Lok Sabha Question No. 2576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: Restructuring of ICDS
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2576

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2020

## RESTRUCTURING OF ICDS

## †2576 . SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  schemes  being  implemented  under  the  Integrated  Child Development    Service  (ICDS)  along  with  the  total  number  of  beneficiaries under the scheme across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal to strengthen and restructure the ICDS scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)          whether the Government has conducted any survey to assess the number of corruption cases in the disbursement of funds under the various ICDS schemes across the country;
- (d)           if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government for the effective implementation  of  ICDS  programme  to  minimize  infant-mortality  rates  across the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The Anganwadi Services [erstwhile Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme] 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  6  months-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  13.79  lakh operational Anganwadi Centres. At present, there are 795.87 lakh beneficiaries availing these services as on 30.09.2019. State-wise statement of beneficiaries under Anganwadi Services is placed at Annexure .

- (b) No, sir.
- (c) No, sir.
- (d) Does not arise.

(e) Anganwadi Services aim to improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group of 6 months-6 years, pregnant women & lactating mothers and reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity and malnutrition. Under the Scheme, a package of six  services  is  provided  through  a  network  of  13.79  lakh  Anganwadi  Centres  in  the country as on 30.09.2019. The  scheme  is  universal, open  to all the covered beneficiaries and is self selecting.

For  effective  implementation  of  the  Anganwadi  Services,  a  number  of  reforms have taken place in the recent past i.e. increasing the cost norms for Supplementary Nutrition (SN) given to beneficiaries, improving the availability of water and sanitation facilities at the AWCs, improving the service condition of Anganwadi Workers/Anganwadi  Helpers  by  giving them  better opportunities in their career progression  and  revision  of  their  honorarium,  release  of  funds  based  on  the  Annual Programme Implementation Plan (APIP) of the States/UTs, introducing Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) policy, Curriculum and Standards for ECCE, age appropriate activity books under ECCE, etc.

The  Government  has  set  up  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  which  has  a  number  of  new components  contributing  to  the  improved  services  delivery  under  the  Anganwadi Services i.e. monitoring of the scheme through Common Application Software (CAS) by providing  Smart  phones  to  the  Anganwadi  Workers  &  lady  Supervisors  as  job  aid, introducing  incentive  for  better  performing  States,  provision  of  performance  based incentives for Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers.

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## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2576 for 06.03.2020 asked by Shri Basanta Kumar Panda regarding "Restructuring of ICDS"

