Lok Sabha Question No. 2791 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: Shortage of Anganwadi Workers/ Helpers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION No. 2791

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2018

## SHORTAGE OF ANGANWADI WORKERS/HELPERS

## 2791.   SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

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

- (a) the number of Anganwadi Supervisors/Workers/Helpers in the country, State/UT-wise including the State of Gujarat;
- (b)      whether  there  is  an  acute  shortage  of  Anganwadi  Supervisors/Workers/  Helpers throughout the country;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  remedial  measures  being  taken  by  the Government in this regard, State/UT-wise; and
- (d)          whether  the  Government  has  constituted  any  committee  for  undertaking  a  review  of various benefits being extended to them such as revision of honorarium/ minimum pay scale/regular Government job/pay-scale equivalent to the primary teachers, insurance, etc. and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) :  The  number  of  Anganwadi  Supervisors  /  Workers  /  Helpers  in  the  country, State/UT-wise including the State of Gujarat is at Annexure-I.
- (b) : &(c)No, Madam. MWCD is continuously monitoring the implementation of ICDS Scheme  in  States/  UTs  including  filling-  up  of  vacant  posts  through  prescribed reports/ returns, letters and review meetings.
- (d)       : No, Madam.

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## Annexure-I

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2791 for 03.08.2018 by Shri Ramsinh Rathwa  on Shortage of Anganwadi Workers/Helpers

## STATUS REPORT OF THE ANGANWADI SUPERVISORS/WORKERs/HELPERs (AS ON 31st  MARCH 2018)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | No. of Anganwadi Centres   | No. of Anganwadi Centres   | No. of Supervisors   | No. of Supervisors   | No. of Supervisors   | No. ofAWWs   | No. ofAWWs   | No. ofAWWs   | No. of AWHs   | No. of AWHs   | No. of AWHs   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Sanctioned                 | Operational                | Sanctioned           | In- position         | Vacant               | Sanctioned   | In- position | Vacant       | Sanctioned    | In- position  | Vacant        |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 55607                      | 55606                      | 2205                 | 1548                 | 657                  | 55607        | 53951        | 1656         | 48768         | 44828         | 3940          |
| 2         | Telangana         | 35700                      | 35634                      | 1440                 | 830                  | 610                  | 35700        | 33575        | 2125         | 31711         | 28820         | 2891          |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 6225                       | 6225                       | 273                  | 262                  | 11                   | 6225         | 6225         | 0            | 6225          | 6225          | 0             |
| 4         | Assam             | 62153                      | 62153                      | 2492                 | 1984                 | 508                  | 62153        | 62153        | 0            | 56728         | 56728         | 0             |
| 5         | Bihar             | 115009                     | 91677                      | 4435                 | 2294                 | 2141                 | 115009       | 88174        | 26835        | 107894        | 81130         | 26764         |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | 52474                      | 50448                      | 1969                 | 1585                 | 384                  | 52474        | 49253        | 3221         | 46660         | 42366         | 4294          |
| 7         | Goa               | 1262                       | 1258                       | 67                   | 50                   | 17                   | 1262         | 1208         | 54           | 1262          | 1153          | 109           |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 53029                      | 53029                      | 2445                 | 1692                 | 753                  | 53029        | 51595        | 1434         | 51229         | 48710         | 2519          |
| 9         | Haryana           | 25962                      | 25962                      | 1146                 | 688                  | 458                  | 25962        | 25347        | 615          | 25450         | 24891         | 559           |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 18925                      | 18925                      | 814                  | 592                  | 222                  | 18925        | 18716        | 209          | 18386         | 18131         | 255           |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 31938                      | 29599                      | 1308                 | 932                  | 376                  | 31938        | 28707        | 3231         | 31938         | 29599         | 2339          |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 38432                      | 38432                      | 1288                 | 864                  | 424                  | 38432        | 35424        | 3008         | 35881         | 33117         | 2764          |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 65911                      | 65911                      | 2767                 | 1888                 | 879                  | 65911        | 63186        | 2725         | 62580         | 59026         | 3554          |
| 14        | Kerala            | 33318                      | 33244                      | 1470                 | 1079                 | 391                  | 33318        | 33102        | 216          | 33189         | 32953         | 236           |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 97135                      | 97132                      | 3425                 | 2673                 | 752                  | 97135        | 97133        | 2            | 84465         | 84465         | 0             |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 110486                     | 109779                     | 4227                 | 3176                 | 1051                 | 110486       | 107170       | 3316         | 97475         | 92179         | 5296          |
| 17        | Manipur           | 11510                      | 11510                      | 391                  | 362                  | 29                   | 11510        | 10274        | 1236         | 9958          | 9497          | 461           |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 5896                       | 5896                       | 221                  | 215                  | 6                    | 5896         | 5895         | 1            | 4630          | 4628          | 2             |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 2244                       | 2244                       | 113                  | 86                   | 27                   | 2244         | 2244         | 0            | 2244          | 2157          | 87            |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 3980                       | 3980                       | 167                  | 145                  | 22                   | 3980         | 3455         | 525          | 3980          | 3455          | 525           |
| 21        | Odisha            | 74154                      | 72587                      | 2932                 | 2129                 | 803                  | 74154        | 69625        | 4529         | 63738         | 60168         | 3570          |

