Lok Sabha Question No. 2010 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Anganwadi Workers/Helpers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), AJAY NISHAD, NABA KUMAR SARANIA, SUSHMITA DEV, ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2010

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2018

## ANGANWADI WORKERS/HELPERS

## 2010.  SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

SHRI AJAY   NISHAD:

SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

SHRI ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  Anganwadi  Kendras/Centres  in  the  country  along  with  the  number  of workers/Helpers working under  them, State/UT-wise including Assam, district-wise;
- (b) whether these Kendras and Workers are functioning without basic facilities and if so, the details thereof  and  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  facilities  provided  by  the  Government  in  these centres;
- (c) whether the Government has reviewed the functioning of the Anganwadi Kendras and proposes to conduct National level/regional level symposium to impart-training to Anganwadi workers/helpers and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has received any proposal or proposes to increase the allowance/salary/honorarium paid to these Workers/Helpers and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government for their upliftment;
- (e) the details of the training imparted to Anganwadi workers/helpers;
- (f) whether the Government has made any provision of funds for providing medicine kit, utensils and other items in the Anganwadi Centres and if so, the details thereof alongwith the total funds allocated,  released  and  utilised  under  Anganwadi  Service  Scheme  during  the  last  five  years, State/UT-wise including Assam; and
- (g) whether the funds provided for the purpose are sufficient, if so, the details thereof and if not, the steps taken by the Government to enhance the allocation of funds for this purpose?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  total  number  of  Anganwadi  Kendras/Centres  in  the  country  along  with  the  number  of workers/Helpers working under them, State/UT-wise including Assam, are given at Annexure-I. District-wise data for the State of Assam as provided by the State Government is at Annexure-II ;
- (b) Out of 13.63 lakh operational Anganwadi Kendras/Centres, 12.83 lakh AWCs/ mini-AWCs have reported about 86.15% AWCs are running from the pucca buildings and remaining 13.85% from kutcha buildings.  About  86%  and  68%  operational  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs)  have  the drinking water and toilets facilities respectively. Besides, other basic facilities such as medicine kit, pre-school kit, utensils, gas stove, etc. are provided.
- (c) Review of the Anganwadi Kendras/Centres is in-built in the guidelines issues by this Ministry. Review is also done by the Government of India periodically through workshop, meeting, and review  with  States  /  UTs.  Providing  training  to  Anganwadi  Workers(AWWs)/  Anganwadi Helpers(AWHs)    is  continuous  process  at  Anganwadi  Worker  Training  Centres  by  way  of induction training at the time of appointment and refresher course from time to time;
- (d) The AWW and AWH are paid fixed honorarium per month as decided by the Government from time to time. The Government has, recently, enhanced honorarium to AWWs from Rs.3,000/- to Rs.4,500/-  per  month; AWWs at mini-AWCs from Rs.2,250/- to Rs.3,500/- per month; AWHs from  Rs.1,500/-  to    Rs.2,250/-  per  month;  and  introduced  performance  linked  incentive  of Rs.250/- per month to AWHs effective from 1 st  October, 2018. Further, the AWWs are allowed performance  linked  incentive  of  Rs.      500/-  per  month  for  using  ICDS-CAS  under  POSHAN Abhiyaan.
- (e) Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers are provided following types of trainings under the Umbrella Integrated  Child  Development  Services  (ICDS) Scheme  at  the  Anganwadi  Workers Training Centres (AWTCs):-
- (i)   Induction Training to the newly recruited/promoted AWWs/AWHs at the  time of joining; and
- (ii)   Job training to  the  newly  recruited/promoted  AWWs  within  a  period  of  one  year  of  their recruitment/promotion.

Further, the  Anganwadi  Services  (ICDS)  functionaries  are  encouraged  for  optimal utilization of online trainings viz. (i) E-Learning, (ii) Incremental Learning Approach (ILA) and (iii) Electronic  Incremental  Learning  Approach  (e-ILA).  E-Learning  is  an  interactive,  user  friendly and self-study platform created to provide an access to technical concepts. Under the POSHAN Abhiyaan  the  capacity  building  of  AWWs  is  done  through  ILA  having  21  training  modules. Another  approach  adopted  under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  is  e-ILA  software  developed  as  a comprehensive training and evaluation web based learning portal for the field workers.

