Lok Sabha Question No. 3700 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Budgetary Allocation under ICDS
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rajbahadur Singh, Jagdambika Pal, Chandra Prakash Joshi, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Mahendra Singh Solanky, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3700 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2022

## BUDGETARY ALLOCATION UNDER ICDS

3700.   SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH: SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA: SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY: SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI: SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH:

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

- (a) the details of the budgetary allocation made under the Integrated Child     Development Services (ICDS) scheme during the period of pandemic (2020-2021)      along with the funds actually allocated and utilized in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha;
- (b)         the proportion of funds allocated by the Government so far out of the total outlay under the scheme during the stated period for the said States;
- (c)        the details of the targets achieved under the scheme during the pandemic period;
- (d) whether the COVID-19 pandemic situation has made any impact due to which     performance of the scheme in allocation has declined; and
- (e)       if so, the steps taken by the Government to fill these gaps and protect the   entitlements of beneficiaries of the Scheme specific to above mentioned States?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The details of the fund allocated, released and utilized under Anganwadi Services for all  States/UTs  (including  Madhya  Pradesh,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Rajasthan  and  Odisha)  is  at Annexure .

(c) & (d) :  Anganwadi Centres were closed due to Covid-19 pandemic. No impact study/survey (to  study  the  impact  of  pandemic  on  nutritional  status  of  women  and  children  and  on  Early Childhood Care and Education) has been planned on ground, as human interaction has been minimised to control the spread of virus. However, to ensure continuous nutritional support to Anganwadi  beneficiaries,  Anganwadi  Workers  and  Helpers  are  distributing  Supplementary Nutrition at the doorsteps of beneficiaries once in 15 days.  During Covid-19 pandemic period, Ministry sought regular reports from States/UTs to ensure uninterrupted delivery of nutrition and essential services to the beneficiaries.  There has been no decline in the allocation of funds as per the  details of BE, RE and expenditure in the  last two years, which are  as follows:

## (Rupees in crore)

|   Sl.No. | Year    | Budget Estimates   | Revised Estimates   | Expenditure   | Percentage   |
|----------|---------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------|--------------|
|        1 | 2019-20 | 19,834.37          | 17,704.50           | 16,891.99     | 95.41%       |
|        2 | 2020-21 | 20,532.38          | 17,251.31           | 15,784.39     | 91.49%       |

(e)    Streamlined  guidelines  were  issued  on  13.01.2021,  covering  several  aspects  such  as quality  assurance,  roles  and  responsibilities  of  duty  holders,  procedure  for  procurement, integrating AYUSH concepts, Data management and Monitoring through "Poshan Tracker".

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STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 3700 FOR 25.03.2022:

