Lok Sabha Question No. 2669 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: Universalisation of ICDS
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2669

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2020

## UNIVERSALISATION OF ICDS

## 2669.   SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal in place to universalise the Integrated Child   Development Services (ICDS) scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  The  Scheme  of  ICDS  was  launched  in  1975  with  33  Projects  and  4,891 Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) and was gradually expanded to 5,652 Projects and 6 lakh sanctioned AWCs in the country, by the end of IX Plan. The coverage of ICDS, till IX Plan, was thus not universal as it covered only about 42% of the 14 lakh habitations.

To  comply  with  the  directions  of  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  and  to  fulfill  the commitment of the Government to universalize the Anganwadi Services Scheme, it has been  expanded  to  7075  Projects  and  14  lakh  AWCs  which  have  been  already sanctioned to States/UTs thereby covering the entire country.

The  Anganwadi  Services  today  operates  through  a  network  of  7075  fully operational Projects and 13.79 lakh AWCs as on 30.09.2019. The services are currently being  provided  to  7.96  crore  beneficiaries  of  which  6.40  crore  are  children  under  six years  of  age  and  1.56  crore  are  pregnant  women  and  lactating  mothers.  Pre-school education is provided to 2.85 crore children of 3-6 years of age as on 30.09.2019. Statewise  statement  containing  number  of  Projects,  Anganwadi  Centres  and  Beneficiaries across the country is at Annexure .

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## Annexure to LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2669 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2020 regarding 'Universalisation of ICDS'

## Anganwadi Centres Sanctioned and Operational under Anganwadi Services  Scheme Quarter Ending 30 September 2019

| S.No   | State/Uts         | No. of ICDS Projects   | No. of ICDS Projects   | No. of Anganwadi Centres   | No. of Anganwadi Centres   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition              | Beneficiaries of Pre-school Education   | Beneficiaries of Pre-school Education   | Beneficiaries of Pre-school Education   |
|--------|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| S.No   | State/Uts         | Sanctioned             | Operationa l           | Sanctioned                 | Operational                | Children (6 months - 3 years)              | Children (3 - 6 years)                     | Total Children (6 months - 6 years)        | Pregnant& lactating Mothers (P&LM)         | Total Beneficiaries (Children 6 mo-6 years plus P&LM) | Boys (3 - 6 years)                      | Girls (3 - 6 years)                     | Total (3 - 6 years)                     |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 257                    | 257                    | 55607                      | 55607                      | 1409492                                    | 747200                                     | 2156692                                    | 636873                                     | 2793565                                               | 377298                                  | 378464                                  | 755762                                  |
| 2      | Telangana         | 149                    | 149                    | 35700                      | 35634                      | 878795                                     | 440477                                     | 1319272                                    | 341212                                     | 1660484                                               | 294152                                  | 293408                                  | 587560                                  |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh | 98                     | 98                     | 6225                       | 6225                       | 44381                                      | 42739                                      | 87120                                      | 87120                                      | 174240                                                | 44381                                   | 42739                                   | 87120                                   |
| 4      | Assam             | 231                    | 231                    | 62153                      | 62153                      | 957147                                     | 1020459                                    | 1977606                                    | 224169                                     | 2201775                                               | 511118                                  | 509341                                  | 1020459                                 |
| 5      | Bihar             | 544                    | 544                    | 115009                     | 105383                     | 3141208                                    | 2963208                                    | 6104416                                    | 1375960                                    | 7480376                                               | 1777924                                 | 1185284                                 | 2963208                                 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      | 220                    | 220                    | 52474                      | 51414                      | 926760                                     | 683602                                     | 1610362                                    | 383386                                     | 1993748                                               | 335762                                  | 347840                                  | 683602                                  |
| 7      | Goa               | 11                     | 11                     | 1262                       | 1262                       | 35001                                      | 15360                                      | 50361                                      | 14601                                      | 64962                                                 | 7631                                    | 7729                                    | 15360                                   |
| 8      | Gujarat           | 336                    | 336                    | 53029                      | 53029                      | 1535885                                    | 1225072                                    | 2760957                                    | 664164                                     | 3425121                                               | 580371                                  | 569976                                  | 1150347                                 |
| 9      | Haryana           | 148                    | 148                    | 25962                      | 25962                      | 563926                                     | 238712                                     | 802638                                     | 257481                                     | 1060119                                               | 119286                                  | 119426                                  | 238712                                  |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh  | 78                     | 78                     | 18925                      | 18925                      | 245765                                     | 122721                                     | 368486                                     | 95743                                      | 464229                                                | 39084                                   | 40033                                   | 79117                                   |
| 11     | Jammu& Kashmir    | 141                    | 141                    | 31938                      | 29599                      | 361036                                     | 256726                                     | 617762                                     | 156894                                     | 774656                                                | 140140                                  | 134211                                  | 274351                                  |
| 12     | Jharkhand         | 224                    | 224                    | 38432                      | 38432                      | 337360                                     | 326326                                     | 663686                                     | 136599                                     | 800285                                                | 442895                                  | 443232                                  | 886127                                  |
| 13     | Karnataka         | 204                    | 204                    | 65911                      | 65911                      | 2141250                                    | 1339323                                    | 3480573                                    | 619672                                     | 4100245                                               | 707102                                  | 705454                                  | 1412556                                 |
| 14     | Kerala            | 258                    | 258                    | 33318                      | 33244                      | 429204                                     | 368065                                     | 797269                                     | 237780                                     | 1035049                                               | 189213                                  | 178852                                  | 368065                                  |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh    | 453                    | 453                    | 97135                      | 97135                      | 3235719                                    | 2948939                                    | 6184658                                    | 1407225                                    | 7591883                                               | 1618173                                 | 1619142                                 | 3237315                                 |
| 16     | Maharashtra       | 553                    | 553                    | 110486                     | 110219                     | 2519175                                    | 2293022                                    | 4812197                                    | 925791                                     | 5737988                                               | 1015946                                 | 994126                                  | 2010072                                 |
| 17     | Manipur           | 43                     | 43                     | 11510                      | 11510                      | 149253                                     | 183272                                     | 332525                                     | 54954                                      | 387479                                                | 92162                                   | 90164                                   | 182326                                  |
| 18     | Meghalaya         | 41                     | 41                     | 5896                       | 5896                       | 207245                                     | 243315                                     | 450560                                     | 74829                                      | 525389                                                | 96195                                   | 95278                                   | 191473                                  |
| 19     | Mizoram           | 27                     | 27                     | 2244                       | 2244                       | 49123                                      | 35001                                      | 84124                                      | 20922                                      | 105046                                                | 22538                                   | 22545                                   | 45083                                   |
| 20     | Nagaland          | 60                     | 60                     | 3980                       | 3980                       | 142072                                     | 145271                                     | 287343                                     | 50953                                      | 338296                                                | 73030                                   | 71222                                   | 144252                                  |
| 21     | Odisha            | 338                    | 338                    | 74154                      | 72587                      | 1627011                                    | 1369265                                    | 2996276                                    | 666386                                     | 3662662                                               | 695120                                  | 693518                                  | 1388638                                 |
| 22     | Punjab            | 155                    | 155                    | 27314                      | 27291                      | 424036                                     | 239237                                     | 663273                                     | 183167                                     | 846440                                                | 120269                                  | 117243                                  | 237512                                  |
| 23     | Rajasthan         | 304                    | 304                    | 62010                      | 61974                      | 1632935                                    | 992631                                     | 2625566                                    | 830313                                     | 3455879                                               | 501380                                  | 490935                                  | 992315                                  |
| 24     | Sikkim            | 13                     | 13                     | 1308                       | 1308                       | 9145                                       | 8093                                       | 17238                                      | 4126                                       | 21364                                                 | 4164                                    | 3926                                    | 8090                                    |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu        | 434                    | 434                    | 54439                      | 54439                      | 1813216                                    | 636819                                     | 2450035                                    | 715622                                     | 3165657                                               | 565779                                  | 548741                                  | 1114520                                 |