- (f) The Government has made provision of funds for providing medicine kit @Rs.1500 per annum for Anganwadi Centres and @ Rs.750/- per annum for Mini-aganwadi Centres and other administrative expenses under Anganwadi Services are @Rs.2000/- per annum for Anganwadi Centres  and  @Rs.1000  per  annum  for  Mini-anganwadi  centres.  Funds  released  and  utilised under Anganwadi Service Scheme during the last five years State/UT-wise including Assam is annexed Annexure-III .
- (g) The funds provided for various components of the scheme are sufficient. Details are provided in Annexure-III.

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## Annexure-I

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2010 FOR 21-12-2018

## Anganwadi Centres (including mini-Anganwadi Centres) Sanctioned,  Operational & Anganwadi Workers & Helpers In-position  under Anganwadi Services  Scheme Quarter Ending June 2018

| Sl.No   | State/Uts         | No. of Anganwadi Centres   | No. of Anganwadi Centres   | Anganwadi Workers Working (In-position)   | Anganwadi Helpers Working (In-position)   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No   | State/Uts         | Sanctioned                 | Operational                | Anganwadi Workers Working (In-position)   | Anganwadi Helpers Working (In-position)   |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 55607                      | 55606                      | 51676                                     | 43316                                     |
| 2       | Telangana         | 35700                      | 35634                      | 33744                                     | 28947                                     |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | 6225                       | 6225                       | 6225                                      | 6225                                      |
| 4       | Assam*            | 62153                      | 62153                      | 60969                                     | 55941                                     |
| 5       | Bihar             | 115009                     | 91677                      | 88174                                     | 81130                                     |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 52474                      | 50596                      | 48995                                     | 42755                                     |
| 7       | Goa               | 1262                       | 1258                       | 1208                                      | 1153                                      |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 53029                      | 53029                      | 51595                                     | 48710                                     |
| 9       | Haryana           | 25962                      | 25962                      | 25347                                     | 24891                                     |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 18925                      | 18925                      | 18738                                     | 18386                                     |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 31938                      | 29599                      | 28707                                     | 29599                                     |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 38432                      | 38432                      | 35424                                     | 33117                                     |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 65911                      | 65911                      | 63186                                     | 59026                                     |
| 14      | Kerala            | 33318                      | 33244                      | 33102                                     | 32953                                     |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 97135                      | 97132                      | 97133                                     | 84465                                     |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 110486                     | 109779                     | 106488                                    | 91174                                     |
| 17      | Manipur           | 11510                      | 11510                      | 10274                                     | 9497                                      |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 5896                       | 5896                       | 5896                                      | 4630                                      |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 2244                       | 2244                       | 2244                                      | 2157                                      |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 3980                       | 3980                       | 3980                                      | 3980                                      |
| 21      | Odisha            | 74154                      | 72587                      | 69625                                     | 60168                                     |
| 22      | Punjab            | 27314                      | 26988                      | 26462                                     | 24772                                     |
| 23      | Rajasthan         | 62010                      | 61974                      | 58744                                     | 52257                                     |
| 24      | Sikkim            | 1308                       | 1308                       | 1289                                      | 1285                                      |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        | 54439                      | 54439                      | 38827                                     | 35154                                     |
| 26      | Tripura           | 10145                      | 10145                      | 9911                                      | 9911                                      |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 190145                     | 187997                     | 172965                                    | 149561                                    |
| 28      | Uttrakhand        | 20067                      | 20067                      | 19280                                     | 14194                                     |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 119481                     | 115515                     | 107372                                    | 101337                                    |
| 30      | A & N Islands     | 720                        | 720                        | 720                                       | 689                                       |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 500                        | 500                        | 458                                       | 419                                       |
| 32      | Delhi             | 11150                      | 10897                      | 9590                                      | 10748                                     |
| 33      | Dadra & N Haveli  | 302                        | 302                        | 302                                       | 233                                       |
| 34      | Daman & Diu       | 107                        | 107                        | 102                                       | 102                                       |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 107                        | 107                        | 107                                       | 96                                        |
| 36      | Puducherry        | 855                        | 855                        | 855                                       | 855                                       |
|         | All India         | 1400000                    | 1363300                    | 1289714                                   | 1163833                                   |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2010 FOR 21-12-2018

