Lok Sabha Question No. 537 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: Integrated Child Development Services Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SURESH KODIKUNNIL, M. I. SHANAVAS, MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE, SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL, LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.537 TO BE ANSWERED ON  18.11.2016

## INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SCHEME

- 537 SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

SHRI M.I. SHANAVAS:

SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL:

SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

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

- (a) the salient features of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme:
- (b) the budget allocation, funds released/sanctioned and expenditure incurred vis-à-vis  targets fixed  and  achievements  made  along  with  the  number  of  women  and  children  benefited under the said scheme during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether the Government has received any representations from the States regarding the problem being faced by them in the implementation of the scheme, if so, the details thereof along with the other factors hindering the effective implementation of the scheme and the steps taken to address the issue;
- (d) whether there is a rise in malnutrition cases in the country due to poor implementation of the scheme, if so, details thereof and the remedial measures taken thereon;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to privatize/outsource the services of the scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the further measures taken by the Government to fill the gap in the scheme and make it more effective?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Ministry of Women  and Child Development is administering the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The scheme aims at holistic development  of  children  below  6  years  of  age  and  pregnant  women  &  lactating  mothers  by providing  a  package  of  six  services  comprising  (i)  Supplementary  Nutrition;  (ii)  Pre-school  NonFormal Education; (iii) Nutrition and Health Education; (iv) Immunization; (v) Health check-up; and (vi) Referral Services.

The ICDS Scheme started in 1975 was universalized in 2008-09 preceded by rapid expansion in  the  years  2005-06  to  2008-09  so  as  to  cover  all  habitations,  including  Scheduled  Castes/ Scheduled  Tribes  and  minority  population,  across  the  country  with  the  approval  of  7076  ICDS Projects and 14 lakh Anganwadi Centres.  Against 7076 sanctioned Projects and 14 lakh sanctioned Anganwadi  Centres,  7073  Projects  and  13.49  lakh  Anganwdi  Centres  are  operational  as  on 30.09.2016.  The  services  are  currently  being  provided  to  10.11  crore  beneficiaries  of  which  8.21 crore are children under age of six years and 1.90 crore are pregnant women & lactating mothers. Pre-school education is provided to 3.45 crore children of 3-6 years (1.74 crore boys and 1.71 crore girls).

(b) Status of Budget Allocation and Expenditure under ICDS Scheme for 12 th  Five Year Plan is given below:

(Rupees in crores)

|   S. No | Year    | Budget Allocation (BE)   | Budget Allocation (RE)   | Expenditure   | Percentage w.r.t. RE   |
|---------|---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|------------------------|
|       1 | 2012-13 | 15,850.00                | 15,850.00                | 15701.50      | 99.06%                 |
|       2 | 2013-14 | 17,700.00                | 16,312.00                | 16,267.49     | 99.73%                 |
|       3 | 2014-15 | 18,195.00                | 16561.60                 | 16581.82 *    | 100.12%                |
|       4 | 2015-16 | 8335.77                  | 15483.77                 | 15438.93      | 99.71%                 |
|       5 | 2016-17 | 14000.00                 | -                        | 9870.65**     | 70.50%                 |

* This includes saving from other schemes during the year.

** As on 31.10.2016

State/UT-wise  budget  allocation  and  expenditure  is  at Annexure-I and  Physical  Achievement under ICDS with regard to Target during each year of the 12 th  Plan is at Annexure-II .

(c) The  universalisation  of  ICDS  Scheme  has  been  a  mixed  blessing.    While  adding  the number  of  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs)  and  taking  them  to  the  door  steps  of  children,  it concomitantly brought in its wake, huge challenges in terms of resources as well as challenges of management,  delivery  of  services  with  quality  and  standards,  financial  management,  space  for AWCs,  human  resource,  issues  of  convergence,  low  focus  on  under  three  year  children,  ECCE, Strengthening  training  and  capacity  building  monitoring,  etc.    These  have,  by  and  large,  been addressed  in  the  restructuring  and  strengthening  of  ICDS  approved  in  2012  for  XII  Plan  period.

(d) As per NFHS-3 data, the percentage of under-weight children below 5 years was 42.5%. The present available data of NFHS-4 has shown a declining trend.

(e) No, Madam.

(f) Convergence with various line Ministries/Departments is an integral part of ICDS and the same  has  been  taken  up  to  fill  the  gap  and  make  it  more  effective.    There  has  been  effective convergence  with  Ministries  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare,  Rural  Development,  Panchayati  Raj, Drinking Water & Sanitation, etc.  The convergence is ensured through meetings, consultations, and by issuing joint guidelines.   Recently, joint guidelines have been issued by Ministry of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Panchayati Raj for construction of 4 lakh AWCs across the country during next four years. The 5-tier monitoring & review mechanism developed by the Government has in-built convergence mechanism.

