Lok Sabha Question No. 4553 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Anganwadi Centres in Backward Areas
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Virendra  Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4553 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2020

## ANGANWADI CENTRES IN BACKWARD AREAS

## †4553. DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a) the total number of Anganwadi Centres approved in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the number of such centres approved in most backward areas of the country; and
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  expedite  the  approval  process  of Anganwadi Centres in such areas?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) State/UT-wise number of sanctioned and operational Anganwadi Centres across the country which includes Rural, Tribal, Riverine, Desert, Hilly and other difficult areas is Annexed.

(b)&(c)  Anganwadi  Services  under  Umbrella  Integrated  Child  Development  Services (ICDS) Scheme is a universal, self-selecting Scheme. The Scheme is open to all eligible beneficiaries. All the 14 lakh  AWCs/Mini-AWCs/  Anganwadi-on-Demand  (AoDs) approved by the Government of India under 3 rd phase of expansion of ICDS Scheme have already been allocated to the States/UTs. This Ministry had issued guidelines on 1 st December,  2014  authorizing  all  the  States/UTs  to  relocate  the  AWCs  as  per requirement and subject to fulfilment of prescribed conditions.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4553 FOR 20.03.2020 REGARDING ANGANWADI CENTRES IN BACKWARD AREAS ASKED BY DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR

State/UT-wise details of Sanctioned and Operational Anganwadi  Centres  (as on 31 st December, 2019)

| S. No.   | State/UT           | Anganwadi Centres   | Anganwadi Centres   |
|----------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT           | Sanctioned          | Operational         |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh #   | 55607               | 55607               |
| 2        | Telangana          | 35700               | 35634               |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh  | 6225                | 6225                |
| 4        | Assam #            | 62153               | 62153               |
| 5        | Bihar              | 115009              | 106953              |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh       | 52474               | 51414               |
| 7        | Goa                | 1262                | 1262                |
| 8        | Gujarat            | 53029               | 53029               |
| 9        | Haryana            | 25962               | 25962               |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh # | 18925               | 18925               |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir    | 30765               | 28460               |
| 12       | Jharkhand          | 38432               | 38432               |
| 13       | Karnataka          | 65911               | 65911               |
| 14       | Kerala             | 33318               | 33244               |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh     | 97135               | 97135               |
| 16       | Maharashtra        | 110486              | 110219              |
| 17       | Manipur            | 11510               | 11510               |
| 18       | Meghalaya          | 5896                | 5896                |
| 19       | Mizoram            | 2244                | 2244                |
| 20       | Nagaland           | 3980                | 3980                |
| 21       | Odisha             | 74154               | 72587               |
| 22       | Punjab             | 27314               | 27295               |
| 23       | Rajasthan          | 62010               | 61974               |
| 24       | Sikkim             | 1308                | 1308                |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu #       | 54439               | 54439               |
| 26       | Tripura            | 10145               | 9911                |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh #    | 190145              | 187997              |
| 28       | Uttarakhand        | 20067               | 20067               |
| 29       | West Bengal        | 119481              | 116446              |
| 30       | A & N Islands      | 720                 | 720                 |
| 31       | Chandigarh*        | 450                 | 450                 |
| 32       | Delhi*             | 10897               | 10897               |
| 33       | Dadra & N Haveli   | 302                 | 302                 |
| 34       | Daman & Diu        | 107                 | 107                 |
| 35       | Ladakh             | 1173                | 1139                |
| 36       | Lakshadweep        | 107                 | 107                 |
| 37       | Puducherry #       | 855                 | 855                 |
| Total    | Total              | 1399697 1380796     | 1399697 1380796     |