Lok Sabha Question No. 3980 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Anganwadi Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3980

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2021

## ANGANWADI WORKERS

## †3980. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

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

- (a) the total number of Anganwadi workers and Anganwadi Helpers in the country, State/UT-wise, district-wise;
- (b) the number of Anganwadi centres operational in Bijnor Parliamentary Constituency; and
- (c) the criteria under which the Government makes payment against the expenditure incurred on services being provided by Anganwadi?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)     As  on  30 th September,  2020,  there  are  13,25,335  Anganwadi  Workers (AWWs)  and  11,81,152   Anganwadi  Helpers  (AWHs)  working  across  the  country. State/UT-wise  details  of  AWWs  and  AWHs  is annexed .  However,  district-wise  and parliamentary  constituency-wise  information  of  Anganwadi  Centres  and  AAWWs  & AWHs is not maintained at central level.

(c)   On  the  basis  of  requirement  of  funds  furnished  by  the  States/UTs,  Annual Programme Implementation Plan (APIP) of States/UTs is finalized at the beginning of the  financial  year.  Funds  are  released  on  the  basis  of  APIP  and  as  per  expenditure incurred under Utilization Certificates and Statements of Expenditure by each State/UT.

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## ANNEXURE  REFRRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3980  FOR  19.03.2021  REGARDING  'ANGANWADI  WORKERS' ASKED BY SHRI MALOOK NAGAR.

State/UT-wise details of number of Sanctioned, In-Position and Vacant posts of Anganwadi Workers/ Helpers as on 30 th September, 2020

| S. No.                                  | State/UT                                | No. of AWWs    | No. of AWWs   | No. of AWWs   | No. of AWHs   | No. of AWHs   | No. of AWHs   |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| S. No.                                  | State/UT                                | Sanctioned In- | position      | Vacant        | Sanctioned    | In- position  | Vacant        |
| 1                                       | 2                                       | 9              | 10            | 11            | 12            | 13            | 14            |
| 1Andhra Pradesh                         |                                         | 55607          | 53634         | 1973          | 48768         | 44687         | 4081          |
| 2Telangana                              | 2Telangana                              | 35700          | 33970         | 1730          | 31711         | 28647         | 3064          |
| 3 Arunachal Pradesh                     | 3 Arunachal Pradesh                     | 6225           | 6225          | 0             | 6225          | 6225          | 0             |
| 4Assam                                  | 4Assam                                  |                | 61502         | 651           | 56728         | 56008         | 720           |
|                                         |                                         | 62153          |               |               |               |               |               |
| 5Bihar                                  | 5Bihar                                  | 115009         | 109987        | 5022          | 107894        | 100333        | 7561          |
| 6Chhattisgarh 7Goa                      | 6Chhattisgarh 7Goa                      | 52474          | 49856         | 2618          | 46660         | 43123         | 3537          |
|                                         |                                         | 1262           | 1196          | 66            | 1262          | 1170          | 92            |
| 8Gujarat 9Haryana                       | 8Gujarat 9Haryana                       | 53029 25962    | 49993 24838   | 3036 1124     | 51229 25450   | 47068 23889   | 4161 1561     |
| Himachal                                | Himachal                                |                |               |               |               |               | 337           |
| 10 Pradesh                              | 10 Pradesh                              | 18925          | 18723         | 202           | 18386         | 18049         |               |
| 11Jharkhand                             | 11Jharkhand                             | 38432          | 37821         | 611           | 35881         | 35303         | 578           |
| 13Kerala                                | 13Kerala                                | 33318          |               |               | 33189         | 32986         |               |
|                                         |                                         |                | 33115         | 203           |               |               | 203           |
| 14Madhya Pradesh                        | 14Madhya Pradesh                        | 97135          | 95915         | 1220          | 84465         | 82798         | 1667          |
| 15Maharashtra                           | 15Maharashtra                           | 110486         | 104689        | 5797          | 97475         | 88353         | 9122          |
| 16Manipur                               | 16Manipur                               | 11510          | 11302         | 208           | 9958          | 9797          | 161           |
| 17Meghalaya 18Mizoram                   | 17Meghalaya 18Mizoram                   | 5896           | 5883 2244     | 13 0          | 4630          | 4623          | 7 0           |
|                                         |                                         | 2244           |               |               | 2244          | 2244          |               |
| 19Nagaland*                             | 19Nagaland*                             | 3980           | 3980          | 0             | 3980          | 3980          | 0             |
| 20Odisha                                | 20Odisha                                | 74154          | 71606         | 2548          | 63738         | 61418         | 2320          |
| 21Punjab                                | 21Punjab                                | 27314          | 26492         | 822           | 26074         | 23272         | 2802          |
| 22Rajasthan                             | 22Rajasthan                             | 62010          | 59574         | 2436          | 55806         | 52954         | 2852          |
| 23Sikkim 24Tamil Nadu                   | 23Sikkim 24Tamil Nadu                   | 1308           | 1308 47554    | 0 6885        | 1308 49499    | 1308 42273    | 0 7226        |
| 25Tripura                               | 25Tripura                               | 54439          |               |               | 10145         | 9911          | 234           |
| 26Uttar Pradesh                         | 26Uttar Pradesh                         | 10145          | 9911          | 234           | 167855        | 143426        | 24429         |
|                                         |                                         | 190145         | 170869        | 19276         |               |               | 698           |
| 27Uttrakhand                            | 27Uttrakhand                            | 20067          | 19496         | 571           | 14947         | 14249         |               |
| 28West Bengal 29A & N Islands           | 28West Bengal 29A & N Islands           | 119481         | 107788 720    | 11693         | 119481        | 101347        | 18134         |
|                                         |                                         | 720            |               | 0             | 689           | 689           | 0             |
| 30Chandigarh                            | 30Chandigarh                            | 450            | 450           | 0             | 450           | 450           | 0             |
| 31Delhi 32 Dadra & N Haveli and Daman & | 31Delhi 32 Dadra & N Haveli and Daman & | 10897 409      | 10392 403     | 505 6         | 10897 354     | 10739 337     | 158 17        |
| Diu 33 Jammu & Kashmir                  | Diu 33 Jammu & Kashmir                  |                |               | 3254          | 30765         | 27601         | 3164          |
| 34Ladakh                                | 34Ladakh                                | 30765 1173     | 27511 1134    | 39            | 1173          | 1113          | 60            |
| 35Lakshadweep                           | 35Lakshadweep                           | 107            | 107           | 0             | 96            | 96            | 0             |
| 36Puducherry Total                      | 36Puducherry Total                      | 855            | 730           | 125           | 855           | 725           | 130           |
|                                         | 13,99,697                               |                | 13,25,335     | 74,362        | 12,82,847     | 11,81,152     | 1,01,695      |