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Annexure-I

Annexure referred in reply to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.537 for 18.11.2016 on Integrated Child Development Services Scheme

## CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT INDICATING STATE-WISE POSITION OF FUNDS RELEASED  UNDER ICDS SCHEME

[ICDS(GENERAL),Construction of AWC buildings,  Supplementary Nutrition Programme and Training ] DURING LAST THREE YEARS 2013-14,

2014-15,2015- 16 AND CURRENT YEAR 2016-17(upto 31.10.2016)

|         |                       | Rs. in lakhs   | Rs. in lakhs                                  | Rs. in lakhs   | Rs. in lakhs                                  | Rs. in lakhs   | Rs. in lakhs                                  | Rs. in lakhs                     |
|---------|-----------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|         |                       | 2013-14        | 2013-14                                       | 2014-15        | 2014-15                                       | 2015-16        | 2015-16                                       | 2016-17                          |
| Sl. No. | STATE                 | Funds released | Exp. Reported by States including state share | Funds released | Exp. Reported by States including state share | Funds released | Exp. Reported by States including state share | Funds released (upto 31.10.2016) |
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH        | 111334.49      | 167876.93                                     | 99446.78       | 135715.16                                     | 68818.48       | 98148.45                                      | 33217.14                         |
| 2       | BIHAR                 | 107609.68      | 185458.2                                      | 116266.84      | 174287.15                                     | 102372.56      | 144090.04                                     | 77617.44                         |
| 3       | CHHATTISGARH          | 50459.30       | 46650.62                                      | 51703.52       | 76484.69                                      | 51151.54       | 0.00                                          | 23724.70                         |
| 4       | GOA                   | 1567.58        | 1353.36                                       | 2617.25        | 2569.60                                       | 1228.04        | 2715.22                                       | 725.39                           |
| 5       | GUJARAT               | 60807.51       | 60078.39                                      | 48886.15       | 83162.09                                      | 64185.05       | 64445.64                                      | 55711.10                         |
| 6       | HARYANA               | 31266.40       | 31768.83                                      | 31158.68       | 35837.16                                      | 16081.19       | 14382.22                                      | 13651.61                         |
| 7       | HIMACHAL PRADESH      | 17278.95       | 19004.38                                      | 17184.09       | 12233.27                                      | 19507.32       | 21044.30                                      | 11079.23                         |
| 8       | JAMMU & KASHMIR       | 29610.25       | 15073.77                                      | 26031.19       | 22464.07                                      | 27362.65       | 22464.08                                      | 18123.90                         |
| 9       | JHARKHAND             | 49930.46       | 65952.53                                      | 46904.30       | 68793.23                                      | 46217.72       | 57446.15                                      | 27967.76                         |
| 10      | KARNATAKA             | 75135.57       | 94938.87                                      | 82856.77       | 148331.32                                     | 96394.53       | 58153.32                                      | 44961.22                         |
| 11      | KERALA                | 35995.97       | 35645.2                                       | 24726.35       | 45494.41                                      | 28554.27       | 0.00                                          | 14021.46                         |
| 12      | MADHYA PRADESH        | 102418.63      | 143225.8                                      | 122544.60      | 166253.17                                     | 108673.52      | 196464.40                                     | 83659.84                         |
| 13      | MAHARASHTRA           | 129519.81      | 143552.67                                     | 90781.88       | 147621.41                                     | 104166.66      | 107134.98                                     | 79646.59                         |
| 14      | ORISSA                | 97438.29       | 124223.56                                     | 87511.73       | 116532.61                                     | 65643.69       | 106505.11                                     | 44496.97                         |
| 15      | PUNJAB                | 24546.11       | 25998.72                                      | 25893.06       | 32922.38                                      | 13689.39       | 14497.21                                      | 13102.05                         |
| 16      | RAJASTHAN             | 65232.45       | 95120.74                                      | 73992.88       | 88413.35                                      | 49851.78       | 103243.25                                     | 33360.22                         |
| 17      | TAMIL NADU            | 65605.57       | 82785.08                                      | 67902.29       | 102925.00                                     | 63744.93       | 78363.14                                      | 29940.39                         |
| 18      | UTTARAKHAND           | 17763.50       | 21393.76                                      | 20165.67       | 28295.85                                      | 35710.06       | 28416.41                                      | 11440.14                         |
| 19      | UTTAR PRADESH         | 235448.38      | 405894.84                                     | 272553.08      | 474139.49                                     | 281398.92      | 373571.94                                     | 190617.67                        |
| 20      | WEST BENGAL           | 123227.84      | 111244.25                                     | 97578.85       | 128536.18                                     | 79465.80       | 0.00                                          | 54659.69                         |
| 21      | TELANGANA             | 0.00           | 0                                             | 46057.10       | 52841.4                                       | 37918.23       | 57138.46                                      | 21115.93                         |
| 22      | DELHI                 | 17700.74       | 18974.01                                      | 17855.94       | 20875.21                                      | 13775.25       | 18120.31                                      | 9987.05                          |
| 23      | PONDICHERRY           | 736.39         | 1166.47                                       | 1275.34        | 2607.70                                       | 1673.27        | 0.00                                          | 2299.22                          |
| 24      | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR     | 391.79         | 1450.66                                       | 891.78         | 1547.22                                       | 1421.03        | 991.04                                        | 834.57                           |
| 25      | CHANDIGARH            | 731.19         | 982.32                                        | 996.18         | 1115.55                                       | 1420.25        | 649.78                                        | 462.92                           |
| 26 27   | D. & NAGAR HAVELI     | 378.31         | 149.8                                         | 281.31         | 123.48 266.25                                 | 210.97         | 148.58 92.37                                  | 376.25                           |
|         | DAMAN & DIU           | 161.19         | 242.56                                        | 195.77         | 96.12                                         | 133.55         |                                               | 187.44                           |
| 28      | LAKSHADWEEP ARUNACHAL | 147.46         | 219.95                                        | 138.16         |                                               | 155.91         | 122.64                                        | 93.35                            |
| 30      | ASSAM                 | 103145.19      | 86765.72                                      | 103517.50      | 110234.09                                     | 92972.20       | 50864.92                                      | 44581.25                         |
| 31      | MANIPUR               | 16140.54       | 9333.16                                       | 14929.58       | 10208.81                                      | 10267.27       | 13185.16                                      | 7514.75                          |
| 32      | MEGHALAYA             | 14287.83       | 13137.55                                      |                | 15239.27                                      | 12418.60       | 1751.50                                       | 8458.77                          |
|         |                       |                |                                               | 14357.78       |                                               |                |                                               |                                  |
| 33      | MIZORAM               | 4772.89        | 5086.57                                       | 5695.57        | 5556.16                                       | 5371.93        | 7017.65                                       | 2978.70                          |
| 34      | NAGALAND              | 8912.80        | 10025.77                                      | 12202.63       | 5319.36                                       | 8796.00        | 6708.87                                       | 10875.91                         |
| 35      | SIKKIM                | 2607.14        | 1909.3                                        | 2998.60        |                                               |                |                                               | 1253.50                          |
|         |                       |                |                                               |                | 1775.36                                       | 2022.73        | 0.00                                          |                                  |
|         | Total                 | 1626748.57     | 2049362.34                                    | 1658181.93     | 2347715.00                                    | 1543893.15     | 1657144.45                                    | 987065.07                        |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred in reply to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.537 for 18.11.2016 on Integrated Child Development Services Scheme

