Lok Sabha Question No. 1991 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, DHARMENDRA YADAV, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1991

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2018

## ANGANWADI CENTRES

1991. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE: SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

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

- (a) whether the Anganwadis were started in 1985 under the Integrated Child Development Services(ICDSs) programme for better  nutrition  and  healthcare  of  the  children  and  women,  if  so,  the  activities  run  and  facilities  provided  in  the Anganwadis Centres;
- (b) whether the Anganwadi workers also work as medical and healthcare providers and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there is a shortage of skilled professionals who are familiar with the schemes run by the Anganwadi centres, if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether Anganwadi workers are providing key services to the people, especially in remote and tribal areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the personnel delivering these services need to be paid sufficiently enabling them to devote their full time to these centres; and
- (f) if so, the response of the Government thereon and action taken by the Government to enhance the wages of Anganwadi workers across the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) Anganwadi Services (earlier known as the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme) was launched in 1975 with the objectives (i) to improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age group of 0-6 years; (ii) to lay the  foundation  for  proper  psychological,  physical  and  social  development  of  the  child;  (iii)  to  reduce  the  incidence  of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout; (iv) to achieve effective coordination of policy and implementation amongst the various departments to promote child development; and (v) 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.
- In order to achieve these objectives, a package of six essential services comprising  (i) Supplementary nutrition (SNP);  (ii)  Immunization;  (iii)  Health  check-up;  (iv)  Referral  services;  (v)  Pre-school  non  formal  education;  and  (vi) Nutrition and health education are provided to the targeted beneficiaries i.e. all children below 6 years, Pregnant and Lactating Mothers. Three of six services namely, Immunisation, Heath Check-up and Referral Services are delivered through Public Health Infrastructure under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
- (b) Anganwadi workers assist the medical and health care providers i.e., Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) and Medical Officer (MO) by mobilising the beneficiaries and rendering other related services.
- (c) The details of manpower of Anganwadi Services functionaries sanctioned and filled as on 30 th  June, 2018 is Annexed. Since there functionaries are recruited by States/UTs, Government of India impresses upon them to fill the vacant posts on priority basis.
- (d) Yes, Madam, as mentioned above.
- (e) & (f): The Government has recently enhanced honorarium of AWWs from ₹ 3000/- to ₹ 4500/- per month; AWWs at miniAWCs from ₹ 2250/-  to ₹ 3500/-  per  month;  AWHs  from ₹ 1500/-  to ₹ 2250/-  per  month;  and  introduced  performance linked incentive of ₹ 250/- per month to AWHs effective from 1 st  October, 2018. AWW is also entitled to an incentive of Rs 500/- p.m. for using ICDS-CAS under POSHAN Abhiyaan. In addition to the honorarium paid by the Government of India,  the  respective  States/UTs  are  also  giving monetary  incentives  to  these  workers out  of  their  own  resources  for additional duties assigned to them under other Schemes.

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## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1991 for 21.12.2018