| 22   | Punjab         |   27314 |   26988 |   1179 |   744 |   435 |   27314 |   26462 |    852 |   26074 |   24772 |   1302 |
|------|----------------|---------|---------|--------|-------|-------|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------|--------|
| 23   | Rajasthan      |   62010 |   61974 |   2533 |  1537 |   996 |   62010 |   58744 |   3266 |   55806 |   52257 |   3549 |
| 24   | Sikkim         |    1308 |    1308 |     58 |    55 |     3 |    1308 |    1289 |     19 |    1308 |    1285 |     23 |
| 25   | Tamil Nadu     |   54439 |   54439 |   1786 |   943 |   843 |   54439 |   38827 |  15612 |   49499 |   35154 |  14345 |
| 26   | Tripura        |   10145 |   10145 |    414 |   295 |   119 |   10145 |    9911 |    234 |   10145 |    9911 |    234 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh  |  190145 |  187997 |   7297 |  3828 |  3469 |  190145 |  173383 |  16762 |  167855 |  150543 |  17312 |
| 28   | Uttrakhand     |   20067 |   20067 |    631 |   512 |   119 |   20067 |   19056 |   1011 |   14947 |   13906 |   1041 |
| 29   | West Bengal    |  119481 |  115384 |   5151 |  1717 |  3434 |  119481 |  107514 |  11967 |  119481 |  101651 |  17830 |
| 30   | A & N Islands  |     720 |     720 |     31 |    20 |    11 |     720 |     720 |      0 |     689 |     689 |      0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh     |     500 |     500 |     20 |     7 |    13 |     500 |     465 |     35 |     500 |     433 |     67 |
| 32   | Delhi          |   11150 |   10897 |    432 |   425 |     7 |   11150 |    9796 |   1354 |   11150 |   10744 |    406 |
| 33   | Dadra &NHaveli |     302 |     302 |     12 |     7 |     5 |     302 |     302 |      0 |     247 |     233 |     14 |
| 34   | Daman &Diu     |     107 |     107 |      5 |     1 |     4 |     107 |     102 |      5 |     107 |     102 |      5 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep    |     107 |     107 |      4 |     3 |     1 |     107 |     107 |      0 |      96 |      96 |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry     |     855 |     855 |     39 |     4 |    35 |     855 |     855 |      0 |     855 |     855 |      0 |
|      | Total          | 1400000 | 1363021 |  55187 | 35172 | 20015 | 1400000 | 1293945 | 106055 | 1283150 | 1166857 | 116293 |