Total

| 26        | Tripura         |   56 |   56 | 10145                           |    9911 |   147470 |   152174 |   299644 |    61069 |   360713 |    86523 |    83388 |   169911 |
|-----------|-----------------|------|------|---------------------------------|---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh   |  897 |  897 | 190145                          |  187997 |  8285267 |  5150829 | 13436096 |  3835154 | 17271250 |  2721650 |  2581307 |  5302957 |
| 28        | Uttrakhand      |  105 |  105 | 20067                           |   20067 |   375884 |   151623 |   527507 |   145027 |   672534 |   100902 |   102074 |   202976 |
| 29        | West Bengal     |  576 |  576 | 119481                          |  116382 |  2851673 |  2671982 |  5523655 |  1212400 |  6736055 |  1298763 |  1282497 |  2581260 |
| 30        | A & N Islands   |    5 |    5 | 720                             |     720 |     7454 |     3371 |    10825 |     3664 |    14489 |     1674 |     1663 |     3337 |
| 31        | Chandigarh**    |    3 |    3 | 450                             |     450 |    21409 |    27010 |    48419 |     6736 |    55155 |    14113 |    12897 |    27010 |
| 32        | Delhi*          |   95 |   95 | 10897                           |   10897 |   304604 |   118954 |   423558 |   113938 |   537496 |    58809 |    60147 |   118956 |
| 33        | Dadra& N Haveli |    2 |    2 | 302                             |     302 |     8815 |    11240 |    20055 |     6960 |    27015 |     5572 |     5668 |    11240 |
| 34        | Daman& Diu      |    2 |    2 | 107                             |     107 |     2492 |     1750 |     4242 |     3369 |     7611 |      874 |      883 |     1757 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep     |    9 |    9 | 107                             |     107 |     2622 |      799 |     3421 |     1101 |     4522 |      417 |      382 |      799 |
| 36        | Puducherry      |    5 |    5 | 855                             |     855 |    23568 |      682 |    24250 |     9450 |    33700 |      347 |      335 |      682 |
| All India | All India       | 7075 | 7075 | 1399697 [1400000 saned. by GOI] | 1379158 | 36847398 | 27175269 | 64022667 | 15564810 | 79587477 | 14660757 | 13834070 | 28494827 |

Based on State/UTs  level consolidated report. *253 AWCs surrendered by NCT of Delhi accepted in MWCD vide order no11-33/2015-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