Lok Sabha Question No. 3346 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Electrification of Anganwadi Buildings
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3346

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020

## ELECTRIFICATION OF ANGANWADI BUILDINGS

3346.   SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

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

- (a) the  steps  taken  to  improve  the  condition  of  Anganwadi  centres  across  the  country, State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the  number  of  Anganwadi  centres  that  have  been  electrified  across  the  country, State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh; and
- (c) the  list  of  Anganwadi  centres  lacking  functional  toilet  facility  across  the  country, State/UT-wise especially in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Providing modern and essential facilities to cater to the needs of women and children at Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) is a continuous process.  A number of steps in this direction have been undertaken in States including Andhra Pradesh, some of which are as under:
- (i) Revised  joint  guidelines  have  been  issued  by  Ministries  of  Women  &  Child Development, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj on 17.02.2016 for construction of 4 Lakhs AWC buildings across the country under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in convergence with Anganwadi  Services under Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services Scheme.
- (ii) For upgradation of AWC buildings, there is a provision of Rs.2.00 lakh per annum per  AWC  building.  Further,  there  is  a  provision  of  maintenance  of  Government owned AWC building @ Rs. 3,000 per annum per AWC building under Anganwadi Services.
- (iii) Drinking water facilities have been provided in 11,31,837 Anganwadi Centres. Statewise statement (including Andhra Pradesh) is at Annexure-I .
- (iv) Grants are sanctioned for purchase of water filter for serving safe drinking water, furniture, equipments, etc.
- (v) Under  the  Swachhta  Action  Plan  Rs.10,000/-per  AWC  are  given  for  providing drinking water facilities and Rs.12,000/- per AWC for providing toilet facilities.
- (vi) As on 09.03.2020, 7.41  lakh Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Supervisors have been provided with Smart Phones for IT-enabled monitoring under ICDS-Common Application Software (CAS).  State-wise statement (including Andhra Pradesh) is at Annexure-II .
- (vii) Funds for ECCE have been enhanced to Rs 5,000 per AWC. Activity books have been introduced in the Scheme.
- (viii) For  nutritional  deficiency,  norms  prescribed  in  Schedule-II  of  NFSA,  2013,  are followed:

|   Sl. No. | Categories                                   | Revised norms (per beneficiary per day)   | Revised norms (per beneficiary per day)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Children (6-72 months)                       | Cal) 500                                  | 12-15                                     |
|         2 | Severely malnourished children (6-72 months) | 800                                       | 20-25                                     |
|         3 | Pregnant women and Nursing mothers           | 600                                       | 18-20                                     |

To improve the condition  of  the  AWCs  across state  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  the  following steps are being taken by the Andhra Pradesh Government:

- (i) Out of 55607 AWCs (main & mini), 20868 AWCs are functioning in Own buildings. 7682 AWCs are functioning in School buildings and 3343 AWCs are functioning in community/rent-free  buildings.  Remaining  23714  AWCs  are  running  in  rented buildings.
- (ii) During the year  2015-16,  2016-17  &  2018-19,  10584  AWC  buildings  were constructed,  remaining  464  AWC  buildings  are  under  construction  and  6000 buildings were sanctioned during 2019-20.
- (iii) 2065  AWC  buildings  were  constructed  under  RIDF  Scheme.  733  buildings  were sanctioned during 2018-19.
- (iv) Besides, Government of India has sanctioned funds for repairing of AWCs under upgradation head as under:
- (a)  4828 AWC buildings were taken up for repair during 2013-14 & 2014-15 @ Rs.1.00 lakhs per AWC.
- (b)  Repairs were sanctioned for 960 AWCs during 2017-18, 852 AWCs during 2018-19 & 600 AWCs during 2019-20 @ Rs.2.00 lakh per AWC.
- (v) Government of India has sanctioned funds for maintenance of 18615 AWCs during 2018-19 and 30820 AWCs in 2019-20 @ Rs.3000 per AWC for minor repairs and white washing etc.
- (vi) Government  of  India  has  sanctioned  funds  for  construction  of  toilets  for  9066 AWCs @ Rs.12000/- per AWC and for drinking water facilities in 2628 AWCs @ Rs.10000/- per AWC during 2017-18 & 2018-19.
- (b) State-wise  data  for  electrified  AWCs  across  the  country  is  not  maintained  at  Central Level.  However, as per information received from Andhra Pradesh Government, out of 55607 AWCs, 50653 AWCs have been electrified in Andhra Pradesh from District Authorities, Local bodies and from CSR funds.
- (c) State-wise statement of toilet facilities (including Andhra Pradesh) is at Annexure-III .  In Andhra  Pradesh,  all  55607  AWCs  are  having  toilet  facility,  out  of  which  40665  AWCs  have separate toilet facility.

Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3346 for answer on 13.03.2020

| STATE/UTs WISE INFORMATION ON DRINKING WATER FACILITIES QUARTER ENDING   | STATE/UTs WISE INFORMATION ON DRINKING WATER FACILITIES QUARTER ENDING   | STATE/UTs WISE INFORMATION ON DRINKING WATER FACILITIES QUARTER ENDING   | STATE/UTs WISE INFORMATION ON DRINKING WATER FACILITIES QUARTER ENDING   | STATE/UTs WISE INFORMATION ON DRINKING WATER FACILITIES QUARTER ENDING   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                  | State/UT                                                                 | Operational                                                              | DECEMBER 2019 No. of AWCs for which data is available                    | No. of AWCs/Mini-AWCs with Drinking water facility                       |
| 1                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                           | 55607                                                                    | 55607                                                                    | 55607                                                                    |
| 2                                                                        | Telangana                                                                | 35634                                                                    | 35569                                                                    | 10231                                                                    |
| 3                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                        | 6225                                                                     | 6225                                                                     | 6225                                                                     |
| 4                                                                        | Assam                                                                    | 62153                                                                    | 61664                                                                    | 22488                                                                    |
| 5                                                                        | Bihar                                                                    | 106953                                                                   | 99250                                                                    | 99250                                                                    |
| 6                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                             | 51414                                                                    | 51414                                                                    | 40157                                                                    |
| 7                                                                        | Goa                                                                      | 1262                                                                     | 1262                                                                     | 1210                                                                     |
| 8                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                  | 53029                                                                    | 53029                                                                    | 50456                                                                    |
| 9                                                                        | Haryana                                                                  | 25962                                                                    | 25962                                                                    | 20460                                                                    |
| 10                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                         | 18925                                                                    | 18925                                                                    | 18925                                                                    |
| 11                                                                       | Jammu & Kashmir                                                          | 28460                                                                    | 28060                                                                    | 22539                                                                    |
| 12                                                                       | Jharkhand                                                                | 38432                                                                    | 38426                                                                    | 23241                                                                    |
| 13                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                | 65911                                                                    | 65911                                                                    | 38732                                                                    |
| 14                                                                       | Kerala                                                                   | 33244                                                                    | 33115                                                                    | 28499                                                                    |
| 15                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                           | 97135                                                                    | 97155                                                                    | 96650                                                                    |
| 16                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                              | 110219                                                                   | 109642                                                                   | 82617                                                                    |
| 17                                                                       | Manipur                                                                  | 11510                                                                    | 11510                                                                    | 5842                                                                     |
| 18                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                | 5896                                                                     | 5896                                                                     | 1819                                                                     |
| 19                                                                       | Mizoram                                                                  | 2244                                                                     | 2244                                                                     | 1988                                                                     |
| 20                                                                       | Nagaland                                                                 | 3980                                                                     | 3980                                                                     | 3455                                                                     |
| 21                                                                       | Odisha                                                                   | 72587                                                                    | 72587                                                                    | 72587                                                                    |
| 22                                                                       | Punjab                                                                   | 27295                                                                    | 27295                                                                    | 21911                                                                    |
| 23                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                | 61974                                                                    | 61593                                                                    | 48949                                                                    |
| 24                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                   | 1308                                                                     | 1308                                                                     | 1303                                                                     |
| 25                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                               | 54439                                                                    | 54439                                                                    | 42284                                                                    |
| 26                                                                       | Tripura                                                                  | 9911                                                                     | 9911                                                                     | 8196                                                                     |
| 27                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                            | 187997                                                                   | 187997                                                                   | 187347                                                                   |
| 28                                                                       | Uttrakhand                                                               | 20067                                                                    | 20025                                                                    | 14518                                                                    |
| 29                                                                       | West Bengal                                                              | 116446                                                                   | 116113                                                                   | 90336                                                                    |
| 30                                                                       | A & N Islands                                                            | 720                                                                      | 719                                                                      | 719                                                                      |
| 31                                                                       | Chandigarh                                                               | 450                                                                      | 450                                                                      | 450                                                                      |
| 32                                                                       | Delhi                                                                    | 10897                                                                    | 10754                                                                    | 10754                                                                    |
| 33                                                                       | Dadra & N Haveli                                                         | 302                                                                      | 302                                                                      | 302                                                                      |
| 34                                                                       | Daman & Diu                                                              | 107                                                                      | 102                                                                      | 102                                                                      |
| 35                                                                       | Ladakh                                                                   | 1139                                                                     | 1139                                                                     | 726                                                                      |
| 36                                                                       | Lakshadweep                                                              | 107                                                                      | 107                                                                      | 107                                                                      |
| 37                                                                       | Puducherry                                                               | 855                                                                      | 855                                                                      | 855                                                                      |
|                                                                          | Total                                                                    | 1380796                                                                  | 1370542                                                                  | 1131837                                                                  |

