Lok Sabha Question No. 4440 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Capacity Building for Anganwadi Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rahul Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4440

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2020

## CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ANGANWADI WORKERS

## 4440. SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

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

- (a) the number of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) across the country, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  plans  to  induct/appoint  additional  AWW  and  AWH, especially to step up efforts to tackle childhood malnutrition, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the measures being taken towards building capacity of AWWs to help improve the nutritional outcomes of children enrolled at AWCs; and
- (d) the details of allocations made by the Ministry to various States under the National Food  Security  Act  for  the  supplementary  nutrition  programme  under  the  umbrella Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) over the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

(a) &  (b)  State/UT-wise  number  of  Anganwadi  Workers  (AWWs)  and  Anganwadi Helpers  (AWHs)  across  the  country  is  at Annexure-I .  The  Anganwadi  Services  under Umbrella ICDS Scheme envisages Anganwadi Workers & Helpers as honorary workers from local community who come forward to render their services, on part time basis, in the area of child care and development. In addition, all issues pertaining to implementation  of  scheme  including  appointment/recruitment  of  Anganwadi  Staff  rests with the concerned State/UT. As per norms, one post of Anganwadi Worker and one post of  Anganwadi Helper is sanctioned for main Anganwadi Centre (AWC). For mini AWC only one post of AWW is sanctioned.

(c) POSHAN  Abhiyaan focuses on building the capacity of front-line ICDS functionaries in effective and consistent manner by using Incremental Learning Approach (ILA).  Under  ILA,  functionaries  are  being  trained  on  thematic  modules  following  the cascade of training of State Resource Group (SRG), District Resource Groups (DRGs) and Block Resource Groups (BRGs). Total 21 training modules are there as part of ILA. States/UTs are rolling out ILA Modules as per the guidelines. A digital version of ILA i.e. e-ILA has also been developed and rolled out. 9.94 lakh field functionaries have received training in ILA modules so far. Total 3.32 lakh field functionaries have completed e-ILA modules.

(d) State/UT-wise allocation of foodgrains made during last three years under Wheat Based  Nutrition  Programme  at  NFSA  rates  for  Supplementary  Nutrition  Program  is  at Annexure-II .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.  4440  FOR  20.03.2020  REGARDING CAPACITY  BUILDING  OF ANGANWADI WORKERS ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL GANDHI

State/UT-wise  sanctioned,  in-position  and  vacant  position  of  Anganwadi Workers  (AWWs)  and Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) as on 31 st December, 2019

| 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          | Sanctione d   | In- position  | Vacant        | Sanctione d   | In- position  | Vacant        |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh*   | 55607         | 53942         | 1665          | 48768         | 45421         | 3347          |
| 2        | Telangana         | 35700         | 34117         | 1583          | 31711         | 29026         | 2685          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 6225          | 6225          | 0             | 6225          | 6225          | 0             |
| 4        | Assam*            | 62153         | 60942         | 1211          | 56728         | 55908         | 820           |
| 5        | Bihar             | 115009        | 106953        | 8056          | 107894        | 92544         | 15350         |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 52474         | 50030         | 2444          | 46660         | 43647         | 3013          |
| 7        | Goa               | 1262          | 1185          | 77            | 1262          | 1203          | 59            |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 53029         | 51524         | 1505          | 51229         | 48752         | 2477          |
| 9        | Haryana           | 25962         | 25042         | 920           | 25450         | 24403         | 1047          |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh* | 18925         | 18759         | 166           | 18386         | 18096         | 290           |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 30765         | 28697         | 2068          | 30765         | 28786         | 1979          |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 38432         | 37821         | 611           | 35881         | 35202         | 679           |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 65911         | 64519         | 1392          | 62580         | 60098         | 2482          |
| 14       | Kerala            | 33318         | 33115         | 203           | 33189         | 32986         | 203           |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 97135         | 96236         | 899           | 84465         | 83520         | 945           |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 110486        | 105592        | 4894          | 97475         | 89940         | 7535          |
| 17       | Manipur           | 11510         | 11302         | 208           | 9958          | 9797          | 161           |
| 18       | Meghalaya         | 5896          | 5883          | 13            | 4630          | 4613          | 17            |
| 19       | Mizoram           | 2244          | 2244          | 0             | 2244          | 2244          | 0             |
| 20       | Nagaland          | 3980          | 3980          | 0             | 3980          | 3980          | 0             |
| 21       | Odisha            | 74154         | 71393         | 2761          | 63738         | 60520         | 3218          |
| 22       | Punjab            | 27314         | 27285         | 29            | 26074         | 23507         | 2567          |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 62010         | 59550         | 2460          | 55806         | 52748         | 3058          |
| 24       | Sikkim            | 1308          | 1296          | 12            | 1308          | 1293          | 15            |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu*       | 54439         | 49182         | 5257          | 49499         | 43763         | 5736          |
| 26       | Tripura           | 10145         | 9911          | 234           | 10145         | 9911          | 234           |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh*    | 190145        | 171245        | 18900         | 167855        | 147824        | 20031         |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 20067         | 19526         | 541           | 14947         | 14341         | 606           |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 119481        | 108059        | 11422         | 119481        | 100787        | 18694         |
| 30       | A & N Islands     | 720           | 719           | 1             | 689           | 689           | 0             |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 450           | 450           | 0             | 450           | 450           | 0             |
| 32       | Delhi             | 10897         | 9990          | 907           | 10897         | 10737         | 160           |
| 33       | Dadra & N Haveli  | 302           | 302           | 0             | 247           | 235           | 12            |
| 34       | Daman & Diu       | 107           | 102           | 5             | 107           | 102           | 5             |
| 35       | Ladakh            | 1173          | 1133          | 40            | 1173          | 1129          | 44            |
| 36       | Lakshadweep       | 107           | 107           | 0             | 96            | 96            | 0             |
| 37       | Puducherry*       | 855           | 780           | 75            | 855           | 768           | 87            |
|          | Total             | 13,99,697     | 13,29,138     | 70,559        | 12,82,847     | 11,85,291     | 97,556        |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4440  FOR  20.03.2020  REGARDING CAPACITY  BUILDING  OF  ANGANWADI  WORKERS ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL GANDHI