## (Rupees in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.             | Fund released during 2020-21   | Fund released during 2020-21   | Fund released during 2020-21   | Fund released during 2020-21   | Fund released during 2020-21   |
|---------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Sl. No.             | SNP                            | SNP                            | SNP                            | ICDS (GENERAL)                 | ICDS (GENERAL)                 |
| Sl. No.             | APIP Approved                  | Funds released                 | Funds Utilized                 | APIP Approved Funds released   | Funds Utilized                 |
| 1 ANDHRA PRADESH    | 37473.16                       | 37135.93                       | 39621.07                       | 39873.84 32145.17              | 35874.75                       |
| 2 BIHAR             | 85607.81                       | 85607.81                       | 92248.70                       | 79313.7 41451.77               | 45445.88                       |
| 3 CHHATTISGARH      | 32790.77                       | 24593.07                       | 26222.62 33870.8               | 25841.06                       | 26987.48                       |
| 4 GOA               | 881.76                         | 858.8                          | 823.09 1285.37                 | 1165.27                        | 892.91                         |
| 5 GUJARAT           | 39368.34                       | 33671.97 50526.47              | 32465.82                       | 27761.28                       | 29690.94                       |
| 6 HARYANA           | 9251.15                        | 5919.04 9630.85                | 16977.41                       | 12194.63                       | 11869.85                       |
| 7 JHARKHAND         | 35190.74 26033.9               | 13609.62                       | 26459.84                       | 19750.86                       | 19224.29                       |
| 8 KARNATAKA         | 59944.17                       | 41000 58445.14                 | 40205.33                       | 27641.75                       | 35653.32                       |
| 9 KERALA            | 13049.61                       | 13049.61 17111.18              | 23197.38                       | 18941.99                       | 19153.59                       |
| 10 MADHYA PRADESH   | 76522.02                       | 74405.7                        | 55338.77 62419.6               | 47631.89                       | 53155.97                       |
| 11 MAHARASHTRA      | 66616.79                       | 66330.71                       | 86147.00 66818.56              | 52452.49                       | 57438.70                       |
| 12 ODISHA           | 51279.05                       | 50299.05 50434.24              | 44976.91                       | 34353.21                       | 38054.00                       |
| 13 PUNJAB           | 9060.70                        | 4341.15                        | 5640.37 16596.86               | 12687.89                       | 14216.29                       |
| 14 RAJASTHAN        | 40198.42                       | 34894.46 36702.71              | 37836.08                       | 28231.15                       | 32069.77                       |
| 15 TAMILNADU        | 39852.62                       | 39022.39 37167.33              | 32395.03                       | 22048.8                        | 26062.17                       |
| 16 TELANGANA        | 22487.67                       | 21522.15                       | 25139.46 23957.08              | 18408.88                       | 21042.26                       |
| 17 UTTARPRADESH     | 188948.75                      | 139063.6 88800.15              | 106996.83                      | 59495.34                       | 83636.83                       |
| 18 WEST BENGAL      | 65848.20                       | 65848.2                        | 31659.56 67822.24              | 38757.05                       | 58129.73                       |
| 19 DELHI            | 7185.75                        | 6539.81 7179.30                | 10931.52                       | 3547.26                        | 6331.49                        |
| 20 PUDUCHERRY       | 0.00                           | 0                              | 84.54 555.58                   | 424.39                         | 251.48                         |
| 21 HIMACHAL PRADESH | 8441.22                        | 6919.79                        | 7023.79 24591.84               | 18632.28                       | 21153.62                       |
| 22 JAMMU& KASHMIR   | 4682.72                        | 4629.5                         | 3512.05 39620.25               | 24272.52                       | 37184.90                       |

| 23 UTTARAKHAND                 |        14629.43 |   14629.43 |   15276.49 |   23445.95 |   17820.82 |   17265.85 |
|--------------------------------|-----------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 24 ANDAMAN& NICOBAR            |   406.43        |     406.43 |     406.43 |    1155.01 |    1119.01 |     119.01 |
| 25 CHANDIGARH                  |   633.26        |     633.26 |     633.26 |     616.57 |     594.07 |     594.07 |
| 26 D. & NAGARHAVELI& DAMAN&DIU |   410.11        |     410.11 |     410.11 |     511.68 |     491.43 |     491.43 |
| 27 LADAKH                      |   554.23        |     554.23 |     554.23 |    1694.07 |    1885.98 |    1885.98 |
| 28 LAKSHADWEEP                 |   121.31        |      90.99 |      90.99 |     127.78 |     113.44 |     113.44 |
| 29 ARUNACHAL PRADESH           |  4001.44        |    3708.17 |    3767.99 |   11246.9  |    4420.82 |    2632.04 |
| 30 ASSAM                       | 54495.9         |   54495.9  |   69759.6  |   63289.8  |   52880.3  |   52031    |
| 31 MANIPUR                     |  8771.49        |   10697.3  |    6667.96 |   15507.4  |    6686.14 |    7993.14 |
| 32 MEGHALAYA                   | 11707.3         |   11649    |   11224.5  |    6965.8  |    6044.17 |    6175.57 |
| 33 MIZORAM                     |  2713.59        |    2288.18 |    2288.18 |    3874.83 |    5104.16 |    3580.04 |
| 34 NAGALAND                    |  8233.04        |    8232.9  |    8233.04 |    6921.27 |    6688.44 |    6705.38 |
| 35 SIKKIM                      |   606.45        |     336.42 |     517.57 |    2169.57 |    2093.06 |    2067.21 |
| 36 TRIPURA                     |  8670.68        |    6503.02 |    7261.8  |   11489    |    8734.45 |   10334.7  |
| Total                          |     1.01064e+06 |  896322    |  870160    |  978184    |  682513    |  785509    |

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