Lok Sabha Question No. 1672 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Anganwadi Buildings in Jharkhand
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## QUESTION NO. 1672 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022

## ANGANWADI BUILDINGS IN JHARKHAND

## 1672. DR NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) the number of Anganwadi Centres in Jharkhand which presently do not have their own buildings, district-wise;
- (b) the details of Anganwadi buildings sanctioned in last three years;
- (c) number of Anganwadi buildings where no work has been started since approval was granted along with the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether any timeline has been fixed by the Government to start the work, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As reported by the State Government of Jharkhand, district-wise number Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) which do not have their own buildings is Annexed.
- (b)  to  (d)  During  the  14 th Finance  Commission,  an  amount  of  Rs.1297.02  crore  was released to States/UTs for construction of 1,15,348 AWC buildings in Convergence with MGNREGS, out of which construction of 57,021 has been completed upto 31.12.2021 and construction of 58,327 AWC buildings is under progress. As informed by the State Governments/UT Administrations, the work of construction of AWC buildings could not commence due  to  land  issues,  non-identification  of  land,  non-finalization  of  land, outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic etc. Due to this, fixation of timeline for construction of AWC buildings is not feasible. However, recently the Anganwadi Services Scheme has been subsumed under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. In order to resolve the issue  and  speed-up  the  pace  of  construction  of  AWCs,  under  the  revised  Scheme, sharing ratio has been restored to its original norms prevailing prior to November 2017 i.e.  GOI contribution of Rs.2 lakh per AWC on the extant cost sharing ratio (60:40 for States/UT with Legislature; 90:10 for NE & Himalayan States; and 100:0 for UTs without Legislature).  The  GoI  contribution  would  also  be  released  upfront,  instead  of  on reimbursement basis.

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## Annexure

Annexure Referred in Reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1672 for answer on 16.12.2022 raised by Dr. Nishikant Dubey regarding 'Anganwadi Buildings in Jharkhand' indicating District-wise number of AWCs without own Buildings in Jharkhand

| S. No.   | Name of District   |   No. of AWCs |   No. of AWCs without Own Buildings |
|----------|--------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Bokaro             |          2256 |                                1130 |
| 2.       | Chatra             |          1124 |                                 220 |
| 3.       | Deoghar            |          1567 |                                 485 |
| 4.       | Dhanbad            |          2231 |                                1147 |
| 5.       | Dumka              |          2060 |                                 867 |
| 6..      | East singhbhum     |          1722 |                                 838 |
| 7.       | Garhwa             |          1330 |                                 629 |
| 8.       | Giridih            |          2431 |                                 715 |
| 9.       | Godda              |          1791 |                                 456 |
| 10.      | Gumla              |          1670 |                                 414 |
| 11.      | Hazaribagh         |          1770 |                                 684 |
| 12.      | Jamtara            |          1189 |                                 492 |
| 13.      | Khunti             |           840 |                                 287 |
| 14.      | Koderma            |           751 |                                 130 |
| 15.      | Latehar            |           962 |                                  99 |
| 16.      | Lohardaga          |           749 |                                  96 |
| 17.      | Pakur              |          1167 |                                 331 |
| 18.      | Palamu             |          2595 |                                1719 |
| 19.      | Ramgarh            |          1042 |                                 555 |
| 20.      | Ranchi             |          2832 |                                1207 |
| 21.      | Sahebganj          |          1688 |                                 731 |
| 22.      | Seraikela          |          1370 |                                 565 |
| 23.      | Simdega            |           965 |                                  97 |
| 24.      | West Singhbhum     |          2330 |                                 590 |
| Total    | Total              |         38432 |                               14484 |

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