Lok Sabha Question No. 1919 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1919

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021

## ANGANWADI CENTRES

## 1919   SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether there is any mechanism to monitor functioning record keeping and documentation of anganwadi centres, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of anganwadi centres in the country so far, State/UT-wise including Haryana;
- (c) the  funds  provided  to  States  under  this  scheme  during  last  three  years and  current financial year, State/UT-wise including Haryana; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  separate  scheme  to  set  up anganwadi centres in extremely backward districts of the country and if  so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Anganwadi Services Scheme has an in-built monitoring system since its inception  to  track  the  physical  progress  of  the  scheme  in  respect  of  various  input process, output and impact indicators through regular collection of monthly/ quarterly reports  maintained  in  a  standardized  Management  Information  System  (MIS).   An ICT enabled platform named Poshan Tracker has been designed to capture realtime data on implementation and monitoring of Anganwadi Services across the country.

In addition, in order to strengthen the performance of Anganwadi Services Scheme, Government has a 5-tier monitoring & review mechanism at National/State/District/Block  and  Anganwadi  levels   for  monitoring  the  status  of Anganwadi centres.

- (b) State/UT-wise details of sanctioned & operational Anganwadi Centres across the country including Haryana is at Annexure-I.
- (c) State/UT-wise funds released to States/UTs including Haryana during last   three years and current financial year is at Annexure-II.
- (d) Anganwadi Services Scheme is a universal scheme implemented across the country covering all habitats of the country including all backward  districts.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1919 FOR 30.07.2021 REGARDING 'ANGANWADI CENTRES' ASKED BY SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH

State/UT-wise  number  of  Sanctioned  and  Operational  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs)  as  on 31 st March, 2021

| S. No.    | State/UTs                        | Number of Anganwadi Centres   | Number of Anganwadi Centres   |
|-----------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|           |                                  | Sanctioned                    | Operational                   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                   | 55607                         | 55607                         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                | 6225                          | 6225                          |
| 3         | Assam                            | 62153                         | 62153                         |
| 4         | Bihar                            | 115009                        | 111468                        |
| 5         | Chhatisgarh                      | 52474                         | 51583                         |
| 6         | Goa                              | 1262                          | 1262                          |
| 7         | Gujarat                          | 53029                         | 53029                         |
| 8         | Haryana                          | 25962                         | 25962                         |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                 | 18925                         | 18925                         |
| 10        | Jharkhand                        | 38432                         | 38432                         |
| 11        | Karnataka                        | 65911                         | 65911                         |
| 12        | Kerala                           | 33318                         | 33244                         |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh                   | 97135                         | 97135                         |
| 14        | Maharashtra                      | 110486                        | 110219                        |
| 15        | Manipur                          | 11510                         | 11510                         |
| 16        | Meghalaya                        | 5896                          | 5896                          |
| 17        | Mizoram                          | 2244                          | 2244                          |
| 18        | Nagaland                         | 3980                          | 3980                          |
| 19        | Odisha                           | 74154                         | 72587                         |
| 20        | Punjab                           | 27314                         | 27304                         |
| 21        | Rajasthan                        | 62010                         | 61974                         |
| 22        | Sikkim                           | 1308                          | 1308                          |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                       | 54439                         | 54439                         |
| 24        | Telangana                        | 35700                         | 35634                         |
| 25        | Tripura                          | 10145                         | 9911                          |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh                    | 190145                        | 189309                        |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                      | 20067                         | 20067                         |
| 28        | West Bengal *                    | 119481                        | 117076                        |
| 29        | A & N Islands                    | 720                           | 720                           |
| 30        | Chandigarh                       | 450                           | 450                           |
| 31        | Dadra & N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 409                           | 409                           |
| 32        | Delhi                            | 10897                         | 10897                         |
| 33        | Jammu & Kashmir                  | 30765                         | 28460                         |
| 34        | Ladakh                           | 1173                          | 1140                          |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                      | 107                           | 107                           |
| 36        | Puducherry                       | 855                           | 855                           |
| All India | All India                        | 1399697                       | 1387432                       |

## Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1919  FOR  30.07.2021  REGARDING  'ANGANWADI  CENTRES' ASKED BY SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH

