Lok Sabha Question No. 162 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Anganwadi Kendras
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena

## GOVERNEMNT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO *162

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2019

## ANGANWADI KENDRAS

## 162. SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

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

- (a) the details of the funds allocated to set up Anganwadi Kendras in Rajasthan, district-wise;
- (b) whether  regular  inspections  of  Anganwadi  Kendras  are  carried  out  by  the officers of the Department and if so, the details thereof along with the provisions made in this regard;
- (c) the number and details of complaints received by the Department in this regard so far;
- (d) the number of malnutrition cases reported from Rajasthan and the steps taken by the Government to tackle such cases, district-wise; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  new  Anganwadi  Kendras  in Rajasthan and if so, the details thereof, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*162 FOR 29.11.2019 REGARDING ANGANWADI KENDRAS ASKED BY SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

(a) Anganwadi  Services  under  umbrella  Integrated  Child  Development  Scheme (ICDS) is a centrally sponsored scheme in which Government of India issues guidelines, releases funds and monitors the scheme. The funds are allocated to the States/UTs on the basis of Annual Programme Implementation Plan (APIP) submitted by the respective States/UTs. The funds are released for implementation of the scheme on quarterly basis after considering the Utilisation Certificates (UCs) and Statement of Expenditure (SoE). The  funds  are  released  as  per  the  following  cost  sharing  ratiobetween  Centre  and States/UTs:

| Components under Anganwadi Services   | Components under Anganwadi Services   | Components under Anganwadi Services   | Components under Anganwadi Services   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|                                       | General                               | Salary                                | SNP                                   |
| States/UTs with Legislature           | 60:40                                 | 25:75                                 | 50:50                                 |
| NE/Himalayan States                   | 90:10                                 | 90:10                                 | 90:10                                 |
| UT Without Legislature                | 100:0                                 | 100:0                                 | 100:0                                 |

These  funds  are  allocated  for  the  entire  State  and  further  allocation  is  done  by  the respective  State.  Government  of  India  does  not  maintain  district-wise  details  of  funds allocated by the States/UTs. The details of the funds allocated, released and utilized by Rajasthan for 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 are as follows:

(Rupees in lakhs)

| 2017-18        | 2017-18         | 2017-18        | 2018-19        | 2018-19        | 2018-19        | 2019-20        | 2019-20        |
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| APIP Approve d | Funds release d | Funds Utilized | APIP Approve d | Funds released | Funds Utilized | APIP Approv ed | Funds released |
| 63808.73       | 67542.9 8       | 58185.7 6      | 63876.3        | 66618.8        | 29599. 82      | 74974.6 5      | 52017.6        |

The district-wise  detail  of  funds  allocated  by  Rajasthan  Government  during  2019-20  is placed at Annexure 1.

(b) MWCD is continuously monitoring implementation of Anganwadi Services Scheme including  inspections/visits  to  Anganwadi  Centres.  During  2018-19,  a  total  number  of 2512  AWCs  have  been  visited/inspected  by  Central  Monitoring  Unit,  NIPCCD  in  13 States/UTs.The  points  emerged  during  the  inspection/visits  have  been  shared  with concerned States/UTs to take remedial action for improving implementation of Anganwadi  Services  Scheme.Besides,  all  the  States/UTs  are  required  to  conduct periodical inspections as per guidelines issued on 22 nd October, 2010 by the Ministry.

Further,  Government  of  Rajasthan  is  monitoring  the  physical  visit  of  AWCs  by Supervisors, Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) and Deputy Directors by using RAJDHARA mobile based application with dashboard. For the betterment of services and quality at AWCs, they have prepared performance based ranking of all the Districts on the basis of visit report on various parameters.

(c) As reported by State Government of Rajasthan, a total number of 9005 complaints have  been  received  by  the  State  Government  from  01.04.2019  to  25.11.2019.  The district-wise details are at Annexure-II . This Ministry has received 141 complaints/grievances  during  this  year  i.e.  January  2019  to  November  2019  regarding Anganwadi Services in the country (including Rajasthan), The state-wise details are at Annexure-III .  Since  the  Scheme  is  implemented  by  States/UTs,  these  complaints  are forwarded to State Governments.

