Lok Sabha Question No. 2204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Setting up of Anganwadi Kendras
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION No.2204

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.09.2020

## SETTING UP OF ANGANWADI KENDRAS

## 2204.  SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a)      whether any guidelines for setting up of 4 lakh Anganwadi Kendras across the country have been issued, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of Anganwadi Kendras inaugurated/operational so far under the said guidelines, if so, the details thereof , State-wise; and
- (c) the  number  of  children  and  women  likely  to  be  benefitted  through  the  said Anganwadi Kendras?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to(c)     Government  of  India has  approved  14  lakh  Anganwadi  Centres, including  2,13,859  AWCs  and  77,102  Mini-AWCs  and  an  additional  provision  of 20,000  Anganwadis-on-Demand  (AoD).  All  the  14  lakh  approved  Anganwadi Centres/Mini-Anganwadi Centres have already been allocated to the State Governments/UT Administrations. The population norms adopted for Establishment/Setting up of Anganwadi Centres are as under :

|                                                                  | Population / No. of AWCs                                  | Population / No. of AWCs   | Population/ No. of Mini-AWC   |   Population/ No. of Mini-AWC |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Rural/Urban Projects                                             | 400-800 800-1600 1600-2400 Thereafter in multiples of 800 | 1 2 3 1                    | 150-400                       |                             1 |
| Tribal/Riverine/Desert, Hilly and other difficult areas/Projects | 300-800                                                   | 1                          | 150-300                       |                             1 |

The  Anganwadi  Services  (under  Umbrella  ICDS  Scheme) operates  through  a network of 7075 fully operational Projects and 13.81 lakh operational AWCs as on March,  2020.   The  services  are  currently  provided  to  855.05  lakh  beneficiaries  of which 686.30 lakh are children under six and 168.75 lakh are pregnant women & lactating  mothers.  245.03  lakh  children  of  3-6  years  are  provided  pre-school education of which 122.44 lakh are boys and 122.59 lakh are girls. State-wise statement is at Annexure.

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## Annexure to LOK SABHA Un-Starred Question No.2204 to be answered on 23.09.2020 regarding ' Setting up of Anganwadi Kendras'