## Annexure-II

## Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3346 for answer on 13.03.2020

| S.No.   | States / UTs           | Mobile Phones in State/UT (as on 09.03.2020)   |
|---------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | A & N Islands          | 795                                            |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh         | 61005                                          |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0                                              |
| 4       | Assam                  | 48619                                          |
| 5       | Bihar                  | 121174                                         |
| 6       | Chandigarh             | 496                                            |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh           | 29942                                          |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 330                                            |
| 9       | Daman and Diu          | 114                                            |
| 10      | Delhi                  | 11500                                          |
| 11      | Goa                    | 1413                                           |
| 12      | Gujarat                | 58261                                          |
| 13      | Haryana                | 0                                              |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh       | 19859                                          |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir      | 777                                            |
| 16      | Jharkhand              | 12399                                          |
| 17      | Karnataka              | 0                                              |
| 18      | Kerala                 | 36435                                          |
| 19      | Lakshadweep            | 112                                            |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh         | 29784                                          |
| 21      | Maharashtra            | 120335                                         |
| 22      | Manipur                | 2600                                           |
| 23      | Meghalaya              | 6428                                           |
| 24      | Mizoram                | 2479                                           |
| 25      | Nagaland               | 4409                                           |
| 26      | Odisha                 | 0                                              |
| 27      | Puducherry             | 855                                            |
| 28      | Punjab                 | 0                                              |
| 29      | Rajasthan              | 23005                                          |
| 30      | Sikkim                 | 880                                            |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu             | 59488                                          |
| 32      | Telangana              | 11398                                          |
| 33      | Tripura                | 0                                              |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh          | 54818                                          |
| 35      | Uttarakhand            | 21809                                          |
| 36      | West Bengal            | 0                                              |
|         |                        | 7,41,519                                       |

Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3346 for answer on 13.03.2020