State/UT-wise funds released under Anganwadi Services Scheme from 2018-19 to 2021-22

(Rupees in Lakhs)

| S. No.   |                   | Funds Released   | Funds Released   | Funds Released   | Funds Released   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|          | State/UT          | 2018-19          | 2019-20          | 2020-21          | 2021-22*         |
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 70988.53         | 69100.42         | 69281.10         | 19336.75         |
| 2        | BIHAR             | 115848.70        | 127888.67        | 127059.58        | 41230.38         |
| 3        | CHHATTISGARH      | 54868.36         | 48339.67         | 50434.13         | 16665.39         |
| 4        | GOA               | 1660.28          | 1559.15          | 2024.07          | 541.78           |
| 5        | GUJARAT           | 63148.37         | 68684.12         | 61594.01         | 17958.55         |
| 6        | HARYANA           | 21131.73         | 18029.66         | 18113.67         | 6557.14          |
| 7        | JHARKHAND         | 51573.37         | 43355.99         | 45784.76         | 15412.65         |
| 8        | KARNATAKA         | 91901.57         | 76966.72         | 68641.75         | 25037.37         |
| 9        | KERALA            | 31092.42         | 32140.86         | 31991.60         | 9061.75          |
| 10       | MADHYA PRADESH    | 116552.92        | 121491.90        | 122037.59        | 34735.41         |
| 11       | MAHARASHTRA       | 171214.38        | 133136.17        | 118783.20        | 33358.84         |
| 12       | ODISHA            | 79544.95         | 85993.04         | 84652.26         | 24063.99         |
| 13       | PUNJAB            | 17631.87         | 20144.35         | 17029.04         | 6414.40          |
| 14       | RAJASTHAN         | 66618.80         | 58453.75         | 63125.61         | 19508.63         |
| 15       | TAMIL NADU        | 65197.17         | 64868.45         | 61071.19         | 18061.92         |
| 16       | TELANGANA         | 44681.12         | 45841.08         | 39931.03         | 11611.19         |
| 17       | UTTAR PRADESH     | 202972.91        | 236406.00        | 198558.94        | 73986.40         |
| 18       | WEST BENGAL       | 124775.06        | 116399.75        | 104720.89        | 33417.61         |
| 19       | DELHI             | 9096.33          | 13293.20         | 10087.07         | 4529.32          |
| 20       | PUDUCHERRY        | 472.38           | 489.43           | 424.39           | 138.90           |
| 21       | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 31881.17         | 25181.85         | 25552.07         | 8258.27          |
| 22       | JAMMU &KASHMIR    | 37406.56         | 31999.86         | 28902.02         | 11075.74         |
| 23       | UTTARAKHAND       | 32798.93         | 30309.77         | 32450.25         | 9518.85          |
| 24       | ANDAMAN& NICOBAR  | 1291.31          | 1190.78          | 1525.44          | 390.36           |
| 25       | CHANDIGARH        | 1416.88          | 1347.93          | 1227.33          | 312.46           |
| 26       | D. & NAGAR HAVELI | 534.55           | 573.81           | 901.54           | 230.45           |
| 27       | DAMAN & DIU       | 272.33           | 267.58           | 2299.04          | 562.08           |

| 28    | LAKSHADWEEP       |          348.31 |           132.51 |           204.43 |     62.28 |
|-------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------|
| 29    | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 12389.8         |  12430.8         |   8191.64        |   3812.09 |
| 30    | ASSAM             | 83867.2         | 121893           | 108068           |  29446.4  |
| 31    | MANIPUR           | 16856.6         |  16157.5         |  17383.4         |   6069.73 |
| 32    | MEGHALAYA         | 17661.6         |  18484.7         |  17693.1         |   4668.29 |
| 33    | MIZORAM           |  4465.18        |   4814.39        |   7421.38        |   1647.11 |
| 34    | NAGALAND          | 12138.8         |  15370.5         |  14921.3         |   3788.58 |
| 35    | SIKKIM            |  2003.53        |   2023.9         |   2429.48        |    694    |
| 36    | TRIPURA           | 18714.1         |  16615.1         |  15237.5         |   5039.92 |
| Total | Total             |     1.67502e+06 |      1.68138e+06 |      1.57975e+06 | 497205    |

*As on 30.06.2021