## STATUS REPORT OF THE  UNDER ANGANWADI SERVICES SCHEME  Quarter Ending June 2018

## ( SANCTIONED, IN-POSITION AND VACANT POSTS)

|       | Sl.                     | CDPOs/ ACDPOs Sanctioned   | No. OF CDPOs                                         | No. OF CDPOs   | No. OF CDPOs       | Supervisors Sanctioned by GOI (since inception)   | OF SUPERVISORs                                              | OF SUPERVISORs   | OF SUPERVISORs      | No. of AWWs        | No. of AWWs   | No. of AWWs           | No. of AWHs        | No. of AWHs   | No. of AWHs           |
|-------|-------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|---------------|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
| No.   | State/UT                | by GOI (since              | # No. of CDPO Posts (as per norms 1 for per Project) | In-position    | Vacant [Col.(4-5)] | Supervisors Sanctioned by GOI (since inception)   | No. ## No. of Supervisior Posts (as per norms 1 for 25 Main | In- positio n    | Vacant [Col.(8- 9)] | Sanctione d by GOI | In-position   | Vacant [Col.(11- 12)] | Sanctione d by GOI | In-position   | Vacant [Col.(14- 15)] |
| 1     |                         | inception)                 |                                                      |                |                    |                                                   | AWCs)                                                       |                  |                     |                    |               |                       |                    |               |                       |
|       | 2                       | 3                          | 4                                                    | 5              | 6                  | 7                                                 | 8                                                           | 9                | 10                  | 11                 | 12            | 13                    | 14                 | 15            | 16                    |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh          | 410                        | 257                                                  | 257            | 0                  | 2205                                              | 1951                                                        | 1548             | 403                 | 55607              | 51676         | 3931                  | 48768              | 43316         | 5452                  |
| 2     | Telangana               | 265                        | 149                                                  | 149            | 0                  | 1440                                              | 1268                                                        | 843              | 425                 | 35700              | 33744         | 1956                  | 31711              | 28947         | 2764                  |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh       | 98                         | 98                                                   | 85             | 13                 | 273                                               | 249                                                         | 249              | 0                   | 6225               | 6225          | 0                     | 6225               | 6225          | 0                     |
| 4     | Assam                   | 314                        | 231                                                  | 227            | 4                  | 2492                                              | 2269                                                        | 1984             | 285                 | 62153              | 62153         | 0                     | 56728              | 56728         | 0                     |
| 5     | Bihar                   | 545                        | 544                                                  | 544            | 0                  | 4435                                              | 4316                                                        | 2294             | 2022                | 115009             | 88174         | 26835                 | 107894             | 81130         | 26764                 |
| 6     | Chhattisgarh            | 323                        | 220                                                  | 152            | 68                 | 1969                                              | 1866                                                        | 1606             | 260                 | 52474              | 48995         | 3479                  | 46660              | 42755         | 3905                  |
| 7     | Goa                     | 14                         | 11                                                   | 7              | 4                  | 67                                                | 50                                                          | 50               | 0                   | 1262               | 1208          | 54                    | 1262               | 1153          | 109                   |
| 8     | Gujarat                 | 576                        | 336                                                  | 209            | 127                | 2445                                              | 2049                                                        | 1692             | 357                 | 53029              | 51595         | 1434                  | 51229              | 48710         | 2519                  |
| 9     | Haryana                 | 153                        | 148                                                  | 110            | 38                 | 1146                                              | 1018                                                        | 688              | 330                 | 25962              | 25347         | 615                   | 25450              | 24891         | 559                   |
| 10    | Himachal                | 109                        | 78                                                   | 55             | 23                 | 814                                               | 735                                                         | 661              | 74                  | 18925              | 18738         | 187                   | 18386              | 18386         | 0                     |
| 11    | Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir | 159                        | 141                                                  | 126            | 15                 | 1308                                              | 1278                                                        | 932              | 346                 | 31938              | 28707         | 3231                  | 31938              | 29599         | 2339                  |
| 12    | Jharkhand               | 212                        | 224                                                  | 156            | 68                 | 1288                                              | 1435                                                        | 864              | 571                 | 38432              | 35424         | 3008                  | 35881              | 33117         | 2764                  |
| 13    | Karnataka               | 423                        | 204                                                  | 204            | 0                  | 2767                                              | 2503                                                        | 1888             | 615                 | 65911              | 63186         | 2725                  | 62580              | 59026         | 3554                  |
| 14    | Kerala                  | 338                        | 258                                                  | 250            | 8                  | 1470                                              | 1328                                                        | 1079             | 249                 | 33318              | 33102         | 216                   | 33189              | 32953         | 236                   |
| 15    | Madhya Pradesh          | 579                        | 453                                                  | 334            | 119                | 3425                                              | 3379                                                        | 2673             | 706                 | 97135              | 97133         | 2                     | 84465              | 84465         | 0                     |
| 16    | Maharashtra             | 835                        | 553                                                  | 286            | 267                | 4227                                              | 3899                                                        | 3072             | 827                 | 110486             | 106488        | 3998                  | 97475              | 91174         | 6301                  |
| 17    | Manipur                 | 53                         | 43                                                   | 41             | 2                  | 391                                               | 398                                                         | 362              | 36                  | 11510              | 10274         | 1236                  | 9958               | 9497          | 461                   |