## Anganwadi Centres Sanctioned and Operational under Anganwadi Services  Scheme Quarter Ending 30 September 2019

| S.N o   | State/Uts         | No. of ICDS Projects   | No. of ICDS Projects   | No. of Anganwadi Centres   | No. of Anganwadi Centres   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition               | Beneficiaries of Pre-school   | Beneficiaries of Pre-school   | Beneficiaries of Pre-school   |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S.N o   | State/Uts         | Sanctioned             | Operational            | Sanctioned                 | Operational                | Children (6 months - 3 years)              | Children (3 - 6 years)                     | Total Children (6 months - 6 years)        | Pregnant & lactating Mothers (P&LM)        | Total Beneficiaries (Children 6 mo- 6 years plus P&LM) | Boys (3 - 6 years)            | Education Girls (3 - 6 years) | Total (3 - 6 years)           |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 257                    | 257                    | 55607                      | 55607                      | 1409492                                    | 747200                                     | 2156692                                    | 636873                                     | 2793565                                                | 377298                        | 378464                        | 755762                        |
| 2       | Telangana         | 149                    | 149                    | 35700                      | 35634                      | 878795                                     | 440477                                     | 1319272                                    | 341212                                     | 1660484                                                | 294152                        | 293408                        | 587560                        |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | 98                     | 98                     | 6225                       | 6225                       | 44381                                      | 42739                                      | 87120                                      | 87120                                      | 174240                                                 | 44381                         | 42739                         | 87120                         |
| 4       | Assam             | 231                    | 231                    | 62153                      | 62153                      | 957147                                     | 1020459                                    | 1977606                                    | 224169                                     | 2201775                                                | 511118                        | 509341                        | 1020459                       |
| 5       | Bihar             | 544                    | 544                    | 115009                     | 105383                     | 3141208                                    | 2963208                                    | 6104416                                    | 1375960                                    | 7480376                                                | 1777924                       | 1185284                       | 2963208                       |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 220                    | 220                    | 52474                      | 51414                      | 926760                                     | 683602                                     | 1610362                                    | 383386                                     | 1993748                                                | 335762                        | 347840                        | 683602                        |
| 7       | Goa               | 11                     | 11                     | 1262                       | 1262                       | 35001                                      | 15360                                      | 50361                                      | 14601                                      | 64962                                                  | 7631                          | 7729                          | 15360                         |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 336                    | 336                    | 53029                      | 53029                      | 1535885                                    | 1225072                                    | 2760957                                    | 664164                                     | 3425121                                                | 580371                        | 569976                        | 1150347                       |
| 9       | Haryana           | 148                    | 148                    | 25962                      | 25962                      | 563926                                     | 238712                                     | 802638                                     | 257481                                     | 1060119                                                | 119286                        | 119426                        | 238712                        |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 78                     | 78                     | 18925                      | 18925                      | 245765                                     | 122721                                     | 368486                                     | 95743                                      | 464229                                                 | 39084                         | 40033                         | 79117                         |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 141                    | 141                    | 31938                      | 29599                      | 361036                                     | 256726                                     | 617762                                     | 156894                                     | 774656                                                 | 140140                        | 134211                        | 274351                        |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 224                    | 224                    | 38432                      | 38432                      | 337360                                     | 326326                                     | 663686                                     | 136599                                     | 800285                                                 | 442895                        | 443232                        | 886127                        |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 204                    | 204                    | 65911                      | 65911                      | 2141250                                    | 1339323                                    | 3480573                                    | 619672                                     | 4100245                                                | 707102                        | 705454                        | 1412556                       |
| 14      | Kerala            | 258                    | 258                    | 33318                      | 33244                      | 429204                                     | 368065                                     | 797269                                     | 237780                                     | 1035049                                                | 189213                        | 178852                        | 368065                        |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 453                    | 453                    | 97135                      | 97135                      | 3235719                                    | 2948939                                    | 6184658                                    | 1407225                                    | 7591883                                                | 1618173                       | 1619142                       | 3237315                       |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 553                    | 553                    | 110486                     | 110219                     | 2519175                                    | 2293022                                    | 4812197                                    | 925791                                     | 5737988                                                | 1015946                       | 994126                        | 2010072                       |
| 17      | Manipur           | 43                     | 43                     | 11510                      | 11510                      | 149253                                     | 183272                                     | 332525                                     | 54954                                      | 387479                                                 | 92162                         | 90164                         | 182326                        |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 41                     | 41                     | 5896                       | 5896                       | 207245                                     | 243315                                     | 450560                                     | 74829                                      | 525389                                                 | 96195                         | 95278                         | 191473                        |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 27                     | 27                     | 2244                       | 2244                       | 49123                                      | 35001                                      | 84124                                      | 20922                                      | 105046                                                 | 22538                         | 22545                         | 45083                         |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 60                     | 60                     | 3980                       | 3980                       | 142072                                     | 145271                                     | 287343                                     | 50953                                      | 338296                                                 | 73030                         | 71222                         | 144252                        |
| 21      | Odisha            | 338                    | 338                    | 74154                      | 72587                      | 1627011                                    | 1369265                                    | 2996276                                    | 666386                                     | 3662662                                                | 695120                        | 693518                        | 1388638                       |
| 22      | Punjab            | 155                    | 155                    | 27314                      | 27291                      | 424036                                     | 239237                                     | 663273                                     | 183167                                     | 846440                                                 | 120269                        | 117243                        | 237512                        |