## Sanctioned Anganwadi Centres  (including mini-Anganwadi)  working (In Position) of Anganwadi workers and Anganwadi Helpers

State: Assam

| Sl. No.   | Name of District   |   Sanctioned Anganwadi Centres |   Anganwadi Workers working (In- position) |   Anganwadi Helpers working (In- position) |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Cachar             |                           3941 |                                       3926 |                                       3781 |
| 2         | Hailakandi         |                           1374 |                                       1372 |                                       1341 |
| 3         | Karimganj          |                           1574 |                                       1507 |                                       1488 |
| 4         | Dima Hasao         |                            613 |                                        613 |                                        349 |
| 5         | Sonitpur           |                           3860 |                                       3746 |                                       3607 |
| 6         | Udalguri           |                           1443 |                                       1385 |                                       1272 |
| 7         | Darrang            |                           2163 |                                       2136 |                                       2075 |
| 8         | Lakhimpur          |                           3066 |                                       3027 |                                       2771 |
| 9         | Dhemaji            |                           1557 |                                       1551 |                                       1381 |
| 10        | Golaghat           |                           2248 |                                       2223 |                                       2037 |
| 11        | Jorhat             |                           2246 |                                       2222 |                                       1975 |
| 12        | Sivasagar          |                           1897 |                                       1868 |                                       1649 |
| 13        | Dibrugarh          |                           2178 |                                       2116 |                                       1912 |
| 14        | Tinsukia           |                           2025 |                                       2017 |                                       1843 |
| 15        | Karbi Anglong      |                           3070 |                                       3070 |                                       2449 |
| 16        | Kokrajhar          |                           1687 |                                       1685 |                                       1554 |
| 17        | Chirang            |                            920 |                                        920 |                                        854 |
| 18        | Bongaigaon         |                           1118 |                                       1081 |                                        999 |
| 19        | Dhubri             |                           2959 |                                       2917 |                                       2568 |
| 20        | Nagaon             |                           6119 |                                       5878 |                                       5224 |
| 21        | Morigaon           |                           2178 |                                       2116 |                                       1928 |
| 22        | Goalpara           |                           2491 |                                       2456 |                                       2263 |
| 23        | Kamrup(M)          |                           1033 |                                        998 |                                        920 |
| 24        | Kamrup             |                           3253 |                                       3178 |                                       3142 |
| 25        | Nalbari            |                           1532 |                                       1495 |                                       1490 |
| 26        | Barpeta            |                           2970 |                                       2842 |                                       2510 |
| 27        | Baksa              |                           2638 |                                       2624 |                                       2559 |
|           | Total              |                          62153 |                                      60969 |                                      55941 |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2010 FOR 21-12-2018

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT INDICATING STATE-WISE POSITION OF FUNDS ALLOCATED/RELEASED, FUNDS UTILIZED  UNDER ANGANWADI SERVICES SCHEME [AS(GENERAL),Construction of AWC buildings,  SNP AND TRAINING ] DURING LAST FIVE YEARS 2013-14, 2014-15,2015- 16, 2016-17 and 2017-18