State/UT-wise details of food-grains allocated under Wheat Based Nutrition Programme during last 3 years

(In MTs)

| S. No.   | States/UTs           | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S. No.   | States/UTs           | Wheat     | Rice      | Wheat     | Rice      | Wheat     | Rice      |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 0         | 108814    | 16960     | 67559     | 20000     | 72000     |
| 2        | Arunchal Pradesh     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 3        | Bihar                | 0         | 89187     | 0         | 40000     | 0         | 24000     |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh         | 53355     | 30502     | 50688     | 28624     | 56000     | 32000     |
| 5        | Goa                  | 37        | 3784      | 36        | 3872      | 28        | 3600      |
| 6        | Assam                | 4000      | 58078     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 15667     |
| 7        | Gujarat              | 59336     | 12108     | 56812     | 11892     | 64000     | 16000     |
| 8        | Haryana              | 28916     | 8586      | 24000     | 7000      | 20000     | 7200      |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh     | 9825      | 5440      | 9712      | 6268      | 9600      | 4400      |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 0         | 19500     | 0         | 10000     | 0         | 10000     |
| 11       | Jharkhand            | 38278     | 30532     | 36297     | 9791      | 40000     | 12800     |
| 12       | Karnataka            | 89692     | 69532     | 90780     | 75504     | 60000     | 68000     |
| 13       | Kerala               | 7680      | 5521      | 7680      | 5520      | 7340      | 6000      |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh       | 147292    | 54420     | 124000    | 40000     | 117550    | 40000     |
| 15       | Maharashtra          | 128268    | 32076     | 100000    | 20000     | 93558     | 31446     |
| 16       | Orissa               | 86931     | 40668     | 84692     | 41584     | 64000     | 40000     |
| 17       | Punjab               | 13160     | 9330      | 7000      | 5900      | 8000      | 4800      |
| 18       | Rajasthan            | 19188     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu           | 55425     | 32207     | 34772     | 32212     | 50896     | 28000     |
| 20       | Telangana            | 20985     | 39029     | 20708     | 33056     | 22000     | 32000     |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh        | 175356    | 19920     | 138760    | 23856     | 160967    | 40607     |
| 22       | West Bengal          | 0         | 184406    | 0         | 80000     | 0         | 109522    |
| 23       | Andaman & Nicobar    | 0         | 234       | 0         | 100       | 0         | 210       |
| 24       | Daman & Diu          | 0         | 0         | 17        | 17        | 100       | 120       |
| 25       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 78        | 186       | 156       | 188       | 175       | 180       |
| 26       | Lakshadweep          | 0         | 122       | 0         | 60        | 0         | 60        |
| 27       | Manipur              | 0         | 19560     | 0         | 20704     |           | 20000     |
| 28       | Mizoram              | 2240      | 1708      | 1696      | 2000      | 1400      | 2400      |
| 29       | Nagaland             | 0         | 16244     | 0         | 16244     | 0         | 20000     |
| 30       | Sikkim               | 500       | 0         | 434       | 0         | 600       | 0         |
| 31       | Meghalaya            | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 32       | Tripura              | 0         | 8448      | 0         | 12532     | 0         | 9080      |
| Total    | Total                | 9,40,542  | 9,00,142  | 8,05,200  | 5,94,485  | 7,96,214  | 6,50,092  |