| 18    | Meghalaya               | 45                         | 41                                                   | 40             | 1                  | 221                                               | 185                                                         | 185              | 0                   | 5896               | 5896          | 0                     | 4630               | 4630          | 0                     |
| 19    | Mizoram                 | 27                         | 27                                                   | 27             | 0                  | 113                                               | 90                                                          | 86               | 4                   | 2244               | 2244          | 0                     | 2244               | 2157          | 87                    |
| 20    | Nagaland                | 60                         | 60                                                   | 60             | 0                  | 167                                               | 159                                                         | 159              | 0                   | 3980               | 3980          | 0                     | 3980               | 3980          | 0                     |
| 21    | Odisha                  | 371                        | 338                                                  | 338            | 0                  | 2932                                              | 2550                                                        | 2129             | 421                 | 74154              | 69625         | 4529                  | 63738              | 60168         | 3570                  |
| 22    | Punjab                  | 164                        | 155                                                  | 109            | 46                 | 1179                                              | 1043                                                        | 744              | 299                 | 27314              | 26462         | 852                   | 26074              | 24772         | 1302                  |
| 23    | Rajasthan               | 443                        | 304                                                  | 137            | 167                | 2533                                              | 2232                                                        | 1537             | 695                 | 62010              | 58744         | 3266                  | 55806              | 52257         | 3549                  |
| 24    | Sikkim                  | 13                         | 13                                                   | 12             | 1                  | 58                                                | 52                                                          | 52               | 0                   | 1308               | 1289          | 19                    | 1308               | 1285          | 23                    |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu              | 434                        | 434                                                  | 386            | 48                 | 1786                                              | 1980                                                        | 943              | 1037                | 54439              | 38827         | 15612                 | 49499              | 35154         | 14345                 |
| 26 27 | Tripura Uttar Pradesh   | 56 998                     | 56 897                                               | 47 503         | 9 394              | 414 7297                                          | 406 6718                                                    | 295 3690         | 111 3028            | 10145 190145       | 9911 172965   | 234 17180             | 10145 167855       | 9911 149561   | 234 18294             |
| 28    | Uttrakhand              | 105                        | 105                                                  | 55             | 50                 | 631                                               | 598                                                         | 498              | 100                 | 20067              | 19280         | 787                   | 14947              | 14194         | 753                   |
| 29    | West Bengal             | 800                        | 576                                                  | 347            | 229                | 5151                                              | 4779                                                        | 1677             | 3102                | 119481             | 107372        | 12109                 | 119481             | 101337        | 18144                 |
|       |                         |                            | 5                                                    | 5              |                    | 31                                                |                                                             |                  |                     |                    |               |                       |                    |               | 0                     |
| 31    | Chandigarh*             |                            | 3                                                    | 0              | 3                  | 20                                                | 20                                                          | 6                | 14                  | 500                | 458           | 42                    | 500                |               | 81                    |
| 30    | A & N Islands           | 5                          |                                                      |                | 0                  |                                                   | 28                                                          | 20               | 8                   | 720                | 720           | 0                     | 689                | 689           |                       |
| 32    | Delhi                   | 3 99                       | 95                                                   | 54             | 41                 | 432                                               | 446                                                         | 401              | 45                  | 11150              | 9590          | 1560                  | 11150              | 419 10748     | 402                   |
| 33    | Dadra & N Haveli        | 2                          | 2                                                    | 1              | 1                  | 12                                                | 9                                                           | 7                | 2                   | 302                | 302           | 0                     | 247                | 233           | 14                    |
| 34    | Daman & Diu             | 2                          | 2                                                    | 2              | 0                  | 5                                                 | 4                                                           | 1                | 3                   | 107                | 102           | 5                     | 107                |               | 5                     |
| 35    | Lakshadweep             | 9                          | 9                                                    | 1              | 8                  | 4                                                 | 4                                                           | 3                | 1                   | 107                | 107           | 0                     | 96                 | 102 96        | 0                     |
| 36    | Puducherry              | 5                          | 5                                                    | 5              | 0                  | 39                                                | 34                                                          | 3                | 31                  | 855                | 855           | 0                     | 855                | 855           | 0                     |
|       | Total                   | 9047                       | 7075                                                 | 5321           | 1754               | 55187                                             | 51328                                                       | 34921            | 16407               | 1400000            | 1290898       | 109102                | 1283150            | 1164620       | 118530                |

- i)   Vacancy of CDPO Posts estimated against the coloum of  No. of CDPO posts (as per norms 1 for per project).
2. ii)  Vacancy of Supervisor Posts estimated  against thev coloum of No. of Supervisor posts (as per norms 1 for 25 Main AWCs).
3. iii) Vacancies of AWWs and AWHs shown against the sanctioned posts.
4. #   Subject to the reconcilation of No. of CDPOs  from CD-I&CD-II Sections.

## Subject to the reconcilation of No. of  Supervisors from CD-I & CD-II Sections.

* UT Administration has informed that 2 posts of CDPOs,all posts of Supervisor,AWWs and AWHs have been filled up but status not updated.