Lok Sabha Question No. 3442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Rented Anganwadi Buildings
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S. Venkatesan, Chandrani Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 3442

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020

## RENTED ANGANWADI BUILDINGS

## 3442.  SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

MS. CHANDRANI MURMU:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  that  Anganwadi  Centres  in  the country do not have their own buildings;
- (b) if  so,  the  number of functional Anganwadis and Anganwadis having their own building across the country, State/UT-wise including Odisha;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) the  details  of  initiative  taken  to  provide  nutrition  and  helping  the  Anganwadi Centres in the country, State/UT including district-wise details of Tamil Nadu; and
- (e) whether there is any proposal for the enhancement of salary of the Anganwadi workers and helpers?

## ANSWER

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

(a)& (b):  Out of 13,80,796 functional Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) running across the Country, 6,05,474 AWCs have their own buildings including 44,671 AWCs in Odisha. The  details  of  number  of  functional  Anganwadis  and  Anganwadis  having  their  own building across the country as per data available in Rapid Reporting System (RRS), State/UT-wise including Odisha are at Annexure .

(c): Government  of  India  provides  Central  assistance  for  construction  of  new Anganwadi  Centre  buildings  in  rural  area  in  convergence  with  Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  on  reimbursement basis.  In the current financial year, Government has proposed construction of 58,670 more Anganwadi Centres across the country.

(d) : Under the Anganwadi Services Scheme, provision of supplementary nutrition is primarily  made  to  bridge  the  gap  between  the  Recommended  Dietary  Allowance (RDA)  and  the  Average  Daily  Intake  (ADI)  of  children  and  pregnant  women  and lactating mothers. Types of food provided under Supplementary Nutrition (SNP) and cost  norms  for all  the  states/UTs  including  Tamil  Nadu  to  different  categories  of beneficiaries are given below:

|   S. No. | Categories                                    | Types of food                                                                                                                         | Ratesper day per Beneficiary(in Rs.)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Children (0-6 months)                         | Exclusive Breast feeding for first 6 months of life.                                                                                  | -                                      |
|        2 | Children (6-36 months)                        | Take Home Ration in the form that is palatable to the child with food supplement of 500 calories of energy and 12-15 gms. of Protein. | 8.00                                   |
|        3 | Severely malnouris hed children (6-36 months) | Same type of food as above with food supplement of 800 calories of energy and 20-25 gms. of Protein.                                  | 12.00                                  |
|        4 | Children (3-6 years)                          | Morning snack and Hot Cooked Meal with food supplement of 500 calories of energy and 12-15 gms. of Protein.                           | 8.00                                   |
|        5 | Severely malnouris hed children (3-6 years)   | Additional 300 calories of energy and 8-10 gms. of Protein in the form of micro-nutrient fortified food and/or energy dense food.     | 12.00                                  |
|        6 | Pregnant women and Nursing mothers            | Take Home Ration with food supplement of 600 calories of energy and 18-20gms. of Protein.                                             | 9.50                                   |

## Supplementary Nutrition provided to Anganwadi Centre beneficiaries in all districts of Tamil Nadu is as follows:

|   S N | Category                                    | Monday                                                    | Tuesday                                                   | Wednesday                                                 | Thursday                                                  | Friday                                                    | Saturday                                                  | Sunday                     |
|-------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|     1 | Children 6 months to 1years                 | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Nil                        |
|     2 | Children 1 Year to 2 years                  | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF) and One egg on Wednesday | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF) and One egg on Wednesday | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF) and One egg on Wednesday | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF) and One egg on Wednesday | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF) and One egg on Wednesday | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF) and One egg on Wednesday | Nil                        |
|     3 | Children 2 Year to 5 years                  | CWF, Tomato Rice and Egg                                  | CWF Mixed Rice and Black Bengal Gram or Green Gram Sundal | CWF, Vegetable Pulav and Egg                              | CWF Lemon Rice and Egg                                    | CWF Dhal Rice and Boiled Potato                           | CWF and Mixed Rice                                        | Dry Ration (Rice and Dhal) |
|     4 | Pregnant Women & Lactation Mothers          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Nil                        |
|     5 | 11-14 Years out of school Adolescen t Girls | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Complementary Weaning Food (CWF)                          | Nil                        |

Anganwadi Services is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which is implemented by the States/UTs.  Government of India lays down the guidelines, releases the funds and monitors implementation of the Scheme.

(e) : No  sir,presently,  there  is  no  proposal  for  enhancement  of  honorarium  of  the Anganwadi workers and helpers.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3442  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  13.03.2020  RAISED  BY  SHRI  S. VENKATESAN  AND  MS.  CHANDRANI  MURMU  REGARDING  'RENTED  ANGANWADI BUILDINGS'

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   No. of operational AWCs |   Number of Anganwadi Centreshaving own Govt. Building |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                     55607 |                                                  21126 |
| 2         | Telangana         |                     35634 |                                                  10681 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |                      6225 |                                                   5801 |
| 4         | Assam             |                     62153 |                                                  39889 |
| 5         | Bihar             |                    106953 |                                                  26097 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      |                     51414 |                                                  37729 |
| 7         | Goa               |                      1262 |                                                    210 |
| 8         | Gujarat           |                     53029 |                                                  42854 |
| 9         | Haryana           |                     25962 |                                                   8998 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  |                     18925 |                                                   2059 |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                     28460 |                                                    812 |
| 12        | Jharkhand         |                     38432 |                                                  22574 |
| 13        | Karnataka         |                     65911 |                                                  44312 |
| 14        | Kerala            |                     33244 |                                                  22770 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    |                     97135 |                                                  33278 |
| 16        | Maharashtra       |                    110219 |                                                  57760 |
| 17        | Manipur           |                     11510 |                                                   2859 |
| 18        | Meghalaya         |                      5896 |                                                   3014 |
| 19        | Mizoram           |                      2244 |                                                   2215 |
| 20        | Nagaland          |                      3980 |                                                   3085 |
| 21        | Odisha            |                     72587 |                                                  44671 |
| 22        | Punjab            |                     27295 |                                                   2098 |
| 23        | Rajasthan         |                     61974 |                                                  29830 |
| 24        | Sikkim            |                      1308 |                                                    965 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        |                     54439 |                                                  43064 |
| 26        | Tripura           |                      9911 |                                                   9273 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |                    187997 |                                                  28590 |
| 28        | Uttrakhand        |                     20067 |                                                   3018 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |                    116446 |                                                  54741 |
| 30        | A & N Islands     |                       720 |                                                    129 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |                       450 |                                                    170 |
| 32        | Delhi             |                     10897 |                                                     37 |
| 33        | Dadra & N Haveli  |                       302 |                                                    171 |
| 34        | Daman & Diu       |                       107 |                                                     82 |
| 35        | Ladakh            |                      1139 |                                                    141 |
| 36        | Lakshadweep       |                       107 |                                                     27 |
| 37        | Puducherry        |                       855 |                                                    347 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL             |                   1380796 |                                                 605474 |