Lok Sabha Question No. 1964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Common Application Software
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Karti P. Chidambaram, Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1964

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2019

## COMMON APPLICATION SOFTWARE

## 1964.  SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM: SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

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

- (a) the implementation status of Common Application Software across the country;
- (b) the parameters being captured in the data collection process currently;
- (c) whether there is any integration of data from the AWD level to the school level, if  so,  the  States  that have a system where the two databases are linked with each other at the backend; and
- (d) if not, whether there is any plan for the same?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT ( SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI )

- (a) As on 28.11.2019, the ICDS Common Application Software (ICDS-CAS)  has been  rolled  out  across  5,51,270  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs)    across  324 districts in 27 States/UTs. The details are at Annexure-I.
- (b ICDS-Common  Application  Software  has  been  developed  under  POSHAN Abhiyaan  which  inter-alia  captures  data  on  weight  and  height  of  children, opening of AnganwadiCentres, distribution of Take Home Ration and attendance of children for pre-school education at Anganwadi.
- (c)  &  (d)  The  Applicationcaptures  the  Pre-School  Education  attendance  provided  to the Children (3-6 years) at therespective AnganwadiCentres. There is no plan for integration of data from the AWCs level to the school level, presently.
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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to  in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 1964 for answer on 29.11.2019

| Sl.   | State/UT                  | No. of AWC operational   | ICDS-CAS rolled out Anganwadi Centreas on 26.11.2019   |
|-------|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 720                      | 715                                                    |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh            | 55607                    | 55586                                                  |
| 3     | Assam                     | 62153                    | 9200                                                   |
| 4     | Bihar                     | 104090                   | 59314                                                  |
| 5     | Chandigarh                | 450                      | 450                                                    |
| 6     | Chhattisgarh              | 51301                    | 10473                                                  |
| 7     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 302                      | 303                                                    |
| 8     | Daman & Diu               | 107                      | 102                                                    |
| 9     | Delhi                     | 10897                    | 9434                                                   |
| 10    | Goa                       | 1262                     | 999                                                    |
| 11    | Gujarat                   | 53029                    | 52932                                                  |
| 12    | Himachal Pradesh          | 18925                    | 18864                                                  |
| 13    | Jharkhand                 | 38432                    | 11133                                                  |
| 14    | Kerala                    | 33244                    | 13913                                                  |
| 15    | Lakshadweep               | 107                      | 13                                                     |
| 16    | Madhya Pradesh            | 97135                    | 27811                                                  |
| 17    | Maharashtra               | 110219                   | 109624                                                 |
| 18    | Meghalaya                 | 5896                     | 5815                                                   |
| 19    | Mizoram                   | 2244                     | 2244                                                   |
| 20    | Nagaland                  | 3980                     | 3682                                                   |
| 21    | Puducherry                | 855                      | 848                                                    |
| 22    | Rajasthan                 | 61974                    | 20798                                                  |
| 23    | Sikkim                    | 1308                     | 821                                                    |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu                | 54439                    | 54401                                                  |
| 25    | Telangana                 | 35634                    | 11157                                                  |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh             | 187997                   | 51801                                                  |
| 27    | Uttarakhand               | 20067                    | 18837                                                  |
|       | Total                     | 10,12,374                | 5,51,270                                               |