Lok Sabha Question No. 4016 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Central Sector Schemes in West Bengal
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4016 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEMES IN WEST BENGAL

## 4016.  DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

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

- (a) the details of Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Central Sector Schemes being implemented by the Ministry in the State of West Bengal during the last four years  and  the  current  year,  year-wise,  scheme-wise,  district-wise  including North and South Dinajpur districts;
- (b) the details of funds allocated, sanctioned, released and utilized for each of the above schemes during each of the last four years and the current year, schemewise and district-wise;
- (c) the details of physical targets set and achieved while implementing the above schemes during each of the last five years and the current year, scheme-wise and district-wise; and
- (d) whether the Ministry has found any shortcomings while implementing the above schemes  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  steps  taken  by  the Government to check these shortcomings?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) For better implementation and efficient monitoring, all schemes of the Ministry being implemented in the country, including West Bengal, have been clubbed into three  verticals,  viz.  (1)  Saksham  Anganwadi  &  Poshan  2.0  for improving  nutrition indicators in the country (2) Mission Shakti, for safety, protection and empowerment of women; and (3) Mission Vatsalya, for protection and welfare of children. The details of these schemes are as under:

- (i) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0: This programme has been reorganized into 3 primary verticals: (i) Nutrition Support for POSHAN and for Adolescent Girls (ii) Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years] and (iii) Anganwadi Infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadis.

(ii)  Mission  Shakti: Mission  Shakti  comprises  of  two  sub-schemes  'Sambal'  and ' Samarthya'  for safety  and  security  of  women  and  empowerment  of  women respectively. The existing schemes of One Stop Centres (OSC), Women Helplines (181-WHL) and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) have been made part of Sambal sub- scheme; while the existing schemes of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Ujjwala, Swadhar Greh and Working Women Hostel and National Creche Scheme have been subsumed in 'Samarthya'.

(iii) Mission Vatsalya: Under Mission Vatsalya, the Child Protection Scheme(CPS) has been strengthened for better outreach and protection for children in need and care in a  mission  mode  with  the  objective  to:  (i)Support  and  sustain  Children  in  difficult circumstances.  (ii)  Develop  context-based  solutions  for  holistic  development  of children  from  varied  backgrounds.  (iii)  Provide  scope  for  green  field  projects  for encouraging innovative solutions.  (iv) Cement  convergent  action by  gap funding,  if required.

Only under 3 schemes of Mission Shakti, funds were being directly released to districts of  all  the  States/UTs  viz.  One  Stop  Centre  (OSC),  Universalization  of  Women Helplines (WHL) and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP). However, BBBP & WHL are not being implemented by State Government of West Bengal. District-wise details of funds allocated/ released and utilized under the OSC scheme during the last four years and the current year is annexed at Annexure-I. In the rest of the schemes, the funds are being released to States/UTs. Details of  funds allocated/ released and utilized under  the  schemes  during  the  last  four  years  and  the  current  year  is  annexed  at Annexure-II.

(c)  The  physical  targets  and  achievements  in  West  Bengal  under  schemes  of  the Ministry are annexed at Annexure-III.

(d)  PMMVY  is  being  implemented  in  the  State  of  West  Bengal  since  2017-  18. However, it had come to the notice that the Scheme was being implemented in the State with a different nomenclature i.e. 'Bangla Matri Prakalpa'. The State government later on agreed and ensured that in future the scheme would be implemented strictly as per the guidelines of PMMVY. On receipt of the written assurance from the State, the release of Central share of funds to the State Government of West Bengal has been resumed from March, 2022.

Under all the schemes of the Ministry, Utilisation Certificate/Statement of Expenditure are  not  being  received  from  the  State.  Regular  follow  up  meetings  have  been conducted with the State at all levels to report the utilisation of funds.

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Annexure-I District-wise  details  of  funds  allocated/  released  and  utilized  in  West  Bengal  under schemes of the Ministry during the last four years and the current year

