Lok Sabha Question No. 173 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Schemes for Welfare of Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Achyutananda Samanta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 173

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2019

## SCHEMES FOR WELFARE OF CHILDREN

173. SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated schemes/programmes for the development, protection, and welfare of children;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  schemes/programmes  formulated  to  check  social problems  like  child  marriage,  malnutrition,  trafficking,  and  dropping  out  from schools;
- (c) the  funds  allocated  under  the  said  schemes/programmes  along  with  their utilisation during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- (d) the details of any other steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to protect the interests of such children and improve their condition?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) ofLok  Sabha Starred Question No. 173 to be answered on 29.11.2019 regarding "Schemes for Welfare of Children"

(a) to (c) The  details  of  schemes/programmes  formulated  and  implemented  by  the Government  for the development, protection and welfare of children are as under:

## Anganwadi Services:

The Anganwadi Services is a unique programme for early childhood care and development. It offers  a  package  of  six  services,  viz.  Supplementary  Nutrition,  Pre-School  Non-Formal Education,  Nutrition  and  Health  Education,  Immunization,  Health  Check-Up  and  Referral Services.  The  beneficiaries  under  the  Scheme  are  children  in  the  age  group  of  0-6  years, pregnant  women  and  lactating  mothers.  The  objectives  of  the  scheme  are  to  improve  the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group of 0-6 years; to lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child; to reduce the incidence of mortality,  morbidity,  malnutrition  and  school  dropouts;  to  achieve  effective  co-ordination  of policy  and  implementation  amongst the various  departments to promote child development; and  to  enhance  the  capability  of  the  mother  to  look  after  the  normal  health  and  nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education. These services are delivered through  13.77  lakh  operational  Anganwadi  Centres.  At  present,  there  are  836.25  lakh beneficiaries availing these services as on 30.06.2019.

## POSHAN Abhiyaan:

Government  has  set  up  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  on  18.12.2017  for  a  three  year  time  frame commencing from  2017-18  with  an  overall  budget  of  Rs.  9046  Crore.  To  ensure  a  holistic approach, all 37 States/UTs and districts have been covered. The goals of POSHAN Abhiyaan are to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner during the three years with fixed targets as under:

|   S.No | Objective                                                                                         | Target        |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|      1 | Prevent and reduce Stunting in children (0- 6 years)                                              | By 6% @2%p.a. |
|      2 | Prevent and reduce under-nutrition (underweight prevalence) in children (0-6 years)               | By 6% @2%p.a. |
|      3 | Reduce the prevalence of anemia among young Children(6-59 months)                                 | By 9% @3%p.a. |
|      4 | Reduce the prevalence of anemia among Women and Adolescent Girls in the age group of 15-49 years. | By 9% @3%p.a. |
|      5 | Reduce Low Birth Weight (LBW).                                                                    | By 6% @2%p.a. |

The Abhiyaan aims to reduce malnutrition in the Country in a phased manner, through a life cycle  approach,  by  adopting  a  synergised  and  result  oriented  approach.  The  Abhiyaan  will ensure mechanisms for timely service delivery and a robust monitoring as well as intervention infrastructure. Target is to bring down stunting of children in the age group of 0-6 years from 38.4%  to  25%  by  the  year  2022.  The  major  works  undertaken  under  this  Abhiyaan  are ensuring  convergence  with  various  other  programmes;  Information  Technology  enabled Common Application Software for strengthening service delivery and interventions; Community  Mobilization  and  Awareness  Advocacy  leading  to  Jan  Andolan-  to  educate  the people  on  nutritional  aspects;  Capacity  Building  of  Frontline  Functionaries,  incentivizing States/ UTs for achieving goals etc.

## Scheme for Adolescent Girls:

Realizing the multi-dimensional needs of out of school adolescent girls (11-14 years) and with a aim to motivate these girls to join school system, Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) has been expanded pan India from 1 st April, 2018 to focus on out of school adolescent girls in the age  group  of  11-14  years.  The  key  objective  of  the  scheme  is  to  facilitate,  educate  and empower  Adolescent  Girls  (AGs)  so  as  to  enable  them  to  become  self-reliant  and  aware citizens. Scheme is implemented through Anganwadi Centers (AWCs).

The scheme has two component Nutrition and Non nutrition Under non-nutrition component a package  of  services  is  given  to  adolescent  girls  including  i.e.  i)  Iron  and  Folic  Acid  (IFA) supplementation; ii)  Health  check-up  and  Referral  services;  iii)  Nutrition  &  Health  Education (NHE); iv) Mainstreaming out of school girls to join formal schooling; v) Life Skill Education; and vii) Counselling/Guidance on accessing Public Services.

