Lok Sabha Question No. 976 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Anganwadi Kendras
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Virendra  Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 976

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.09.2020

## ANGANWADI KENDRAS

## 976. DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a) the number of Anganwadi Kendras sanctioned across the country, State-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  most  backward  districts  in  the  country  where  Anganwadi Kendras have not been sanctioned as yet; and
- (c) the details of the proposals, if any, of the Government to sanction Anganwadi Kendras in the said backward districts?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  on  30 th June,  2020,  State/UT-wise  details  of  Sanctioned  Anganwadi Centres across the country are at Annexure-I .
- (b) and (c) Anganwadi  Services Scheme  under  Umbrella  Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is  a universal, self-selecting scheme, open to all  eligible  beneficiaries.  All  the  14  lakh  AWCs/Mini-AWCs/Anganwadi-on Demand  (AoDs)  approved  by  Government  of  India  under  3 rd phase  of expansion of ICDS Scheme have already been allocated to the States/UTs.While issuing the sanction of new Anganwadi Centres, all States/UTS have been advised to locate Anganwadi Centres in the areas as mentioned below:
- (i) Villages pre-dominantly inhabited by population belonging to SC/ST and minority community should be given priority
- (ii) Within a village, location of AWC, as far as feasible, should be in the areas inhabited by population from SC/ST and minority community.

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## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  976  FOR  ANSWER  ON  18.09.2020  REGARDING  'ANGANWADI KENDRAS' ASKED BY DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR

State/UT-wise details of Sanctioned Anganwadi Centres, as on 30 th June 2020

|   S. No. | State/UT                         |   Sanctioned AWCs |
|----------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh                   |             55607 |
|        2 | Telangana                        |             35700 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                |              6225 |
|        4 | Assam                            |             62153 |
|        5 | Bihar                            |            115009 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh                     |             52474 |
|        7 | Goa                              |              1262 |
|        8 | Gujarat                          |             53029 |
|        9 | Haryana                          |             25962 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh                 |             18925 |
|       11 | Jharkhand                        |             38432 |
|       12 | Karnataka                        |             65911 |
|       13 | Kerala                           |             33318 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh                   |             97135 |
|       15 | Maharashtra                      |            110486 |
|       16 | Manipur                          |             11510 |
|       17 | Meghalaya                        |              5896 |
|       18 | Mizoram                          |              2244 |
|       19 | Nagaland                         |              3980 |
|       20 | Odisha                           |             74154 |
|       21 | Punjab                           |             27314 |
|       22 | Rajasthan                        |             62010 |
|       23 | Sikkim                           |              1308 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu                       |             54439 |
|       25 | Tripura                          |             10145 |
|       26 | Uttar Pradesh                    |            190145 |
|       27 | Uttarakhand                      |             20067 |
|       28 | West Bengal                      |            119481 |
|       29 | A & N Islands                    |               720 |
|       30 | Chandigarh                       |               450 |
|       31 | Delhi                            |             10897 |
|       32 | Dadra & N Haveli and Daman & Diu |               409 |
|       33 | Jammu & Kashmir                  |             30765 |
|       34 | Ladakh                           |              1173 |
|       35 | Lakshadweep                      |               107 |
|       36 | Puducherry                       |               855 |