Lok Sabha Question No. 5517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Digitisation of Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, D. Ravikumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5517

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2019

## DIGITISATION OF ANGANWADI CENTRES

## 5517. SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI: SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:

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

- (a) whether the Government of India has started digitisation of data pertaining to Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) across the country for effective monitoring of these centres;
- (b) if so, the status of such digitisation in each state, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of mechanism and strategies applied to ensure its completion;
- (d) whether the Government has proposed a timeline for the completion of said digitisation of AWCs and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the initiatives taken by the Central and the State Governments to improve nutrition, literacy and numeracy skill of children in AWCs?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILDDEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) &  (b):  The  ICDS  Scheme  has  an  in-built  monitoring  system  since  its  inception  to  track  the physical progress of the scheme in respect of various input process, output and impact indicators through  a  standardized  Management  Information  System  (MIS)  through  regular  reports  on monthly,  quarterly  and  half  yearly  basis.  To  strengthen  the  monitoring  of  Anganwadi  Services Scheme revised MIS known as ICDS-Rapid Reporting System (RRS) has also been introduced for capturing the data of AWCs online. Under the ICDS-RRS each Anganwadi Centre is assigned a 11 digit unique code and login password is allotted at the supervisor level to submit the monthly progress report.  As  on  31 st   March  2019,  out  of  13,72,872  operational  AWCs  13,61,714  AWCs have  been  assigned  the  11  digit  unique  code.  The  State-wise  detail  is  given  at Annexure-I. Assigning the 11 digit unique code to the remaining AWCs is already on.

In addition, the digitization of physical registers has been taken up with roll-out of ICDSCAS Software Application  under  POSHAN Abhiyaan Mission  of  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child Development.  The ICDS-CAS mobile based software enables the identification of underweight children based on auto-plotting of Growth Charts. The drill-down dashboard available at National, State, District, Block level contributes towards identifying and addressing the problem of nutrition. Thus,  improve  overall  service  delivery.  As  on  30 th   June,  2019  more  than  3,55,000  Anganwadi Workers are using ICDS-CAS Application across 21 States/UTs. The State-wise details are at Annexure -II.

- (c) &  (d):  Under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  Smart  Phones  are  provided  to  Supervisors  and  Anganwadi workers  to  provide  online  data.  The  mechanism  to  implement  the  project  in  State/UTs  include regular review through Video Conferencing, meetings and visits by officers to the States/UTs. The timeline to implement the activities under POSHAN Abhiyaan is March 2020 for all State/UTs.
- (e) The  child  beneficiaries  under  the  Anganwadi  Services  Scheme  are  provided  Supplementary Nutrition as per the guidelines. Monthly Village Health and Sanitation Day and Community Based Events  are  organised  by  States/UTs  to  improve  status  of  nutrition  of  children.  Pre-school Education is another service provided under the Anganwadi Services scheme. This covers nonformal education to the children in the age group of 3-6 years.  State/UTs are provided with the funds  for  Pre-School  Education  Kits  for  each  Anganwadi  Centre  @  Rs.  5,000/-  per  annum. Training is imparted to Anganwadi Workers so that they can improve the literacy and numeracy skills of children of their respective AWC.