## National Creche Scheme:

National Creche Scheme is being implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme through the State  Governments/UT  Administrations  with  effect  from  01.01.2017  to  provide  day  care facilities  to  children  (age  group  of  6  months  -  6  years)  of  working  mothers.  The  scheme provides an integrated package of the following services:

- (i) Daycare Facilities including Sleeping Facilities.
- (ii) Early Stimulation for children below 3 years and Pre-school Education for 3 to 6 years
- old children.
- (iii) Supplementary Nutrition (to be locally sourced)
- (iv) Growth Monitoring.
- (v) Health Check-up and Immunization'.

## Child Protection Services:

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a centrally sponsored Child Protection  Services  (CPS)  scheme  (erstwhile  Integrated  Child  Protection  Scheme)  for supporting the children in difficult circumstances, as envisaged under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act). Under CPS, Central Government is providing financial  assistance  to  the  States/UTs  for  undertaking  a  situational  analysis  of  children  in difficult  circumstances,  for  setting  up  and  maintenance  of  various  types  of  Child  Care Institutions (CCIs) in every district or group of districts, either by itself or through voluntary or Non-Governmental Organization. The primary responsibility of implementation of the scheme lies with the States/UTs.

Under the scheme institutional care is provided through CCIs, as a rehabilitative measure. The programmes and activities in Homes inter-alia include age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care,  counselling  etc.  The  scheme  provides  for education (including bridge education) with the help of Education Department specially with the help of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and National Open School. Under the non-institutional care component, support is extended for adoption, foster care and sponsorship. Further CPS also provides for  'After  care'  services  after  the  age  of  18  years  to  help  sustain  them  during  the transition from institutional to independent life. The scheme supports 24x7 outreach helpline service for children in distress. This service is available through a dedicated toll free number, 1098 which can be accessed by children in crisis or by adults on their behalf from any place in the  geographical  location  of  India.  As  per  information  provided  by  States/UTs  as  on  dated 2100  CCIs  are  presently  functioning  in  the  country  under  CPS  and  approximately  75660 children are being benefited through the scheme.

## Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana:

Objective of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana  Yojana (PMMVY)  is to provide partial compensation  for  the  wage  loss  in  terms  of  cash  incentive  so  that  the  woman  can  take adequate  rest  before  and  after  delivery  of  the  first  child;  and  to  provide  cash  incentive  to improve  health  seeking  behaviour  amongst  the  Pregnant  Women  &  Lactating  Mothers (PW&LM). Under the scheme, maternity benefit of Rs. 5,000 is transferred to the bank account of the eligible women. The maternity benefit is available to a woman for the first living child of family subject to fulfilment of conditionalities. All the pregnant women and lactating mothers in regular  employment  with  Central  Government  or  State  Governments  or  Public  Sector Undertakings or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force,  are  excluded.As  on  28 th November,  2019,  1,11,78,036women  have  been  paid  total benefit of Rs. 4571.27 crore.

## Mid-Day Meal Scheme:

The National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in Schools, popularly known as the Mid-Day Meal Scheme,  is  an  on-going  Centrally-Sponsored  Scheme  which  covers  all  school  Children Studying  in  Classes  I-VIII    of  Government,  Government-Aided,  Special  Training    Centres including Madarsas  and Maqtabs  supported under  Samagra Shiksha, During  2018-19 ,9.17 crore  children studying in 11.34 lakh institution have been benefitted under the Scheme.

## Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan:

The  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy  has  launched  the  Samagra  Shiksha  -  an Integrated  Scheme  for  School  Education  by  subsuming  the  erstwhile  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) from 2018-19.  It is an overarching programme for the school education  sector  extending  from  pre-school  to  class  XII  and  aims  to  ensure  inclusive  and equitable  quality  education  at  all  levels  of  school  education.  It  envisages  the  'school'  as  a continuum from pre-school, primary, upper primary, secondary to senior secondary levels.

The major interventions under the scheme are: (i) Universal Access including Infrastructure Development and Retention; (ii) Gender and Equity; (iii) Inclusive Education; (iv) Quality; (v) Financial support for Teacher Salary; (vi) Digital initiatives; (vii) Entitlements under the Right of Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  including  uniforms,  textbooks etc.;(viii) Pre-school Education; (ix) Vocational Education; (x) Sports and Physical Education; (xi) Strengthening of Teacher Education and Training; and (xii) Monitoring of the scheme.