## Anganwadi Centres Sanctioned and Operational under Anganwadi Services  Scheme Quarter Ending March 2020

|        | 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 Pre-school Education   | Beneficiaries of Pre-school Education   | Beneficiaries of Pre-school Education   |
|--------|----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Sl. No | State/Uts                  | Sanctioned             | Operational            | Sanctioned                 | Operational (6             | Children months - 3 years) (3 -            | Children 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                      | 1454295 808217                             | 2262512                                               | 623882                                     | 2886394                                                | 401832                                  | 404023                                  | 805855                                  |
| 2      | Telangana                  | 149                    | 149                    | 35700                      | 35634                      | 886611 489126                              | 1375737                                               | 348093                                     | 1723830                                                | 240016                                  | 244473                                  | 484489                                  |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh          | 98                     | 98                     | 6225                       | 6225                       | 74920 87120                                | 162040                                                | 19547                                      | 181587                                                 | 44381                                   | 42739                                   | 87120                                   |
| 4      | Assam                      | 231                    | 231                    | 62153                      | 62153                      | 1474028 1516344                            | 2990372                                               | 594050                                     | 3584422                                                | 758103                                  | 760404                                  | 1518507                                 |
| 5      | Bihar                      | 544                    | 544                    | 115009                     | 106953                     | 2146832 2066101                            | 4212933                                               | 950333                                     | 5163266                                                | 1061770                                 | 1090804                                 | 2152574                                 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh               | 220                    | 220                    | 52474                      | 51455                      | 1104071                                    | 837158 1941229                                        | 438445                                     | 2379674                                                | 384350                                  | 388171                                  | 772521                                  |
| 7      | Goa                        | 11                     | 11                     | 1262                       | 1262                       | 34627                                      | 18898 53525                                           | 14349                                      | 67874                                                  | 9444                                    | 9454                                    | 18898                                   |
| 8      | Gujarat                    | 336                    | 336                    | 53029                      | 53029                      | 1678486 1422560                            | 3101046                                               | 679577                                     | 3780623                                                | 622768                                  | 608899                                  | 1231667                                 |
| 9      | Haryana                    | 148                    | 148                    | 25962                      | 25962                      | 571669                                     | 269019 840688                                         | 265117                                     | 1105805                                                | 133717                                  | 135302                                  | 269019                                  |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh           | 78                     | 78                     | 18925                      | 18925                      | 234813                                     | 112938 347751                                         | 92055                                      | 439806                                                 | 45087                                   | 46103                                   | 91190                                   |
| 11     | Jammu & Kashmir            | 128                    | 128                    | 30765                      | 28460                      | 216552                                     | 142464 359016                                         | 85569                                      | 444585                                                 | 117784                                  | 113567                                  | 231351                                  |
| 12     | Jharkhand                  | 224                    | 224                    | 38432                      | 38432                      | 1636742                                    | 1126959 2763701                                       | 734212                                     | 3497913                                                | 239972                                  | 232826                                  | 472798                                  |
| 13     | Karnataka                  | 204                    | 204                    | 65911                      | 65911                      | 2259883                                    | 1604606 3864489                                       | 800418                                     | 4664907                                                | 729887                                  | 713245                                  | 1443132                                 |
| 14     | Kerala                     | 258                    | 258                    | 33318                      | 33244                      | 478787 355192                              | 833979                                                | 336874                                     | 1170853                                                | 184617                                  | 170575                                  | 355192                                  |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh             | 453                    | 453                    | 97135                      | 97135                      | 3188434 2927607                            | 6116041                                               | 1393621                                    | 7509662                                                | 1577866                                 | 1584718                                 | 3162584                                 |
| 16     | Maharashtra                | 553                    | 553                    | 110486                     | 110219                     | 3031446 2920858                            | 5952304                                               | 1207504                                    | 7159808                                                | 770168                                  | 789833                                  | 1560001                                 |
| 17     | Manipur                    | 43                     | 43                     | 11510                      | 11510                      | 140013                                     | 169704 309717                                         | 50665                                      | 360382                                                 | 85310                                   | 84394                                   | 169704                                  |
| 18     | Meghalaya                  | 41                     | 41                     | 5896                       | 5896                       | 202333                                     | 233715 436048                                         | 71635                                      | 507683                                                 | 102142                                  | 99385                                   | 201527                                  |
| 19     | Mizoram                    | 27                     | 27                     | 2244                       | 2244                       | 34244                                      | 24731 58975                                           | 14195                                      | 73170                                                  | 13336                                   | 13245                                   | 26581                                   |
| 20     | Nagaland**                 | 60                     | 60                     | 3980                       | 3980                       | 142063 145254                              | 287317                                                | 50502                                      | 337819                                                 | 73030                                   | 71222                                   | 144252                                  |
| 21     | Odisha                     | 338                    | 338                    | 74154                      | 72587                      | 1793896 1613775                            | 3407671                                               | 719379                                     | 4127050                                                | 807209                                  | 806566                                  | 1613775                                 |
| 22     | Punjab                     | 155                    | 155                    | 27314                      | 27295                      | 450712                                     | 275487 726199                                         | 212266                                     | 938465                                                 | 135455                                  | 132067                                  | 267522                                  |
| 23     | Rajasthan                  | 304                    | 304                    | 62010                      | 61974                      | 1725291 1025505                            | 2750796                                               | 990855                                     | 3741651                                                | 515146                                  | 510359                                  | 1025505                                 |
| 24     | Sikkim                     | 13                     | 13                     | 1308                       | 1308                       | 11166                                      | 8295 19461                                            | 4638                                       | 24099                                                  | 4196                                    | 4099                                    | 8295                                    |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu                 | 434                    | 434                    | 54439                      | 54439                      | 1849235                                    | 665218 2514453                                        | 703336                                     | 3217789                                                | 442671                                  | 665218                                  | 1107889                                 |
| 26     | Tripura                    | 56                     | 56                     | 10145                      | 9911                       | 143229                                     | 159995 303224                                         | 61275                                      | 364499                                                 | 87554                                   | 86203                                   | 173757                                  |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh              | 897                    | 897                    | 190145                     | 188229                     | 8319496 4836430                            | 13155926                                              | 3672183                                    | 16828109                                               | 2493334                                 | 2286187                                 | 4779521                                 |
| 28     | Uttrakhand                 | 105                    | 105                    | 20067                      | 20067                      | 437155 169677                              | 606832                                                | 174260                                     | 781092                                                 | 77558                                   | 78677                                   | 156235                                  |
| 29 30  | West Bengal# A & N Islands | 576 5                  | 576 5                  | 119481 720                 | 116753 720                 | 3311832 7785                               | 3009866 6321698 2789 10574                            | 1418138 2393                               | 7739836 12967                                          | 0 1398                                  | 0 1391                                  | 0 2789                                  |
| 31 32  | Chandigarh* Delhi*         | 3 95                   | 3 95                   | 450                        | 10897                      | 23940 296277                               | 26918                                                 | 6247                                       | 57105 534741                                           | 13901                                   | 62651                                   | 123924                                  |
|        |                            |                        |                        | 10897                      | 450                        |                                            | 50858 123933                                          | 114531                                     |                                                        | 61273                                   | 13017                                   | 26918                                   |
|        |                            |                        |                        |                            |                            |                                            | 420210                                                |                                            |                                                        |                                         |                                         |                                         |
| 33     | Dadra & N                  |                        | 2                      | 302                        | 302                        | 8835                                       | 10326 19161                                           | 6478                                       | 25639                                                  | 5092                                    |                                         |                                         |
|        | Haveli                     | 2                      |                        | 107                        |                            | 3472                                       | 5525                                                  |                                            |                                                        |                                         | 5234                                    | 10326                                   |
| 34     | Daman & Diu                | 2                      | 2                      |                            | 107                        |                                            | 2053                                                  | 3276                                       | 8801                                                   | 1007                                    | 1046                                    | 2053                                    |
| 36 37  | Lakshadweep Puducherry     | 9 5                    | 9 5                    | 107 855                    | 107 855                    | 2706 25234                                 | 996 3702 1605                                         | 1119 9361                                  | 4821 36200                                             | 528 963                                 | 470 642                                 | 998 1605                                |
|        | All India                  | 7075                   | 7075                   | 1399697                    | 1381376                    | 39409733 29220440                          | 26839 68630173                                        | 16874975                                   | 85505148                                               | 12244718                                | 12258970                                | 24503688                                |

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