Lok Sabha Question No. 736 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Smart Phones/Tablets for Anganwadi Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.736

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2021

## SMART PHONES/TABLETS FOR ANGANWADI WORKERS

- 736     SHRI ARUN SAO:

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

- (a).     whether  any  scheme  is  being  implemented/likely  to  be  implemented  by  the Government regarding provision of smart phones/tablets for Anganwadi workers;
- (b)      if  so,  the  details  thereof and  the manner in which the smart phones/tablets are likely to be beneficial for Anganwadi workers/helpers; and
- (c)       the details of the smart phones/tablets provided to the Anganwadi workers under the scheme, State-wise including Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  Under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan,  AWWs  are  empowered  with  the  provision  of Smartphones  procured  through  Government  e-Market  (GeM)  for  efficient  service delivery.   In  addition,  States/UTs  are  advised  to  introduce  transparent  processes  for procurement of mobile  phones as per GFR and vigilance  guidelines.   A  total  of  8.66 lakhs Smartphones have been procured by 32 States/UTs.

The mobile application of POSHAN Abhiyaan digitizes and automates physical registers used by Aanganwadi workers. This saves the time of AWWs and AWHs, and improves  the  quality  of  their  work  while  simultaneously  allowing  them  real-time monitoring.

- (c)        The details of the Smartphones procured by States/UTs including Chhattisgarh under Poshan Abhiyaan is  Annexed.

Annexure State/UT wise detail of Smartphones Procured under POSHAN Abhiyaan

|   Sl. | States/UTs                   |   Smartphones Procured |
|-------|------------------------------|------------------------|
|     1 | A & N ISLANDS                |                    795 |
|     2 | ANDHRA PRADESH               |                  61005 |
|     3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH            |                    149 |
|     4 | ASSAM                        |                  56619 |
|     5 | BIHAR                        |                 121174 |
|     6 | CHANDIGARH                   |                    496 |
|     7 | CHHATTISGARH                 |                  29942 |
|     8 | D & N HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU |                    444 |
|     9 | DELHI                        |                  11500 |
|    10 | GOA                          |                   1413 |
|    11 | GUJARAT                      |                  58261 |
|    12 | HARYANA                      |                      0 |
|    13 | HIMACHAL PRADESH             |                  20725 |
|    14 | JAMMU & KASHMIR              |                  31174 |
|    15 | JHARKHAND                    |                  12399 |
|    16 | KARNATAKA                    |                  72049 |
|    17 | KERALA                       |                  36435 |
|    18 | LADAKH                       |                   1300 |
|    19 | LAKSHADWEEP                  |                    112 |
|    20 | MADHYA PRADESH               |                  29784 |
|    21 | MAHARASHTRA                  |                 120335 |

| 22    | MANIPUR       |   2600 |
|-------|---------------|--------|
| 23    | MEGHALAYA     |   6428 |
| 24    | MIZORAM       |   2479 |
| 25    | NAGALAND      |   4409 |
| 26    | ODISHA        |      0 |
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY    |    855 |
| 28    | PUNJAB        |      0 |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN     |  23005 |
| 30    | SIKKIM        |   1442 |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU    |  59488 |
| 32    | TELANGANA     |  11398 |
| 33    | TRIPURA       |  10735 |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH |  54818 |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAND   |  21809 |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL   |      0 |
| Total | Total         | 865577 |