Lok Sabha Question No. 4443 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Scheme for Adolescent Girls
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Vincent H Pala

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4443 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2020

## SCHEME FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS

## 4443.   SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE:

SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

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

- (a)      whether  the  Government has  launched  Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG)  across the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b)      whether  the  introduction  of  the  said  scheme  has  reduced  the  incidence  of  anaemia among the adolescent girls and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to improve the incidence of anaemia among adolescent girls across all States/UTs?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c)    The Government is implementing Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG), a Centrallysponsored scheme, introduced in the year 2010-11 in 205 districts across the country on a pilot basis. Subsequently, Government approved expansion and universalisation of the Scheme for out  of  school  Adolescent  Girls  in  a  phased  manner  in  the  age  group  of  11-14  years  on 16.11.2017. 303 additional districts were added in 2017-18 and the scheme was extended to all the districts across the country w.e.f. 01.04.2018.

The Scheme aims at all-round development of out-of-school Adolescent Girls (AGs) of age 1114 years and has two components Nutrition and Non Nutrition. Under the Nutrition component of the scheme, each out of school Adolescent Girl of age 11-14 years is provided 600 calories, 18-20 grams of protein and micronutrients @ Rs.9.5 per beneficiary per day for 300 days in a year.  The non- nutrition component has built in factor to motivate out of school girls to go back to formal schooling or skill training. Government is also providing IFA Supplementation, Health check-up & referral  services,  food  fortification,  dietary  diversification  etc.  in  convergence  with Ministry of Health & Family Welfare under Non-Nutrition component of the Scheme.

Nutrition  beneficiaries  under  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls  during  last  three  years  is  at Annexure-I .  State/UT-wise funds released during the last three years and the current year is at Annexure-II .

In addition to Scheme for Adolescent Girls, Government has launched Poshan Abhiyan since 18th December, 2017 to address the problem of malnutrition.  The goals of Poshan Abhiyan are to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers and children 0-6 years. As per NFHS-IV, anaemia among women in the age group of 15-49 years was 53.10% whereas as per CNNS (2016-18) anaemia among adolescent girls in the age group of 12-19 years was 40%.

The objectives and Target for Adolescent Girls is to reduce the prevalence of anemia among women and Adolescent Girls in the age Group of 15-49 years @ 3% per annum.

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ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUEST ION No. 4443 FOR 20.03.2020 REGARDING 'SCHEME FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS'

State-wise and year-wise number of Supplementary Nutrition Beneficiaries under SAG for the last three years and current year

| S.    | States/UTs        | Nutrition Beneficiaries under SAG   | Nutrition Beneficiaries under SAG   | Nutrition Beneficiaries under SAG   | Nutrition Beneficiaries under SAG   |
|-------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| No.   |                   | 2016-17                             | 2017-18                             | 2018-19                             | 2019-20                             |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 291018                              | 14763                               | 39181                               | 4496                                |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 11558                               | 266                                 | 482                                 | 482                                 |
| 3     | Assam             | 469521                              | NR                                  | 54352                               | 68545                               |
| 4     | Bihar             | 1999642                             | 396805                              | 130222                              | 17824                               |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 381560                              | 13673                               | 16093                               | 17529                               |
| 6     | Goa               | 34806                               | 45                                  | 21                                  | 7                                   |
| 7     | Gujarat           | 529521                              | NR                                  | 174620                              | 109743                              |
| 8     | Haryana           | 168967                              | 667                                 | 5066                                | 3581                                |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | 102496                              | 825                                 | 630                                 | 570                                 |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 87656                               | NR                                  | 16963                               | 6391                                |
| 11    | Jharkhand         | 333234                              | 63515                               | NR                                  | 18652                               |
| 12    | Karnataka         | 350269                              | 28022                               | 58670                               | 17106                               |
| 13    | Kerala            | 238372                              | 712                                 | 241                                 | 158                                 |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    | 995000                              | 125452                              | 305000                              | 180000                              |
| 15    | Maharashtra       | 848673                              | 45898                               | 24478                               | 36997                               |
| 16    | Manipur           | 42247                               | 5061                                | 4056                                | 4267                                |
| 17    | Meghalaya         | 59429                               | 1852                                | 1655                                | 1122                                |
| 18    | Mizoram           | 28148                               | 897                                 | 715                                 | 1131                                |
| 19    | Nagaland          | 19456                               | 6455                                | 7320                                | 7320                                |
| 20    | Orissa            | 590168                              | 56893                               | NR                                  | 25000                               |
| 21    | Punjab            | 188723                              | 2143                                | 4339                                | 4781                                |
| 22    | Rajasthan         | 0                                   | NR                                  | 173591                              | 49631                               |
| 23    | Sikkim            | 10473                               | 6                                   | NR                                  | 21                                  |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu        | 410247                              | 2337                                | NR                                  | 1033                                |
| 25    | Telangana         | 155861                              | NR                                  | 19410                               | 25000                               |
| 26    | Tripura           | 54208                               | 971                                 | 2031                                | 601                                 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh     | 2082000                             | NR                                  | 277000                              | 341518                              |
| 28    | Uttaranchal       | 0                                   | NR                                  | NR                                  | 26950                               |
| 29    | West Bengal       | 100106                              | 2842                                | 2055                                | 58123                               |
| 30    | A&N Islands       | 10649                               | 25                                  | 21                                  | 3                                   |
| 31    | Chandigarh        | 1741                                | 186                                 | 55                                  | 55                                  |
| 32    | Daman & Diu*      | 1458                                | 0                                   | 20                                  | 0                                   |
| 33    | D & NH            | 6228                                | NR                                  | NR                                  | 33                                  |
| 34    | Delhi             | 92158                               | 3383                                | 2280                                | 2268                                |
| 35    | Lakshadweep       | 2553                                | 10                                  | 7                                   | 3                                   |
| 36    | Pondicherry       | 4221                                | 18                                  | 22                                  | 14                                  |
| Total | Total             | 1,07,02,367                         | 7,73,722                            | 13,20,596                           | 10,30,955                           |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. No. 4443 FOR 20.03.2020 REGARDING 'SCHEME FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS'