Physical Achievement under ICDS with regard to Target during each year of the 12 th  Plan are as under :

There has been significant progress in the implementation of ICDS Scheme during XII Plan both, in terms of increase in number of operational projects and Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) and coverage of beneficiaries as indicated below:-

|                            | Projects   | Projects    | Anganwadi Centres   | Anganwadi Centres   | No. of Supplementary nutrition beneficiaries [Children (6 months to 6 years) & P&LM]   | No. of pre-school education beneficiaries [Children (3-6 years)]   |
|----------------------------|------------|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                       | Target     | Achievement | Target              | Achievement         | No. of Supplementary nutrition beneficiaries [Children (6 months to 6 years) & P&LM]   | No. of pre-school education beneficiaries [Children (3-6 years)]   |
| 2012-13                    | 7000       | 7025        | 13.40 lakhs         | 1338732             | 956.12 lakh                                                                            | 353.29 lakh                                                        |
| 2013-14                    | 7045       | 7067        | 1352078             | 1342146             | 1045.09 lakh                                                                           | 370.71 lakh                                                        |
| 2014-15                    | 7075       | 7072        | 1355979             | 1346186             | 1022.33 lakh                                                                           | 365.44 lakh                                                        |
| 2015-16                    | 7075       | 7073        | 1400000             | 1349563             | 1021.31 lakh                                                                           | 350.35 lakh                                                        |
| 2016-17 (as on 30.09.2016) | 7075       | 7073        | 1400000             | 1349153             | 1010.56 lakh                                                                           | 345.44 lakh                                                        |

Note : 1.   States/ UTs are required to provide Supplementary Nutrition to all eligible children (6 months to 6 years) and  pregnant women & lactating mothers and pre-school education to all the eligible children (3-6 years), hence no targets are set.