| STATE/UTs WISE INFORMATION ON TOILETS FACILITIES QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 2019   | STATE/UTs WISE INFORMATION ON TOILETS FACILITIES QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 2019   | STATE/UTs WISE INFORMATION ON TOILETS FACILITIES QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 2019   | STATE/UTs WISE INFORMATION ON TOILETS FACILITIES QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 2019   | STATE/UTs WISE INFORMATION ON TOILETS FACILITIES QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 2019   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                         | State/UT                                                                        | Operational                                                                     | No. of AWCs for which data is available                                         | No. of AWCs/Mini-AWCs with toilet facility                                      |
| 1                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                                  | 55607                                                                           | 55607                                                                           | 55607                                                                           |
| 2                                                                               | Telangana                                                                       | 35634                                                                           | 35569                                                                           | 17857                                                                           |
| 3                                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                                               | 6225                                                                            | 6225                                                                            | 458                                                                             |
| 4                                                                               | Assam                                                                           | 62153                                                                           | 61664                                                                           | 21443                                                                           |
| 5                                                                               | Bihar                                                                           | 106953                                                                          | 99250                                                                           | 99250                                                                           |
| 6                                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                                    | 51414                                                                           | 51414                                                                           | 36163                                                                           |
| 7                                                                               | Goa                                                                             | 1262                                                                            | 1262                                                                            | 784                                                                             |
| 8                                                                               | Gujarat                                                                         | 53029                                                                           | 53029                                                                           | 50014                                                                           |
| 9                                                                               | Haryana                                                                         | 25962                                                                           | 25962                                                                           | 23384                                                                           |
| 10                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                | 18925                                                                           | 18925                                                                           | 18925                                                                           |
| 11                                                                              | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                 | 28460                                                                           | 28060                                                                           | 16656                                                                           |
| 12                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                       | 38432                                                                           | 38426                                                                           | 15789                                                                           |
| 13                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                       | 65911                                                                           | 65911                                                                           | 46467                                                                           |
| 14                                                                              | Kerala                                                                          | 33244                                                                           | 33115                                                                           | 31792                                                                           |
| 15                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                                  | 97135                                                                           | 97155                                                                           | 76948                                                                           |
| 16                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                     | 110219                                                                          | 109642                                                                          | 56336                                                                           |
| 17                                                                              | Manipur                                                                         | 11510                                                                           | 11510                                                                           | 4157                                                                            |
| 18                                                                              | Meghalaya                                                                       | 5896                                                                            | 5896                                                                            | 2807                                                                            |
| 19                                                                              | Mizoram                                                                         | 2244                                                                            | 2244                                                                            | 1917                                                                            |
| 20                                                                              | Nagaland                                                                        | 3980                                                                            | 3980                                                                            | 1654                                                                            |
| 21                                                                              | Odisha                                                                          | 72587                                                                           | 72587                                                                           | 23914                                                                           |
| 22                                                                              | Punjab                                                                          | 27295                                                                           | 27295                                                                           | 19364                                                                           |
| 23                                                                              | Rajasthan                                                                       | 61974                                                                           | 61593                                                                           | 32527                                                                           |
| 24                                                                              | Sikkim                                                                          | 1308                                                                            | 1308                                                                            | 1306                                                                            |
| 25                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                                      | 54439                                                                           | 54439                                                                           | 33493                                                                           |
| 26                                                                              | Tripura                                                                         | 9911                                                                            | 9911                                                                            | 6160                                                                            |
| 27                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                                   | 187997                                                                          | 187997                                                                          | 134908                                                                          |
| 28                                                                              | Uttrakhand                                                                      | 20067                                                                           | 20025                                                                           | 14934                                                                           |
| 29                                                                              | West Bengal                                                                     | 116446                                                                          | 116113                                                                          | 99196                                                                           |
| 30                                                                              | A & N Islands                                                                   | 720                                                                             | 719                                                                             | 589                                                                             |
| 31                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                      | 450                                                                             | 450                                                                             | 450                                                                             |
| 32                                                                              | Delhi                                                                           | 10897                                                                           | 10754                                                                           | 10654                                                                           |
| 33                                                                              | Dadra & N Haveli                                                                | 302                                                                             | 302                                                                             | 302                                                                             |
| 34                                                                              | Daman & Diu                                                                     | 107                                                                             | 102                                                                             | 102                                                                             |
| 35                                                                              | Ladakh                                                                          | 1139                                                                            | 1139                                                                            | 1084                                                                            |
| 36                                                                              | Lakshadweep                                                                     | 107                                                                             | 107                                                                             | 107                                                                             |
| 37                                                                              | Puducherry                                                                      | 855                                                                             | 855                                                                             | 855                                                                             |
|                                                                                 | Total                                                                           | 1380796                                                                         | 1370542                                                                         | 958353                                                                          |