## Ujjawala Scheme:

Ujjawala  scheme  has  been  implemented  by  this  Ministry  primarily  for  the  purpose  of preventing trafficking on the one hand and rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration and repatriation of  victims on the other. Under this Scheme funds are released to the State Government/UT Administration for further  disbursement  to  the  implementing agencies. The  objectives  of  the Schemes is as follows:

- (i) To prevent trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation through social mobilization and  involvement of local communities, awareness  generation programmes, generate public discourse through training, workshops/seminars and such events and any other innovative activity.
- (ii) To facilitate rescue of victims from the place of their exploitation and place them in safe custody.
- (iii) To  provide  rehabilitation  services  both  immediate  and  long-term  to  the  victims  by providing basic amenities/needs such as shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment. including, counselling, legal aid and guidance< e and vocational training.
- (iv) To facilitate reintegration of the victims into the family and society at large.
- (v) To facilitate repatriation of cross-border victims to their country of origin.

The  details  of  the  funds  allocated  under  the  aforesaid  schemes/programmes  along  with  its utilization during each of the last three years and the current year is at Annexure-I .

(d) The  Government  has  implemented  the  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual  Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 as a special law to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. The Act is a comprehensive law to provide for the protection of children from the offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography, while safeguarding the interests of the child  at  every  stage  of  the  judicial  process  by  incorporating  child-friendly  mechanisms  for reporting, recording of evidence, investigation and speedy trial of offences through designated Special Courts.

## Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act, 2019

Recently,  the  Government  of  India  has  notified  the  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual Offences  (Amendment)  Act,  2019  effective  from  16.08.2019.  The  POCSO  Act  has  been amended to  provide  for  more  stringent  punishments  such  as  increase  in  the  imprisonment period  and  life  imprisonment  for  remainder  life  of  the  perpetrator.  After  the  amendment, depending on the gravity of the offence the Courts may impose penalties on the perpetrator which includes the option of death penalty in extreme cases of aggravated penetrative sexual assault. Besides, the amendment has provided for a categorical definition of child pornography as  well  as  suitable  provisions  to  arrest  such  crimes.  Further  sub-section  9(v)  has  been introduced to include the offence of administering, or causing to be given, any hormone or any chemical substance, to a child to attain early sexual maturity for the purpose of penetrative sexual assault. Section 42 of the POCSO Act has also been amended to synchronize with the Section- 67B of Information Technology Act.

After the Amendment, Hon'ble Minister (WCD) had written to all the Chief Ministers, Members of Parliament, and Heads of local Bodies/PRIs to take note of the POCSO Act as amended, and take all necessary measures for its effective implementation. Secretary, MWCD had also written a letter to this effect to all the Secretaries of Line Ministries.

In  order  to  generate  awareness  about  the  POCSO  Act,  a  short  clip  (duration  45  secs)  on POCSO  Act  was  disseminated  in  Cinema  Halls  and  Doordarshan  across  the  nation  from 02.10.2019 to 08.10.2019.

Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development  has  also  requested  the  D/o  SE&L,MHRD  and Principal Secretaries of D/o School Education of all states/UTs to take necessary action for awareness and sensitization in schools on issue of child safety and prevention of child sexual abuse followed by subsequent reminder and follow-ups.

Letters have also been written to Chief Secretaries of all states/UTs for awareness generation on  the  POCSO Act and other compliances required as per the orders of Hon'ble Supreme Court  followed  by  subsequent  reminder.  On  the  request  of  MWCD,  Department  of  School Education and Literacy, MHRD, mentioned that they have started showing 'Komal', a short film on  child  safety  in  every  school.  Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  school  safety  pledge  has  been initiated.  Letters  have  been  sent to  all the  schools  to  display  the  Childline  Helpline  number. NISHTHA, a teacher training programme that aims to train 42 Lakhs teacher, Principals, Head of  elementary  level  Government  Schools,  faculty  members  of  District  Institute  of  Education and Training  (DIET),  State  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (SCERT)s,  Block Resource Coordinators (BRC) and Cluster Resource Coordinators (CRC) by the next financial year,  is  in  process.  NCERT  has  started  to  publish  the  1098  Childline  Helpline  number  and reference to POCSO e-box in every textbook.

Further,  the  National  and  State  Commissions  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  have  been established  under  the  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (CPCR)  Act,  2005.  The Commissions have been mandated vide Section 44 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to monitor the implementation of the POCSO Act, 2012.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has adopted the National Policy for Children (NPC), 2013 on 26 th April, 2013 which affirms the Government's commitment to realization of the rights of all children in the country.