(d) As  per  the  report  of  National  Family  Health  Survey  (NFHS)  -  4  conducted  by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2015-16, 35.7% children under 5 years of age are underweight and 38.4% are stunted, indicating a reduction from the previous levels as  per  NFHS  -  3  (2005-06),  which  reported  42.5%  children  under  5  years  of  age  as underweight and 48% stunted.

In  the  State  of  Rajasthan  36.7%  children  under  5  years  of  age  are  underweight  and 39.1% stunted as per NFHS-4, indicating a reduction from the previous NFHS-3 which reports 39.9% of children under 5 years of age as underweight and 43.7% as stunted. A

state wise data for the children a per NFHS 3 and 4 is Annexure-IV .

(e) During the third phase of expansion of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)  Scheme,  the  Government  had  approved  cumulatively  a  total  of  14  lakh Aanganwadi  Centres  (AWCs)  across  the  country.  As  on  date  13,99,697  AWCs  have been  sanctioned  to  the  States/UTs  out  of  which  13,77,595  AWCs  are  operational  in various  States/UTs  as  per  details  given  in Annexure-V .  District-wise  details  are  not maintained  by  the  Ministry.  In  Rajasthan,  62,010  Anganwadi  Centres  have  been sanctioned against which 61,974 Anganwadi Centres are operational as on 30.06.2019. There is no proposal to set up new Anganwadi Centres more than the approved number of AWCs, at present.

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Annexure-I STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  REPLY  TO  LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*162 FOR 29.11.2019 REGARDING ANGANWADI KENDRAS ASKED BY SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA District-wise  funds  allocated  by  Government  of  Rajasthan  to  set  up  Anganwadi

Kendras for financial year 2019-20 up to 26.11.2019 (Rupees in lakhs)