State/UT-wise fund released under Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last 3 years:

(Rupees in lakh)

| S.   | States/UTs        | 2016-17        | 2016-17        | 2017-18       | 2017-18      | 2018-19       | 2018-19      |
|------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
| No.  | States/UTs        | Released       | Utilized       | Released      | Utilized     | Released      | Utilized     |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 762.99         | 1710.10        | 2259.52       | 2050.18      | 1011.98       | 139.57       |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 126.25         | 83.49          | 87.96         | 42.76        | 0.00          | 18.44        |
| 3    | Assam             | 1356.94        | 149.18         | 341.92        | 0.00         | 0.00          | 774.51       |
| 4    | Bihar             | 2696.83        | 2315.55        | 4003.74       | 2742.76      | 25.54         | 686.12       |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 1389.69        | 27772.50       | 2792.61       | 1795.87      | 724.75        | 61.70        |
| 6    | Goa               | 131.50         | 259.21         | 302.77        | 345.84       | 0.40          | 0.20         |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 1443.18        | 6323.17        | 2690.09       | 4989.00      | 5092.44       | 1206.18      |
| 8    | Haryana           | 104.74         | 573.65         | 589.97        | 363.75       | 37.41         | 44.71        |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 720.45         | 1349.14        | 1129.42       | 372.18       | 0.00          | 1.71         |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   | 194.63         | 184.69         | 255.91        | 26.67        | 560.39        | 0.00         |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 145.57         | 1465.35        | 1495.55       | 154.54       | 0.00          | 0.00         |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 740.73         | 2642.58        | 2466.93       | 1819.93      | 923.76        | 880.33       |
| 13   | Kerala            | 1057.73        | 893.89         | 692.91        | 996.27       | 289.74        | 0.00         |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 5302.02        | 8466.04        | 8641.18       | 7125.70      | 5442.40       | 2810.48      |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 5334.42        | 3541.02        | 3995.68       | 3530.70      | 3536.78       | 2715.98      |
| 16   | Manipur           | 49.65          | 161.87         | 170.28        | 62.34        | 0.00          | 34.21        |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 919.65         | 919.65         | 528.83        | 540.36       | 12.55         | 23.75        |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 91.78          | 103.40         | 123.95        | 123.15       | 69.32         | 69.32        |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 206.31         | 206.31         | 193.14        | 191.61       | 214.30        | 139.36       |
| 20   | Odisha            | 2867.25        | 3443.78        | 2442.60       | 2345.40      | 866.77        | 0.00         |
| 21   | Punjab            | 0              | 448.77         | 40.60         | 313.99       | 26.30         | 43.13        |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 0              | 22.49          | 39.38         | 0.00         | 0.00          | 59.39        |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 32.54          | 16.19          | 15.42         | 27.45        | 0.00          | 0.00         |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 2655.26        | 3076.85        | 3196.22       | 1945.25      | 0.00          | 32.28        |
| 25   | Telangana         | 572.39         | 0              | 81.40         | 765.58       | 107.49        | 0.00         |
| 26   | Tripura           | 334.81         | 819.62         | 674.38        | 210.06       | 19.16         | 103.19       |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 10932.99       | 7631.00        | 4486.13       | 5681.34      | 1000.35       | 0.00         |
| 28   | Uttaranchal       | 43.02          | 3.77           | 3.30          | 0.00         | 0.00          | 0.00         |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 40.41          | 340.08         | 282.47        | 992.63       | 101.85        | 0.00         |
| 30   | A & N Islands     | 107.05         | 50.65          | 51.35         | 15.52        | 3.18          | 0.19         |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 12.11          | 7.84           | 12.68         | 5.81         | 2.33          | 1.66         |
| 32   | Daman & Diu       | 14.14          | 15.94          | 14.14         | 14.07        | 4.53          | 4.53         |
| 33   | D & NH            | 16.44          | 16.44          | 16.44         | 12.64        | 4.94          | 0.00         |
| 34   | Delhi             | 276.66         | 687.49         | 490.19        | 570.32       | 320.48        | 18.29        |
| 35   |                   | 2.20           | 1.80           | 11.65         |              | 3.11          | 0.12         |
|      | Lakshadweep       |                |                |               | 2.82         |               |              |
| 36   | Pondicherry Total | 17.72 47700.06 | 18.67 50722.88 | 8.81 44629.53 | 4.74 40181.3 | 1.63 20403.88 | 0.04 9869.39 |