| 23                                                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                                                  | 304                                                                                                        | 304                                                                                                        | 62010                                                                                                      | 61974                                                                                                      | 1632935                                                                                                    | 992631                                                                                                     | 2625566                                                                                                    | 830313   | 3455879   | 501380   | 490935    | 992315   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|
| 24                                                                                                         | Sikkim                                                                                                     | 13                                                                                                         | 13 1308                                                                                                    |                                                                                                            | 1308                                                                                                       | 9145                                                                                                       | 8093                                                                                                       | 17238                                                                                                      | 4126     | 21364     | 4164     | 3926      | 8090     |
| 25 Tamil                                                                                                   | Nadu                                                                                                       | 434                                                                                                        | 434 54439                                                                                                  |                                                                                                            | 54439                                                                                                      | 1813216 636819                                                                                             |                                                                                                            | 2450035                                                                                                    | 715622   | 3165657   | 565779   | 548741    | 1114520  |
| 26                                                                                                         | Tripura                                                                                                    | 56                                                                                                         | 56                                                                                                         | 10145                                                                                                      | 9911                                                                                                       | 147470                                                                                                     | 152174                                                                                                     | 299644                                                                                                     | 61069    | 360713    | 86523    | 83388     | 169911   |
| 27 Uttar                                                                                                   | Pradesh                                                                                                    | 897                                                                                                        | 897                                                                                                        | 190145                                                                                                     | 187997                                                                                                     | 8285267                                                                                                    | 5150829                                                                                                    | 13436096                                                                                                   | 3835154  | 17271250  | 2721650  | 2581307   | 5302957  |
| 28 Uttrakhand                                                                                              |                                                                                                            | 105                                                                                                        | 105                                                                                                        | 20067                                                                                                      | 20067                                                                                                      | 375884                                                                                                     | 151623                                                                                                     | 527507                                                                                                     | 145027   | 672534    | 100902   | 102074    | 202976   |
| 29                                                                                                         | West Bengal                                                                                                | 576                                                                                                        | 576                                                                                                        | 119481                                                                                                     | 116382                                                                                                     | 2851673                                                                                                    | 2671982                                                                                                    | 5523655                                                                                                    | 1212400  | 6736055   | 1298763  | 1282497   | 2581260  |
| 30 A & N                                                                                                   | Islands                                                                                                    | 5                                                                                                          | 5                                                                                                          | 720                                                                                                        | 720                                                                                                        | 7454                                                                                                       | 3371                                                                                                       | 10825                                                                                                      | 3664     | 14489     | 1674     | 1663      | 3337     |
| 31                                                                                                         | Chandigarh**                                                                                               | 3                                                                                                          | 3                                                                                                          | 450                                                                                                        | 450                                                                                                        | 21409                                                                                                      | 27010                                                                                                      | 48419                                                                                                      | 6736     | 55155     | 14113    | 12897     | 27010    |
| 32                                                                                                         | Delhi*                                                                                                     | 95                                                                                                         | 95                                                                                                         | 10897                                                                                                      | 10897                                                                                                      | 304604                                                                                                     | 118954                                                                                                     | 423558                                                                                                     | 113938   | 537496    | 58809    | 60147     | 118956   |
| 33 Dadra Haveli                                                                                            | & N                                                                                                        | 2                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                          | 302                                                                                                        | 302                                                                                                        | 8815                                                                                                       | 11240                                                                                                      | 20055                                                                                                      | 6960     | 27015     | 5572     | 5668      | 11240    |
| 34 Daman                                                                                                   | & Diu                                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                          | 107                                                                                                        | 107                                                                                                        | 2492                                                                                                       | 1750                                                                                                       | 4242                                                                                                       | 3369     | 7611      | 874      | 883       | 1757     |
| 35 Lakshadweep                                                                                             |                                                                                                            | 9                                                                                                          | 9                                                                                                          | 107                                                                                                        | 107                                                                                                        | 2622                                                                                                       | 799                                                                                                        | 3421                                                                                                       | 1101     | 4522      | 417      | 382       | 799      |
| 36 Puducherry                                                                                              |                                                                                                            | 5                                                                                                          | 5                                                                                                          | 855                                                                                                        | 855                                                                                                        | 23568                                                                                                      | 682                                                                                                        | 24250                                                                                                      | 9450     | 33700     | 347      | 335       | 682      |
| All India                                                                                                  | All India                                                                                                  | 7075                                                                                                       | 7075                                                                                                       | 1399697 [1400000 saned. by GOI]                                                                            | 1379158                                                                                                    | 36847398                                                                                                   | 27175269                                                                                                   | 64022667                                                                                                   | 15564810 | 79587477  | 14660757 | 1383407 0 | 28494827 |
| Based on State/UTs level consolidated report.                                                              | Based on State/UTs level consolidated report.                                                              | Based on State/UTs level consolidated report.                                                              |                                                                                                            |                                                                                                            |                                                                                                            |                                                                                                            |                                                                                                            |                                                                                                            |          |           |          |           |          |
| *253 AWCs surrendered by NCT of Delhi accepted in MWCDvide order no11-33/2015-CD-I Dated 16 November 2018. | *253 AWCs surrendered by NCT of Delhi accepted in MWCDvide order no11-33/2015-CD-I Dated 16 November 2018. | *253 AWCs surrendered by NCT of Delhi accepted in MWCDvide order no11-33/2015-CD-I Dated 16 November 2018. | *253 AWCs surrendered by NCT of Delhi accepted in MWCDvide order no11-33/2015-CD-I Dated 16 November 2018. | *253 AWCs surrendered by NCT of Delhi accepted in MWCDvide order no11-33/2015-CD-I Dated 16 November 2018. | *253 AWCs surrendered by NCT of Delhi accepted in MWCDvide order no11-33/2015-CD-I Dated 16 November 2018. | *253 AWCs surrendered by NCT of Delhi accepted in MWCDvide order no11-33/2015-CD-I Dated 16 November 2018. | *253 AWCs surrendered by NCT of Delhi accepted in MWCDvide order no11-33/2015-CD-I Dated 16 November 2018. | *253 AWCs surrendered by NCT of Delhi accepted in MWCDvide order no11-33/2015-CD-I Dated 16 November 2018. |          |           |          |           |          |