A detailed and comprehensive National Plan of Action for Children, 2016 had been launched by the Ministry on 24.01.2017.

To eliminate the social evil of child marriage, the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (PCMA) has been enacted with the objective to provide for the prohibition of solemnisation of child marriages and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

## Measures taken by theMinistry of Home Affairs (MHA) to prevent and combat Human Trafficking

'Police' is a State subject under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and as such prevention of the crime of human trafficking and crime against children is the responsibility of State Governments. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs has been supplementing the efforts of  the  State  Governments  by  taking  various  initiatives  and  measures.  MHA  has  provided financial  assistance  to  all  States  for  setting  up  Anti  Human  Trafficking  Units  and  332  Anti Human  Trafficking  Units    have  been  set  up  in  various  Districts  of  the  States.  MHA  also provides financial assistance to the States and Judicial Academies in States to hold 'Judicial Colloquiums'  and  'State  level  conference'  to  sensitize  police  officials,  judicial  officers  and prosecutors  about  various  provisions  of  law  relevant  to  trafficking  and  their  role  in  curbing trafficking.  Meetings  of  Nodal  Officers  of  Anti  Human  Trafficking  Units  of  States  and  UTs, including  Central  Ministries/Departments  like  the  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Ministry of External Affairs (Protector of Emigrants), Ministry of Railways, Border Security Force, Sashastra Seema Bal and civil society organizations etc. are  convened  by  MHA  on  periodic  basis  to  review  and  discuss  issues  relating  to  Human Trafficking    and  to  sensitize  the  participants  on  latest  developments  on  human  trafficking issues. MHA has also issued various advisories to the States and UTs from time to time on preventing and combating human trafficking. These advisories are available at MHA's website www.mha.gov.in.  Through  the  National  Investigation  Agency  (Amendment)  Act,  2019,  the Schedule of NIA Act, 2008 has been amended and National Investigation Agency has been empowered to investigate the cases committed under Sections 370 and 370A of Indian Penal Code relating to Human Trafficking.

## Annexure-I

## Statement referred to in reply to part (c) ofLok  Sabha Starred Question No. 173 to be answered on 29.11.2019 regarding "Schemes for Welfare of Children" Year-wise fund released and utilization under Anganwadi Services

(Rupees in lakhs)

|                    | 2016-17       | 2016-17        | 2016-17        | 2017-18       | 2017-18        | 2017-18        | 2018-19       | 2018-19        | 2018-19        | 2019-20 (Till 18.11.2019)   | 2019-20 (Till 18.11.2019)   | 2019-20 (Till 18.11.2019)                                                                          |
|--------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Scheme             | APIP Approved | Funds released | Funds Utilized | APIP Approved | Funds released | Funds Utilized | APIP Approved | Funds released | Funds Utilized | APIP Approved               | Funds released              | Funds Utilized                                                                                     |
| Anganwadi Services | 1587118.02    | 1442970        | 1252709.83     | 1569801.35    | 1509431.95     | 1213863.8      | 1688178.53    | 1675018.08     | 749081.76      | 1992767.61                  | 1400306.32                  | Fund utilized will be calculated after total releases and after receiving UCs/SoEs from States/UTs |

## Year-wise fund release and utilisation under POSHAN Abhiyaan to States and UTs with legislature

|          |                |           |                                          | 2019-20                               | 2019-20                                                   | 2019-20                                                   | 2019-20                                                   | 2019-20                                                   |
|----------|----------------|-----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Scheme   | funds Released |           | Central share utilization during 2018-19 | Central funds released during 2019-20 | Central share utilization during 2019-20 as on 31.10.2019 | Central share utilization during 2019-20 as on 31.10.2019 | Central share utilization during 2019-20 as on 31.10.2019 | Central share utilization during 2019-20 as on 31.10.2019 |
|          | 2018-19        | Total     |                                          |                                       |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |
| POSHAN   |                |           |                                          |                                       |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |
|          |                | 318388.68 | 55678.82                                 |                                       |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |
|          |                |           |                                          | 106502.96                             | 71673.64                                                  | 71673.64                                                  | 71673.64                                                  | 71673.64                                                  |
| Abhiyaan |                |           |                                          |                                       |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |
|          | 254404.39      |           |                                          |                                       |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |
| 63984.29 |                |           |                                          |                                       |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |                                                           |

