Lok Sabha Question No. 4973 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: Facilities under National Creche Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4973

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.03.2023

## 'FACILITIES UNDER NATIONAL CRECHE SCHEME'

## 4973.  SH. NABA KUMAR SARANIA

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

- (a) the salient features of the National Creche Scheme;
- (b) The number of creches under the scheme in all the States of the Country and the people engaged therein, State wise and district wise.
- (c) whether the National Creche Scheme is implemented in the tea gardens of the Assam, if so, the number of creches functional in all the tea gardens of Assam along with the number of people working therein;
- (d) whether the Government or the tea garden management provides assistance in the creches located at the tea gardens of the Assam; and
- (e) if so, the facilities provided to the children under this scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(a) : The objective of the Palna component of Samarthya sub-scheme under Mission Shakti is to address the need for quality crèche care facilities by providing a safe & secure environment for nutritional, health and cognitive development of the children of the age from 6 months to 6 years, thereby enabling more mothers to take up gainful employment. Under the component, an integrated package of the services such as day care facilities including Sleeping Facilities, Early Stimulation for children below 3 years and Pre-school Education for 3 to 6 years old children, Supplementary Nutrition (to be locally sourced), Growth Monitoring and Health Check-up are provided.

(b) : The number of creches under the scheme and their beneficiaries in all the States of the Country is placed at Annexure I.

(c)  to  (e)  :  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  has  notified  an  amendment  to  the Maternity  Benefit  Act  mandating  that  every  establishment  having  fifty  or  more employees shall have the facility of crèche.

Further,  Crèches  and recreational  facility  for  the  children  and  working  conditions  / welfare measures for workers working in the tea gardens in the country are governed by the Plantation Labour Act, 1951 (PLA) which is implemented through the concerned State Governments.  The Act requires the employers to provide the workers, including women, with housing, medical facilities, sickness & maternity benefits and other forms of  social  security  measures.  There  are  provisions  for  educational  facility  for  the children, drinking water, conservancy, canteens, crèches and recreational facilities for the benefit of plantation workers.

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Annexure I Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4973 for answer on 31.03.2023 raised by Shri Naba Kumar Sarania regarding 'Facilities under National Creche Scheme'

## Statement of Number of Creches and Beneficiaries as on 28 Feb. 2023

| S. No   | STATE                      |   Number Of Creches |   Number of Beneficiaries |
|---------|----------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh             |                  20 |                       341 |
| 2       | Arunchal Pradesh           |                  52 |                      1300 |
| 3       | Assam                      |                 616 |                     15242 |
| 4       | Bihar                      |                   0 |                         0 |
| 5       | Chhastisgarh               |                   0 |                         0 |
| 6       | Goa                        |                   3 |                        76 |
| 7       | Gujarat                    |                  54 |                      1106 |
| 8       | Haryana                    |                 167 |                      4857 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh           |                 117 |                      1862 |
| 10      | Jharkhand                  |                   0 |                         0 |
| 11      | Karnataka                  |                 413 |                     10750 |
| 12      | Kerala                     |                 318 |                      3900 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh             |                  16 |                       466 |
| 14      | Maharashtra                |                   0 |                         0 |
| 15      | Manipur                    |                 427 |                     10153 |
| 16      | Meghalaya                  |                  28 |                       662 |
| 17      | Mizoram                    |                 175 |                      4227 |
| 18      | Nagaland                   |                 163 |                      4075 |
| 19      | Odisha                     |                 434 |                      6571 |
| 20      | Punjab                     |                 154 |                      1587 |
| 21      | Rajasthan                  |                  79 |                      1038 |
| 22      | Sikkim                     |                  25 |                       200 |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu                 |                 314 |                      7363 |
| 24      | Telangana                  |                   0 |                         0 |
| 25      | Tripura                    |                 137 |                      3425 |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh              |                   0 |                         0 |
| 27      | Uttrakhand                 |                   0 |                         0 |
| 28      | West Bengal                |                   0 |                         0 |
| 29      | A & N Island (Uts)         |                   0 |                         0 |
| 30      | Chandigarh                 |                  56 |                      1006 |
| 31      | Dadra & N Haveli and Daman |                   0 |                         0 |
| 32      | Delhi                      |                  44 |                      1115 |
| 33      | Jammu & Kashmir            |                   0 |                         0 |
| 34      | Ladakh                     |                   0 |                         0 |
| 35      | Lakshadeep                 |                   0 |                         0 |
| 36      | Puducherry                 |                  94 |                      2350 |
|         | Total                      |                3906 |                     83672 |

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