                                         | 0.044           | 703.94                                          | 0.048           | 4630.8                                                  | 7606.08                                                 |
| 18    | WEST BENGAL       | 505.02                                         | 0.033           | 653.19                                          | 0.045           | 3239.565                                                | 4975.2                                                  |
| 19    | DELHI             | 1753.9                                         | 0.113           | 2160.32                                         | 0.148           | 3017.2                                                  | 653.82                                                  |
| 20    | PUDUCHERRY        | 398.00                                         | 0.026           | 0                                               | 0.000           | 121.67                                                  | 137.52                                                  |
| 21    | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 336.90                                         | 0.022           | 1041.80                                         | 0.072           | 706.76                                                  | 1306.68                                                 |
| 22    | JAMMU &KASHMIR    | 1754.87                                        | 0.113           | 0                                               | 0.000           | 3017.434                                                | 3593.04                                                 |
| 23    | UTTARAKHAND       | 627.69                                         | 0.041           | 678.57                                          | 0.047           | 875.45                                                  | 1604.04                                                 |
| 24    | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 15.25                                          | 0.001           | 39.20                                           | 0.003           | 258.3                                                   | 63.24                                                   |
| 25    | ASSAM             | 1806.06                                        | 0.117           | 364.99                                          | 0.025           | 1404.71                                                 | 1413.24                                                 |
| 26    | MANIPUR           | 0                                              | 0.000           | 0                                               | 0.000           | 429.02                                                  | 390.72                                                  |
| 27    | MEGHALAYA         | 38.34                                          | 0.002           | 43.76                                           | 0.003           | 34.03                                                   | 144.96                                                  |
| 28    | MIZORAM           | 23.72                                          | 0.002           | 30.06                                           | 0.002           | 18.19                                                   | 13.92                                                   |
| 29    | NAGALAND          | 50.00                                          | 0.003           | 32.67                                           | 0.002           | 0                                                       | 152.28                                                  |
| 30    | SIKKIM            | 57.84                                          | 0.004           | 34.61                                           | 0.002           | 0                                                       | 76.32                                                   |
| 31    | TRIPURA           | 24.09                                          | 0.002           | 40.40                                           | 0.003           | 68.19                                                   | 119.4                                                   |
| 32    | A &NIsland        | 35.33                                          | 0.002           | 50.90                                           | 0.003           | 20.3                                                    | 94.44                                                   |
| 33    | CHANDIGARH        | 23.24                                          | 0.002           | 23.25                                           | 0.002           | 21.672                                                  | 148.8                                                   |
| 34    | D. &NHAVELI       | 3.63                                           | 0.0002          | 22.24                                           | 0.002           | 0                                                       | 25.68                                                   |
| 35    | DAMAN &DIU        | 0                                              | 0.000           | 0                                               |                 | 1.008                                                   | 0                                                       |
| 36    | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0                                              | 0.000           | 0                                               | 0.000 0.000     | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
|       | TOTAL             | 22436.27                                       | 1.44916         | 18064.49                                        | 1.24064         | 54357.549                                               | 76907.7                                                 |