Rupees in lakhs

|         |                   | 2013-14        | 2013-14                                       | 2014-15        | 2014-15                                       | 2015-16        | 2015-16                                       | 2016-17        | 2016-17                                       | 2017-18        |
|---------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|
| Sl. No. | STATE             | Funds released | Exp. Reported by States including state share | Funds released | Exp. Reported by States including state share | Funds released | Exp. Reported by States including state share | Funds released | Exp. Reported by States including state share | Funds Released |
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 111334.49      | 167876.93                                     | 99446.78       | 135715.16                                     | 68818.48       | 98148.45                                      | 56387.46       | 86726.76                                      | 58474.18       |
| 2       | BIHAR             | 107609.68      | 185458.2                                      | 116266.84      | 174287.15                                     | 102372.56      | 144090.04                                     | 98099.36       | 131535.62                                     | 92217.01       |
| 3       | CHHATTISGARH      | 50459.30       | 46650.62                                      | 51703.52       | 76484.69                                      | 51151.54       | 64376.96                                      | 41939.90       | 62042.55                                      | 56762.73       |
| 4       | GOA               | 1567.58        | 1353.36                                       | 2617.25        | 2569.60                                       | 1228.04        | 2715.22                                       | 1067.70        | 2206.61                                       | 1649.60        |
| 5       | GUJARAT           | 60807.51       | 60078.39                                      | 48886.15       | 83162.09                                      | 64185.05       | 98608.32                                      | 69417.36       | 88592.55                                      | 62275.13       |
| 6       | HARYANA           | 31266.40       | 31768.83                                      | 31158.68       | 35837.16                                      | 16081.19       | 26580.94                                      | 20871.79       | 25778.90                                      | 20914.78       |
| 7       | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 17278.95       | 19004.38                                      | 17184.09       | 12233.27                                      | 19507.32       | 21044.30                                      | 23696.07       | 21452.43                                      | 21612.57       |
| 8       | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 29610.25       | 15073.77                                      | 26031.19       | 22464.07                                      | 27362.65       | 35271.02                                      | 26732.11       | 17914.48                                      | 19328.24       |
| 9       | JHARKHAND         | 49930.46       | 65952.53                                      | 46904.30       | 68793.23                                      | 46217.72       | 57446.15                                      | 48163.54       | 68019.68                                      | 42081.45       |
| 10      | KARNATAKA         | 75135.57       | 94938.87                                      | 82856.77       | 148331.32                                     | 96394.53       | 154998.70                                     | 53686.59       | 129290.96                                     | 92834.76       |
| 11      | KERALA            | 35995.97       | 35645.2                                       | 24726.35       | 45494.41                                      | 28554.27       | 58765.87                                      | 34357.05       | 38243.59                                      | 32460.32       |
| 12      | MADHYA PRADESH    | 102418.63      | 143225.8                                      | 122544.60      | 166253.17                                     | 108673.52      | 196464.40                                     | 110506.46      | 165029.79                                     | 116645.68      |
| 13      | MAHARASHTRA       | 129519.81      | 143552.67                                     | 90781.88       | 147621.41                                     | 104166.66      | 107134.98                                     | 105660.17      | 39276.10                                      | 102957.15      |
| 14      | ORISSA            | 97438.29       | 124223.56                                     | 87511.73       | 116532.61                                     | 65643.69       | 106505.11                                     | 72497.49       | 103693.47                                     | 95323.96       |
| 15      | PUNJAB            | 24546.11       | 25998.72                                      | 25893.06       | 32922.38                                      | 13689.39       | 14497.21                                      | 16982.50       | 24533.14                                      | 20168.46       |
| 16      | RAJASTHAN         | 65232.45       | 95120.74                                      | 73992.88       | 88413.35                                      | 49851.78       | 103243.25                                     | 62397.70       | 88770.99                                      | 67542.98       |
| 17      | TAMIL NADU        | 65605.57       | 82785.08                                      | 67902.29       | 102925.00                                     | 63744.93       | 78363.14                                      | 47085.82       | 86703.43                                      | 49336.98       |
| 18      | UTTARAKHAND       | 17763.50       | 21393.76                                      | 20165.67       | 28295.85                                      | 35710.06       | 28416.41                                      | 21399.62       | 26696.54                                      | 27990.11       |