| S. No   | District Name   | AWC Recurring   | AWC Recurring   | AWC Rent   | AWC Rent    | Honorarium   | Honorarium   | Total     | Total       |
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
| S. No   | District Name   | GOI Share       | State Share     | GOI Share  | State Share | GOI Share    | State Share  | GOI Share | State Share |
| 1       | Ajmer           | 6.66            | 4.44            | 20.59      | 13.73       | 809.27       | 1526.68      | 836.52    | 1544.85     |
| 2       | Alwar           | 15.35           | 10.23           | 13.18      | 8.79        | 1373.73      | 2720.85      | 1402.26   | 2739.87     |
| 3       | Barmer          | 11.91           | 7.94            | 17.88      | 11.92       | 1241.56      | 2372.03      | 1271.35   | 2391.89     |
| 4       | Bhartpur        | 6.60            | 4.40            | 21.64      | 14.43       | 719.35       | 1394.26      | 747.59    | 1413.09     |
| 5       | Bhilwara        | 7.52            | 5.01            | 14.77      | 9.85        | 843.27       | 166.00       | 865.56    | 180.86      |
| 6       | Bikaner         | 4.31            | 2.87            | 9.08       | 6.05        | 480.03       | 923.84       | 493.42    | 932.77      |
| 7       | Bundi           | 3.99            | 2.66            | 9.64       | 6.43        | 422.63       | 810.45       | 436.26    | 819.54      |
| 8       | Chittorgarh     | 5.79            | 3.86            | 7.09       | 4.73        | 674.00       | 1273.90      | 686.88    | 1282.49     |
| 9       | Churu           | 7.17            | 4.78            | 19.38      | 12.92       | 692.78       | 1342.95      | 719.33    | 1360.65     |
| 10      | Dausa           | 7.79            | 5.19            | 3.12       | 2.08        | 508.64       | 1039.98      | 519.55    | 1047.25     |
| 11      | Ganganagar      | 6.82            | 4.55            | 13.79      | 9.19        | 777.93       | 1528.68      | 798.54    | 1542.42     |
| 12      | Hanumangarh     | 4.33            | 2.89            | 9.54       | 6.36        | 480.48       | 955.40       | 494.35    | 964.65      |
| 13      | Jaipur          | 28.14           | 18.76           | 53.37      | 35.58       | 1794.95      | 3371.30      | 1876.46   | 3425.64     |
| 14      | Jhalawar        | 5.10            | 3.40            | 8.55       | 5.70        | 582.72       | 1088.67      | 596.37    | 1097.77     |
| 15      | Jodhpur         | 9.93            | 6.62            | 13.89      | 9.26        | 1011.62      | 1945.56      | 1035.44   | 1961.44     |
| 16      | Karouli         | 4.54            | 3.03            | .54        | 0.36        | 464.70       | 945.18       | 469.78    | 948.57      |
| 17      | Kota            | 4.31            | 2.7             | 14.96      | 9.97        | 498.53       | 922.81       | 517.80    | 935.66      |
| 18      | Nagpur          | 14.45           | 9.63            | 15.36      | 10.24       | 1131.97      | 2282.79      | 1161.78   | 2302.66     |
| 19      | Pali            | 6.38            | 4.25            | 2.82       | 1.88        | 688.09       | 1366.56      | 697.29    | 1372.69     |
| 20      | SawaiMadhop ur  | 3.87            | 2.82            | 12.30      | 8.20        | 416.74       | 820.99       | 432.91    | 831.77      |
| 21      | Sikar           | 16.02           | 10.68           | 17.45      | 11.63       | 820.97       | 1609.32      | 854.44    | 1631.63     |
| 22      | Tonk            | 9.76            | 6.51            | 7.61       | 5.07        | 531.91       | 1059.37      | 549.28    | 1070.95     |
| 23      | Udaipur         | 7.51            | 5.01            | 9.91       | 6.61        | 1192.64      | 2321.47      | 1210.06   | 2333.08     |
| 24      | Banswara        | 4.54            | 3.03            | 8.33       | 5.55        | 833.75       | 1649.59      | 846.62    | 1658.17     |
| 25      | Baran           | 5.29            | 3.53            | 9.87       | 6.58        | 606.03       | 1173.36      | 621.19    | 1183.47     |
| 26      | Jhunjhunu       | 9.48            | 6.32            | 1.20       | 0.80        | 644.93       | 1265.98      | 655.61    | 1273.10     |
| 27      | Pratapgarh      | 2.57            | 1.71            | 1.48       | 0.99        | 435.08       | 875.39       | 439.13    | 878.09      |
| 28      | Rajsamand       | 4.00            | 2.67            | 0.36       | 0.24        | 447.39       | 897.67       | 451.75    | 900.58      |
| 29      | Sirohi          | 2.67            | 1.78            | 2.87       | 1.91        | 283.91       | 520.20       | 289.45    | 523.89      |
| 30      | Dungarpur       | 3.74            | 2.49            | 1.60       | 1.07        | 748.08       | 1461.39      | 753.42    | 1464.95     |
| 31      | Dholpur         | 3.59            | 2.39            | 3.60       | 2.40        | 375.09       | 732.76       | 382.28    | 737.55      |
| 32      | Jalore          | 6.02            | 4.01            | 0.18       | 0.12        | 526.24       | 1071.08      | 532.44    | 1075.21     |
|         |                 | 2.69            | 1.79            | 0.00       | 0.00        | 263.17       | 515.09       | 265.86    | 516.88      |
| 33      | Jaislmer        | 242.84          | 161.89          |            |             |              |              |           |             |
| Total   | Total           | Total           |                 | 345.95     | 230.63      | 23322.18     | 43951.55     | 23910.97  | 44344.08    |

Annexure-II

STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  REPLY  TO  LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*162 FOR 29.11.2019 REGARDING ANGANWADI KENDRAS ASKED BY SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA

District-wise details of complaint received by Government of Rajasthan(01.04.2019 to 25.11.2019)

| S.No.   | District       |   Total Registered Grievance |
|---------|----------------|------------------------------|
| 1.      | Ajmer          |                          286 |
| 2.      | Alwar          |                          656 |
| 3.      | Banswara       |                           53 |
| 4.      | Baran          |                          360 |
| 5.      | Barmer         |                          392 |
| 6.      | Bhartpur       |                          776 |
| 7.      | Bhilwara       |                          230 |
| 8.      | Bikaner        |                          166 |
| 9.      | Bundi          |                          201 |
| 10.     | Chittorgarh    |                          130 |
| 11.     | Churu          |                          166 |
| 12.     | Dausa          |                          499 |
| 13.     | Dholpur        |                          362 |
| 14.     | Dungarpur      |                           33 |
| 15.     | Hanumangarh    |                          195 |
| 16.     | Jaipur         |                          916 |
| 17.     | Jaislmer       |                           74 |
| 18.     | Jalore         |                           98 |
| 19.     | Jhalawar       |                          236 |
| 20.     | Jhunjhunu      |                          239 |
| 21.     | Jodhpur        |                          320 |
| 22.     | Karouli        |                          452 |
| 23.     | Kota           |                          254 |
| 24.     | Nagpur         |                          233 |
| 25.     | Pali           |                          144 |
| 26.     | Pratapgarh     |                           76 |
| 27.     | Rajsamand      |                           83 |
| 28.     | SawaiMadhopur  |                          409 |
| 29.     | Sikar          |                          212 |
| 30.     | Sirohi         |                           43 |
| 31.     | Sri Ganganagar |                          325 |
| 32.     | Tonk           |                          245 |
| 33.     | Udaipur        |                          141 |
| Total   | Total          |                         9005 |