- I. One Stop Centre -

| S. N o.                     | District                    | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S. N o.                     | District                    | Releas ed | Utilis ed | Releas ed | Utilis ed | Releas ed | Utilis ed | Releas ed | Utilis ed | Releas ed | Utilis ed |
| 1                           | Alipurduar                  | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         |
| 2                           | Bankura                     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 3                           | Birbhum                     | 0         | 0         | 15.91     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 4                           | Cooch Behar                 | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 5                           | Dakshin Dinajpur(Sout h_    | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 6                           | Darjelling                  | 0         | 0         | 15.91     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 7                           | Hooghly                     | 0         | 0         | 15.91     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 8                           | Howrah                      | 0         | 0         | 15.91     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 9                           | Jalpaiguri                  | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 10                          | Jhargam                     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 11 Kalimpong                | 11 Kalimpong                | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 12 Kolkata                  | 12 Kolkata                  | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 13 Malda                    | 13 Malda                    | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 14 Murshidabad              | 14 Murshidabad              | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 15 Nadia                    | 15 Nadia                    | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 16 North 24 Parghanas       | 16 North 24 Parghanas       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 17 Paschim Bardhaman( West) | 17 Paschim Bardhaman( West) | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 18 Paschim Medinapur(W est) | 18 Paschim Medinapur(W est) | 0         | 0         | 15.91     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 19 Purba Bardhaman          | 19 Purba Bardhaman          | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 20 Purba Medinipur          | 20 Purba Medinipur          | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 21 Purulia                  | 21 Purulia                  | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 22 South 24 Parganas        | 22 South 24 Parganas        | 0         | 0         | 15.91     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 23 Uttar Dinajpur           | 23 Uttar Dinajpur           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 28.41     | 0         | 0         | 0         |

(Rs. in Lakhs)

S.

N

o.

1  Anganw

2018-19

Releas

Utilise ed

124775.

adi

06

Services

Scheme

2. Scheme for

Adolesc ent Girls

3. Mission

2372.13 3391.0

Vatsalya

3

Mission

Shakti

4.

12466.

00

PMMVY  2939.00

5. Swadha r Greh

0.00

0.00

101.85  508.72 126.72  144.22 31.71

2019-20

Releas

Utilise

d

ed

96158  116399.

75

d

13204

6

Scheme

4285.6

2

2815.10

20588.

00

8769.00

0.00

0.00

2020-21

Releas

Utilise ed

104720.

89

d

89789.

29

Not

Report ed

4704.8

7

4375.63

-

155.67

56.00

0.00

2021-22

Releas

Utilise ed

66835.

22

0.00

3970.4

5

16259.

00

282.81

d

-

Not

Report ed

4213.1

1

3909.0

0

0.00

## Annexure-II

Details of funds allocated/ released and utilized in West Bengal under schemes of the Ministry during the last four years and the current year

(Rs. In Lakhs)

2022-23

Releas

Utilise ed

106227.

34

-

2663.81

d

-

-

-

36870.

00

6323.00

0.00

0.00

## Physical Targets and Achievements in West Bengal under schemes of the Ministry

## I. MISSION SAKSHAM ANGANWADI & POSHAN 2.0:

- a) Infrastructure Details (As on 30.09.22)

| No. of Anganwadi Centres sanctioned   |   119481 |
|---------------------------------------|----------|
| No. of Anganwadi Centres operational  |   119481 |

## b) Beneficiary Details (Supplementary Nutrition Programme)-(As on 30.09.2022)

| Children (6 months-3 years)        |   3467508 |
|------------------------------------|-----------|
| Children (3-6 years)               |   3443347 |
| Pregnant Women & Lactating mothers |   1339382 |
| Total Beneficiaries                |   8250237 |

- c)   Under New Initiative `Upgradation of AWCs as Saksham Anganwadi', 4750 AWCs have been approved for upgradation.
- d) Details of category wise number of beneficiaries availing supplementary nutrition services who are registered on Poshan Tracker application (as on 31.12.2022) :
3. e). Aadhar verified beneficiaries: 92.81%

| Total Beneficiaries Registered   | Pregnant Women   | Lactating Mothers   | Children (0- 6 m)   | Children (6 m-3 y)   | Children (3 y-6 y)   |
|----------------------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 89,54,928                        | 7,03,355         | 3,90,834            | 4,05,941            | 33,33,331            | 41,21,467            |

## (II)       Mission Vatsalya:

## a) Service Delivery Structures :

|   S. No. | Structure / Component                 |   Existing Units |
|----------|---------------------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | State Child Protection Society (SCPS) |                1 |
|        2 | District Child Protection Unit        |               23 |
|        3 | State Adoption Resource Agency (SARA) |                1 |
|        4 | Child Welfare Committees (CWCs)*      |               25 |
|        5 | Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs)        |               23 |

## (III).      Mission Shakti - (SAMARTHYA)

## (i).        Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY):

| FY Year                           | No. of Beneficiaries (PMMVY)   |
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2021-22                           | 61,397                         |
| 2022-23 (till 27 th January 2023) | 448,961                        |

## (ii) Shakti Sadan:

A total of 34 Shakti Sadans (33 Swadhar Grehs and 01 Ujjawala Home) are functional in the State of West Bengal.

(iii)  Sakhi  Niwas (Working Women Hostel) Scheme is not being implemented by State of West Bengal.

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