Lok Sabha Question No. 3231 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Adarsh Anganwadi Kendras
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dharambir Singh, Devji Mansingram Patel, Pratima Bhoumik, Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3231 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020

## ADARSH ANGANWADI KENDRAS

3231.  SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL: MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note that many Anganwadi Kendras across the country lack basic facilities such as toilets, power and drinking water and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has proposed to develop Adarsh Anganwadi Kendra/modern  Anganwadis  across  the  country,  if  so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Jalore Sirohi constituency;
- (c) whether the Government has proposed to equip all Anganwadi Centres with solar panels  across  the  country  to  provide  24x7  power  supply  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d) whether the Government has taken note of Anganwadi food scams and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken in this regard, State/UT-wise including Haryana?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) State/UT-wise  details  of  number  of  Anganwadi  Centres  with  drinking  water  and toilet facilities is Annexed.
- (b) &  (c)  The  scheme  provides  for  up-gradation  and  improvement  of  infrastructural facilities  in  AWC  buildings  @  Rs.  2.00  lakh  per  AWC  building,  maintenance  @ Rs.3,000/- per AWC and furniture & equipment @ Rs.10,000/- per AWC and @ Rs.7,000/- per Mini-AWC once in  5 years. Apart from this, funds for construction of Toilets  and  for  providing  drinking  water  facilities  in  AWCs  are  also  provided  to States/UTs. In addition, funds @ Rs. 5,000/- per AWC per annum is provided to States/UTs  for  imparting  non-formal  pre-school  education  to  the  children  in  all AWCs.
- (d) No instance of food scam has come to the notice of the Ministry. However, this Ministry  has  received  39  complaints  during  last five  years  regarding  services  at Anganwadi  Centres  in  the  country  which  have  been  transferred  to  concerned State Government for taking necessary action.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3231 FOR 13.03.2020  REGARDING ADARSH  ANGANWDI  KENDRAS  ASKED  BY  SHRI DHARAMBIR  SINGH,  SHRI  DEVJI  M.  PATEL,  MS.  PRATIMA  BHOUMIK  AND  SHRI  SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

State/UT-wise details of Anganwadi Centres with Drinking Water & Toilet Facilities (as on 31 st December 2019)

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT   | Operational   | No. of AWCs for which data is available   | Total No. of AWCs/Mini-AWCs with Drinking water facility   | Total No. of AWCs/Mini- AWCs with toilet facility   |
|----------|--------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh     | 55607         | 55607                                     | 55607                                                      | 49884                                               |
| 2        | Telangana          | 35634         | 35569                                     | 10231                                                      | 17857                                               |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh  | 6225          | 6225                                      | 6225                                                       | 458                                                 |
| 4        | Assam #            | 62153         | 61664                                     | 22488                                                      | 21443                                               |
| 5        | Bihar              | 106953        | 99250                                     | 99250                                                      | 99250                                               |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh       | 51414         | 51414                                     | 40157                                                      | 36163                                               |
| 7        | Goa                | 1262          | 1262                                      | 1210                                                       | 784                                                 |
| 8        | Gujarat            | 53029         | 53029                                     | 50456                                                      | 50014                                               |
| 9        | Haryana #          | 25962         | 25962                                     | 20460                                                      | 23384                                               |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh   | 18925         | 18925                                     | 18925                                                      | 18925                                               |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir    | 28460         | 28060                                     | 22539                                                      | 16656                                               |
| 12       | Jharkhand          | 38432         | 38426                                     | 23241                                                      | 15789                                               |
| 13       | Karnataka          | 65911         | 65911                                     | 38732                                                      | 46467                                               |
| 14       | Kerala             | 33244         | 33115                                     | 28499                                                      | 31792                                               |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh     | 97135         | 97155                                     | 96650                                                      | 76948                                               |
| 16       | Maharashtra        | 110219        | 109642                                    | 82617                                                      | 56336                                               |
| 17       | Manipur            | 11510         | 11510                                     | 5842                                                       | 4157                                                |
| 18       | Meghalaya #        | 5896          | 5896                                      | 1819                                                       | 2807                                                |
| 19       | Mizoram            | 2244          | 2244                                      | 1988                                                       | 1917                                                |
| 20       | Nagaland           | 3980          | 3980                                      | 3455                                                       | 1654                                                |
| 21       | Odisha             | 72587         | 72587                                     | 72587                                                      | 23914                                               |
| 22       | Punjab             | 27295         | 27295                                     | 21911                                                      | 19364                                               |
| 23       | Rajasthan          | 61974         | 61593                                     | 48949                                                      | 32527                                               |
| 24       | Sikkim             | 1308          | 1308                                      | 1303                                                       | 1306                                                |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu #       | 54439         | 54439                                     | 42284                                                      | 33493                                               |
| 26       | Tripura            | 9911          | 9911                                      | 8196                                                       | 6160                                                |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh #    | 187997        | 187997                                    | 187347                                                     | 134908                                              |
| 28       | Uttarakhand        | 20067         | 20025                                     | 14518                                                      | 14934                                               |
| 29       | West Bengal #      | 116446        | 116113                                    | 90336                                                      | 99196                                               |
| 30       | A & N Islands      | 720           | 719                                       | 719                                                        | 589                                                 |
| 31       | Chandigarh         | 450           | 450                                       | 450                                                        | 450                                                 |
| 32       | Delhi              | 10897         | 10754                                     | 10754                                                      | 10654                                               |
| 33       | Dadra & N Haveli   | 302           | 302                                       | 302                                                        | 302                                                 |
| 34       | Daman & Diu        | 107           | 102                                       | 102                                                        | 102                                                 |
| 35       | Ladakh             | 1139          | 1139                                      | 726                                                        | 1084                                                |
| 36       | Lakshadweep        | 107           | 107                                       | 107                                                        | 107                                                 |
| 37       | Puducherry #       | 855           | 855                                       | 855                                                        | 855                                                 |
| Total    | Total              | 13,80,796     | 13,70,542                                 | 11,31,837                                                  | 9,52,630                                            |

# Information upto 30 th September 2019