## Annexure-III

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  REPLY  TO  LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*162 FOR 29.11.2019 REGARDING ANGANWADI KENDRAS ASKED BY SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA

State/UT-wise complaints/grievances received during the year 2019

| S.No.   | State             | Corruption   | Services at AWCs   | Total Cases   |
|---------|-------------------|--------------|--------------------|---------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |              | 2                  | 2             |
| 2       | Chhattisgarh      | 1            | 1                  | 2             |
| 3       | Bihar             | 21           | 4                  | 25            |
| 4       | Goa               |              |                    |               |
| 5       | Gujarat           | 2            | 8                  | 10            |
| 6       | Chandigarh        | 1            | 4                  | 5             |
| 7       | Himanchal Pradesh |              |                    |               |
| 8       | J&K               |              |                    |               |
| 9       | Jharkhand         | 3            | 2                  | 5             |
| 10      | Karnataka         |              | 2                  | 2             |
| 11      | Kerala            |              | 1                  | 1             |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh    | 4            | 5                  | 9             |
| 13      | Maharashtra       | 3            | 3                  | 6             |
| 14      | Orissa            | 1            | 1                  | 2             |
| 15      | Punjab            |              |                    |               |
| 16      | Rajasthan         | 5            | 3                  | 8             |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu        |              | 3                  | 3             |
| 18      | Uttar Pradesh     | 17           | 13                 | 30            |
| 19      | Uttarakhand       |              | 2                  | 2             |
| 20      | Andaman & Nicobar |              | 1                  | 1             |
| 21      | Haryana           | 2            |                    | 2             |
| 22      | Haveli            |              | 2                  | 2             |
| 23      | Daman & Diu       |              |                    |               |
| 24      | Arunachal Pradesh |              |                    |               |
| 25      | Assam             | 1            |                    | 1             |
| 26      | Manipur           |              |                    |               |
| 27      | Meghalaya         |              |                    |               |
| 28      | Mizoram           |              |                    |               |
| 29      | Nagaland          |              |                    |               |
| 30      | Sikkim            |              |                    |               |
| 31      | West Bengal       | 3            | 7                  | 10            |
| 32      | Tripura           | 2            |                    | 2             |
| 33      | Puducherry        |              |                    |               |
| 34      | Delhi             | 5            | 5                  | 10            |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       |              |                    |               |
| 36      | Telangana         |              | 1                  | 1             |
| Total   | Total             | 71           | 70                 | 141           |

## Annexure-IV

STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  REPLY  TO  LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*162 FOR 29.11.2019 REGARDING ANGANWADI KENDRAS ASKED BY SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA

## Prevalence of Malnutrition among children as National family Health Survey- 4 (2015-16) and 3 (2005-06)

| S.No   | State                | Underweight   | Underweight   | Stunting   | Stunting   |
|--------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|------------|------------|
| S.No   | State                | NFHS-3        | NFHS-4        | NFHS-3     | NFHS-4     |
| 1      | A& N Islands         | -             | 21.6          | -          | 23.3       |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh       | 32.5          | 31.9          | 42.7       | 31.4       |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh    | 32.5          | 19.5          | 43.3       | 29.4       |
| 4      | Assam                | 36.4          | 29.8          | 46.5       | 36.4       |
| 5      | Bihar                | 55.9          | 43.9          | 55.6       | 48.3       |
| 6      | Chandigarh           | -             | 24.5          | -          | 28.7       |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh         | 47.1          | 37.7          | 52.9       | 37.6       |
| 8      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -             | 38.9          | -          | 41.7       |
| 9      | Daman & Diu          | -             | 26.7          | -          | 23.4       |
| 10     | Delhi                | 26.1          | 27.0          | 42.2       | 32.3       |
| 11     | Goa                  | 25.0          | 23.8          | 25.6       | 20.1       |
| 12     | Gujarat              | 44.6          | 39.3          | 51.7       | 38.5       |
| 13     | Haryana              | 39.6          | 29.4          | 45.7       | 34.0       |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh     | 36.5          | 21.2          | 38.6       | 26.3       |
| 15     | J&K                  | 25.6          | 16.6          | 35.0       | 27.4       |
| 16     | Jharkhand            | 56.5          | 47.8          | 49.8       | 45.3       |
| 17     | Karnataka            | 37.6          | 35.2          | 43.7       | 36.2       |
| 18     | Kerala               | 22.9          | 16.1          | 24.5       | 19.7       |
| 19     | Lakshdweep           | -             | 23.4          | -          | 27.0       |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh       | 60.0          | 42.8          | 50.0       | 42.0       |
| 21     | Maharashtra          | 37.0          | 36.0          | 46.3       | 34.4       |
| 22     | Manipur              | 22.2          | 13.8          | 35.6       | 28.9       |
| 23     | Meghalaya            | 48.8          | 29.0          | 55.1       | 43.8       |
| 24     | Mizoram              | 19.9          | 11.9          | 39.8       | 28.0       |
| 25     | Nagaland             | 25.2          | 16.8          | 38.8       | 28.6       |
| 26     | Orissa               | 40.7          | 34.4          | 45.0       | 34.1       |
| 27     | Puducherry           | -             | 22.0          | -          | 23.7       |
| 28     | Punjab               | 24.9          | 21.6          | 36.7       | 25.7       |
| 29     | Rajasthan            | 39.9          | 36.7          | 43.7       | 39.1       |
| 30     | Sikkim               | 19.7          | 14.2          | 38.3       | 29.6       |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu           | 29.8          | 23.8          | 30.9       | 27.1       |
| 32     | Telangana            | -             | 28.5          | -          | 28.1       |
| 33     | Tripura              | 39.6          | 24.1          | 35.7       | 24.3       |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh        | 42.4          | -             | 56.8       | -          |
| 35     | Uttrakhand           | 38.0          | 26.6          | 44.4       | 33.5       |
| 36     | West Bengal          | 38.7          | 31.5          | 44.6       | 32.5       |
|        | TOTAL                | 42.5          | 35.7          | 48.0       | 38.4       |

## Annexure-V

STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  REPLY  TO  LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*162 FOR 29.11.2019 REGARDING ANGANWADI KENDRAS ASKED BY SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA

State-wise details of sanctioned and operational Anganwadi Centres

| S. No   | States/UTs        | No. of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)             | No. of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| S. No   | States/UTs        | Sanctioned AWCs                             | Operational AWCs                  |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 55607                                       | 55607                             |
| 2       | Telangana         | 35700                                       | 35634                             |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | 6225                                        | 6225                              |
| 4       | Assam             | 62153                                       | 62153                             |
| 5       | Bihar             | 115009                                      | 104090                            |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 52474                                       | 51301                             |
| 7       | Goa               | 1262                                        | 1262                              |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 53029                                       | 53029                             |
| 9       | Haryana           | 25962                                       | 25962                             |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 18925                                       | 18925                             |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 31938                                       | 29599                             |
| 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                                       | 27289                             |
| 23      | Rajasthan         | 62010                                       | 61974                             |
| 24      | Sikkim            | 1308                                        | 1308                              |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        | 54439                                       | 54439                             |
| 26      | Tripura           | 10145                                       | 9911                              |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 190145                                      | 187997                            |
| 28      | Uttrakhand        | 20067                                       | 20067                             |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 119481                                      | 116227                            |
| 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      | Lakshadweep       | 107                                         | 107                               |
|         | All India         | 1399697 [1400000 earlier sanctioned by GOI] | 1377595                           |

Based on State/UTs  level consolidated report.

*253  AWCs  surrendered  by  NCT  of  Delhi  accepted  in  MWCD  vide  order  no1133/2015-CD-I Dated 16 November 2018.

** 50 AWCs surrendered by Chandigarh Administration accepted in MWCD vide order no.11-33/2015-CD dated 21 Dec., 2018.