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ANNEXURE-I 26.07.2019

| S. No.   | State Name             | Sanctioned AWC                               |   Operational AWC |   AWC Assigned Unique Code Through RRS |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1        | A& N ISLANDS           | 720                                          |               720 |                                    717 |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH         | 55607                                        |             55607 |                                  55531 |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH      | 6225                                         |              6225 |                                   6160 |
| 4        | ASSAM                  | 62153                                        |             62153 |                                  61700 |
| 5        | BIHAR                  | 115009                                       |             99583 |                                  99583 |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH             | 450                                          |               450 |                                    450 |
| 7        | CHHATTISGARH           | 52474                                        |             51215 |                                  51215 |
| 8        | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI | 302                                          |               302 |                                    303 |
| 9        | DAMAN AND DIU          | 107                                          |               107 |                                    102 |
| 10       | DELHI                  | 10897                                        |             10897 |                                  10908 |
| 11       | GOA                    | 1262                                         |              1262 |                                   1263 |
| 12       | GUJARAT                | 53029                                        |             53029 |                                  53092 |
| 13       | HARYANA                | 25962                                        |             25962 |                                  25987 |
| 14       | HIMACHAL PRADESH       | 18925                                        |             18925 |                                  18947 |
| 15       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR      | 31938                                        |             29599 |                                  28737 |
| 16       | JHARKHAND              | 38432                                        |             38432 |                                  38438 |
| 17       | KARNATAKA              | 65911                                        |             65911 |                                  66002 |
| 18       | KERALA                 | 33318                                        |             33244 |                                  33144 |
| 19       | LAKSHADWEEP            | 107                                          |               107 |                                    107 |
| 20       | MADHYA PRADESH         | 97135                                        |             97135 |                                  97851 |
| 21       | MAHARASHTRA            | 110486                                       |            110219 |                                 104252 |
| 22       | MANIPUR                | 11510                                        |             11510 |                                  11542 |
| 23       | MEGHALAYA              | 5896                                         |              5896 |                                   5896 |
| 24       | MIZORAM                | 2244                                         |              2244 |                                   2244 |
| 25       | NAGALAND               | 3980                                         |              3980 |                                      0 |
| 26       | ODISHA                 | 74154                                        |             72587 |                                  72560 |
| 27       | PUDUCHERRY             | 855                                          |               855 |                                    855 |
| 28       | PUNJAB                 | 27314                                        |             27279 |                                  27279 |
| 29       | RAJASTHAN              | 62010                                        |             61974 |                                  61316 |
| 30       | SIKKIM                 | 1308                                         |              1308 |                                   1308 |
| 31       | TAMIL NADU             | 54439                                        |             54439 |                                  54535 |
| 32       | TELANGANA              | 35700                                        |             35634 |                                  35634 |
| 33       | TRIPURA                | 10145                                        |              9911 |                                   9885 |
| 34       | UTTAR PRADESH          | 190145                                       |            187997 |                                 187997 |
| 35       | UTTARAKHAND            | 20067                                        |             20067 |                                  20067 |
| 36       | WEST BENGAL            | 119481                                       |            116107 |                                 116107 |
|          | Total                  | 1399697 [ 1400000 Earlier sanctioned by GoI] |           1372872 |                                1361714 |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO REPLY IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 5517 FOR Status of Anganwadi Centres Assigned 11 Digit Unique Code

## ANNEXURE-II

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO REPLY IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 5517 FOR 26.07.2019

| S.no   | Name of the State/UT      | Number of AWCs using ICDS-CAS (as on 30.06.2019)   |   Number of AWCs using ICDS-CAS (as on 30.06.2019) |
|--------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1.     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                                    |                                                640 |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh            |                                                    |                                              55560 |
| 3.     | Bihar                     |                                                    |                                              26618 |
| 4.     | Chandigarh                |                                                    |                                                450 |
| 5.     | Chhattisgarh              |                                                    |                                              10473 |
| 6.     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                                    |                                                303 |
| 7.     | Daman & Diu               |                                                    |                                                102 |
| 8.     | Himachal Pradesh          |                                                    |                                               7596 |
| 9.     | Jharkhand                 |                                                    |                                              10715 |
| 10.    | Madhya Pradesh            |                                                    |                                              27800 |
| 11.    | Maharashtra               |                                                    |                                             107444 |
| 12.    | Meghalaya                 |                                                    |                                                 43 |
| 13.    | Mizoram                   |                                                    |                                               2244 |
| 14.    | Nagaland                  |                                                    |                                               3334 |
| 15.    | Puducherry                |                                                    |                                                837 |
| 16.    | Rajasthan                 |                                                    |                                              18739 |
| 17.    | Sikkim                    |                                                    |                                                818 |
| 18.    | Tamil Nadu                |                                                    |                                              18573 |
| 19.    | Telangana                 |                                                    |                                              11037 |
| 20.    | Uttar Pradesh             |                                                    |                                              50620 |
| 21.    | Uttarakhand               |                                                    |                                               1696 |
|        | Total                     |                                                    |                                             355642 |