## Year-wise fund release and utilisation under POSHAN Abhiyaan to UTs without legislature

|                 | 2017-18 & 2018-19                     | 2017-18 & 2018-19      | 2017-18 & 2018-19      | 2017-18 & 2018-19                        | 2019-20                               | 2019-20                                                   |
|-----------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Scheme          | Central funds Released                | Central funds Released | Central funds Released | Central share utilization during 2018-19 | Central funds released during 2019-20 | Central share utilization during 2019-20 as on 31.10.2019 |
| Scheme          | 2017 - 18 + Unspent Balance of ISSNIP | 2018-19                | Total                  |                                          |                                       |                                                           |
| POSHAN Abhiyaan | 469.99                                | 1189.59                | 1659.58                | 504.29                                   | 1839.48                               | 532.33                                                    |

(Rupees in lakhs)

(Rupees in lakhs)

Note:    Though funds were released to States/UTs during 2017-18, no States/UTs except Mizoram and Chandigarh could utilize funds. Only Mizoram utilized ₹ 119.38 lakh and UT of Chandigarh ₹36,000/-

## Year-wise fund release and utilisation under Scheme for Adolescent Girls

(Rs. in lakh)

| Scheme                      | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|                             | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  |
| Scheme for Adolescent Girls | 47700.06  | 50722.88  | 44629.53  | 40181.3   | 20403.88  | 9869.39   | 8438.58   | 668.23    |

## Year-wise fund release and utilisation under National Crèche Scheme

## (Rs. in lakhs)

| Scheme   | Scheme   |   2016-17 (w.e.f. 1.1.2017) Amount released |   2017-18 Amount released |   2018-19 Amount released |   2019-20 Amount released |   Total Amount Utilized |
|----------|----------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| National | Crèche   |                                     4682.81 |                   4892.43 |                   2805.54 |                   1760.47 |                 3837.46 |

## Year-wise fund release and utilisation under Child Protection Scheme

(Rs.in lakhs)

|                         | 2016-17         | 2016-17         | 2017-18         | 2017-18         | 2018-19         | 2018-19         | 2019-20         |
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Scheme                  | Amount released | Amount Utilized | Amount released | Amount Utilized | Amount released | Amount Utilized | Amount released |
| Child Protection Scheme | 50847.97        | 46769.35        | 52469.95        | 52823.64        | 73451.70        | 63011.68        | 58752.16        |

## Year-wise fund release and utilisation under Pradhan MantriMatruVandanaYojana (PMMVY)

| Scheme   | 2017-18 (Rs. In Lakh)   | 2017-18 (Rs. In Lakh)   | 2018-19 (Rs. In Lakh)   | 2018-19 (Rs. In Lakh)   | 2019-20 (As on 14.11.2019) (Rs. In Lakh)   | 2019-20 (As on 14.11.2019) (Rs. In Lakh)   |
|----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|          | Sanctioned/Released     | Utilised*               | Sanctioned/Released     | Utilised*               | Sanctioned/Released                        | Utilised*                                  |
| PMMVY    | 204859.26               | 32757.71                | 104955.77               | 236245.76               | 116729.76                                  | 197803.76                                  |

## Year-wise fund release and utilisation under Mid-Day Meal Scheme

(Rs. in lakh)

| Central Assistance Allocated /Released   | Utilization   | Central Assistance Allocated/ Released   | Utilization   | Central Assistance/ Allocated/ Released   | Utilization   | Central Assistance allocated/Released as on19.11.2019   |
|------------------------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17                                  | 2016-17       | 2017-18                                  | 2017-18       | 2018-19                                   | 2018-19       | 2019-20                                                 |
| 9478.61                                  | 9301.51       | 9090.68                                  | 9075.76       | 9512.35                                   | 9227.52       | 5480.18                                                 |

## Year-wise fund release and expenditure under SamagraShiksha/erstwhile SSA&RMSA

|   S. No. | Year                                       |   Central Releases |   Expenditure* |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|        1 | 2016-17 (SSA & RMSA)                       |            25345.7 |        56571   |
|        2 | 2017-18(SSA & RMSA)                        |            27508.1 |        54897.6 |
|        3 | 2018-19 (SamagraShiksha)                   |            29294.2 |        45284.9 |
|        4 | 2019-20 (SamagraShiksha) upto October 2019 |            20846.3 |        17238.7 |

## Year-wise fund release and expenditure under Ujjawala Scheme

|   S.N. | Year                       |   Allocation (Revised Estimate) | (Amount in Lakh) Utilization   |
|--------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|      1 | 2016-17                    |                            2400 | 1065.24                        |
|      2 | 2017-18                    |                            3000 | 729.22                         |
|      3 | 2018-19                    |                            2000 | 110.98                         |
|      4 | 2019-20 (As on 27.11.2019) |                            3000 | Nil                            |

(Rs. in crore)