Lok Sabha Question No. 2251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Digitisation of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Devendrappa Y

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2251

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.09.2020

## DIGITISATION OF ANGANWADI CENTRES (AWCS)

## 2251.   SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA

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

- (a) whether the Government is considering a proposal for effective monitoring of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) across the country through digitisation;
- (b) if so, the extent to which digitisation has been achieved, State-wise;
- (c) the proposed timeline and the strategies implemented under this project, Statewise; and
- (d) the steps taken by Union Government and the State Governments to improve nutrition, literacy and numeracy in Anganwadi Centres?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)   Currently,  the  Ministry  runs the  mobile  based  job-aid   Application  (ICDSCAS) in  an  attempt    to  use  technology  for  improved   service  delivery.  This  system covers only 351 districts of the country.

State-wise status of implementation of ICDS-CAS is at Annexure-I.

ICDS-CAS is not integrated with Mother & Child  Tracking System/Reproductive Child Health (RCH) portal of MoHFW.

The Ministry of WCD has conceptualized a digital platform," Poshan Tracker",   which will  be  an  overarching  system,  providing  facilities,  services  and  interlinkages,  and thereby also promote real time data with analytics.

(d)     The  child  beneficiaries  under  the  Anganwadi  Services  Scheme  are  provided Supplementary Nutrition as per the guidelines of the Scheme. Monthly Village Health and  Sanitation  Day  and  Community  Based  Events  are  organised  by  States/UTs  to improve  status  of  nutrition  of  children.  In  addition,children  (3-6  years)  are  provided non-formal Pre-School Education service in all AWCs. Funds @ Rs. 5,000/- per AWC per annum is provided to States/UTs for imparting non-formal pre-school education to the children.

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Annexure-I

## Statement referred in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2251 for 23.09.2020

State-wise status of ICDS-CAS Users

| Sl.                                 | State/UT                            |   Total number of ICDS-CAS mobile users (as on 31.07.2020) |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 1Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                                                        718 |
| 2Andhra Pradesh                     | 2Andhra Pradesh                     |                                                      55589 |
| 3Assam                              | 3Assam                              |                                                      27081 |
| 4Bihar                              | 4Bihar                              |                                                     103729 |
| 5Chandigarh                         | 5Chandigarh                         |                                                        450 |
| 6Chhattisgarh                       | 6Chhattisgarh                       |                                                      10473 |
| 7Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 7Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                                        405 |
| 8Delhi                              | 8Delhi                              |                                                      10338 |
| 9Goa                                | 9Goa                                |                                                       1241 |
| 10Gujarat                           | 10Gujarat                           |                                                      53019 |
| 11Himachal Pradesh                  | 11Himachal Pradesh                  |                                                      18922 |
| 12Jharkhand                         | 12Jharkhand                         |                                                      11487 |
| 13Kerala                            | 13Kerala                            |                                                      33111 |
| 14Lakshadweep                       | 14Lakshadweep                       |                                                        107 |
| 15Madhya Pradesh                    | 15Madhya Pradesh                    |                                                      27815 |
| 16Maharashtra                       | 16Maharashtra                       |                                                     109657 |
| 17Manipur                           | 17Manipur                           |                                                        576 |
| 18Meghalaya                         | 18Meghalaya                         |                                                       5891 |
| 19Mizoram                           | 19Mizoram                           |                                                       2244 |
| 20Nagaland                          | 20Nagaland                          |                                                       3833 |
| 21Puducherry                        | 21Puducherry                        |                                                        854 |
| 22Rajasthan                         | 22Rajasthan                         |                                                      21175 |
| 23Sikkim                            | 23Sikkim                            |                                                        821 |
| 24Tamil Nadu                        | 24Tamil Nadu                        |                                                      54440 |
| 25Telangana                         | 25Telangana                         |                                                      11159 |
| 26Uttar Pradesh                     | 26Uttar Pradesh                     |                                                      52166 |
| 27Uttarakhand                       | 27Uttarakhand                       |                                                      19854 |
|                                     |                                     |                                                     637155 |