| 19      | UTTAR PRADESH     | 235448.38      | 405894.84                                     | 272553.08      | 474139.49                                     | 281398.92      | 373571.94                                     | 278089.75      | 409762.10                                     | 215246.75      |
| 20      | WEST BENGAL       | 123227.84      | 111244.25                                     | 97578.85       | 128536.18                                     | 79465.80       | 151836.50                                     | 66563.30       | 149685.79                                     | 99426.41       |
| 21      | TELANGANA         | 0.00           | 0                                             | 46057.10       | 52841.4                                       | 37918.23       | 57138.46                                      | 29877.27       | 55212.32                                      | 38468.27       |
| 22      | DELHI             | 17700.74       | 18974.01                                      | 17855.94       | 20875.21                                      | 13775.25       | 18120.31                                      | 14168.00       | 18963.75                                      | 10868.44       |
| 23      | PONDICHERRY       | 736.39         | 1166.47                                       | 1275.34        | 2607.70                                       | 1673.27        | 1708.59                                       | 2299.22        | 1691.26                                       | 1455.40        |
| 24      | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR | 391.79         | 1450.66                                       | 891.78         | 1547.22                                       | 1421.03        | 991.04                                        | 1207.51        | 259.80                                        | 1295.81        |
| 25      | CHANDIGARH        | 731.19         | 982.32                                        | 996.18         | 1115.55                                       | 1420.25        | 649.78                                        | 762.19         | 574.51                                        | 1077.47        |
| 26      | D. & NAGAR HAVELI | 378.31         | 149.8                                         | 281.31         | 123.48                                        | 210.97         | 148.58                                        | 569.61         | 569.61                                        | 323.11         |
| 27      | DAMAN & DIU       | 161.19         | 242.56                                        | 195.77         | 266.25                                        | 133.55         | 92.37                                         | 307.96         | 141.54                                        | 279.45         |
| 28      | LAKSHADWEEP       | 147.46         | 219.95                                        | 138.16         | 96.12                                         | 155.91         | 122.64                                        | 146.95         | 146.95                                        | 165.31         |
| 29      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 10344.16       | 8327.97                                       | 15557.38       | 12426.38                                      | 12923.23       | 12473.86                                      | 11346.05       | 8341.25                                       | 14588.50       |
| 30      | ASSAM             | 103145.19      | 86765.72                                      | 103517.50      | 110234.09                                     | 92972.20       | 90367.00                                      | 64397.66       | 70641.49                                      | 70237.54       |
| 31      | MANIPUR           | 16140.54       | 9333.16                                       | 14929.58       | 10208.81                                      | 10267.27       | 13185.16                                      | 9998.54        | 6387.10                                       | 17647.46       |
| 32      | MEGHALAYA         | 14287.83       | 13137.55                                      | 14357.78       | 15239.27                                      | 12418.60       | 12927.10                                      | 19135.66       | 15795.83                                      | 19864.97       |
| 33      | MIZORAM           | 4772.89        | 5086.57                                       | 5695.57        | 5556.16                                       | 5371.93        | 4902.59                                       | 4666.49        | 5572.76                                       | 6174.29        |
| 34      | NAGALAND          | 8912.80        | 10025.77                                      | 12202.63       | 11809.67                                      | 8796.00        | 13692.96                                      | 15149.57       | 13784.25                                      | 16652.36       |
| 35      | SIKKIM            | 2607.14        | 1909.3                                        | 2998.60        | 1775.36                                       | 2022.73        | 2129.49                                       | 1625.01        | 1940.57                                       | 1983.22        |
| 36      | TRIPURA           | 13651.31       | 14350.03                                      | 14074.26       | 16471.05                                      | 18194.62 0.00  | 16348.98                                      | 11710.57       | 14021.61                                      | 13101.10       |
| 37      | AKBY (LIC) #      | 442.90         | 0                                             | 451.09         |                                               |                | 0.00                                          | 504.91         | 0.00                                          | 6440.00        |
|         | Total             | 1626748.57     | 2049362.34                                    | 1658181.93     | 2354205.31                                    | 1543893.15     | 2167077.82                                    | 1443031.60     | 1980000.08                                    | 1515534.33     |