Lok Sabha Question No. 2234 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Anganwadi Kendras in Areas under Tribal Sub Plan
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ajay Nishad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 2234

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2021

## ANGANWADI KENDRAS IN AREAS UNDER TRIBAL SUB PLAN

## 2234. SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

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

- (a) the  number  of  Anganwadi  Kendras  being  run   in   areas   under   Tribal  SubPlan in the country, State/UT-wise and the number of beneficiaries thereunder;
- (b) the   funds   sanctioned,   released   to   the   State  Government  along  with  the funds utilised by them during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up more Anganwadi Kendras in areas under tribal Sub-Plan; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  As  per  ICDS-RRS  portal,  State/UT-wise  number  of  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs) functioning in Tribal areas and number of beneficiaries therein is Annexed.
- (b) Year-wise funds sanctioned/released and utilized by States/UTs during last three years and current year is as under:

(Rupees in Lakhs)

| Year     |   Amount sanctioned/released | Funds Utilized   |
|----------|------------------------------|------------------|
| 2018-19  |                  1.67502e+06 | 1515082.56       |
| 2019-20  |                  1.68138e+06 | 1730432.20       |
| 2020-21  |                  1.57975e+06 | Not Available    |
| 2021-22* |                  1.02264e+06 | --               |

*as on 28.11.2021

(c) & (d) At present there is no proposal to set up more Anganwadi Centres in areas under the Tribal Sub-Plan. All the 14 lakh AWCs/AODs/Mini-AWCs approved by the Government of India under 3 rd phase of expansion of the Scheme, have already been sanctioned to States/UTs. This Ministry has issued guidelines, for relocation of AWCs which inter-alia authorizes the States/UTs to relocate the AWCs.

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure  Referred  In  Reply  to  Part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question No.2234  for  answer  on  10.12.2021  raised  by  Shri  Ajay  Nishad  regarding 'Anganwadi Kendras In Areas Under Tribal Sub Plan'

State/UT-wise number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) in Trial Sub-Plan areas, as reported on ICDS-RRS, alongwith the number of beneficiaries thereunder under Anganwadi Services Scheme (as on 31.12.2020)

|                              | No. of Reporting AWCs in Tribal Areas   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition Programme   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition Programme   | Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition Programme   |
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No. States/UTs            | No. of Reporting AWCs in Tribal Areas   | Children (6- 72 months)                              | Pregnant Women and Lactating mothers(PW&LM)          | Total Beneficiaries (Children + PW&LM)               |
| 1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 77                                      | 1431                                                 | 293                                                  | 1724                                                 |
| 2. Andhra Pradesh            | 3630                                    | 111625                                               | 27789                                                | 139414                                               |
| 3. Arunachal Pradesh         | 993                                     | 20669                                                | 3262                                                 | 23931                                                |
| 4.Assam                      | 5810                                    | 95734                                                | 19954                                                | 115688                                               |
| 5.Bihar                      | 116                                     | 4284                                                 | 1117                                                 | 5401                                                 |
| 6.Chhattisgarh               | 16149                                   | 466147                                               | 98484                                                | 564631                                               |
| 7.Delhi                      | 4                                       | 167                                                  | 37                                                   | 204                                                  |
| 8.Goa                        | 45                                      | 1438                                                 | 203                                                  | 1641                                                 |
| 9.Gujarat                    | 9063                                    | 590911                                               | 109005                                               | 699916                                               |
| 10.Haryana                   | 7                                       | 262                                                  | 50                                                   | 312                                                  |
| 11. Himachal Pradesh         | 247                                     | 4560                                                 | 849                                                  | 5409                                                 |
| 12. Jammu And Kashmir        | 24                                      | 735                                                  | 147                                                  | 882                                                  |
| 13.Jharkhand                 | 5781                                    | 266139                                               | 47351                                                | 313490                                               |
| 14.Karnataka                 | 467                                     | 14152                                                | 3352                                                 | 17504                                                |
| 15.Kerala                    | 433                                     | 9514                                                 | 2374                                                 | 11888                                                |
| 16.Ladakh                    | 1                                       | 30                                                   | 8                                                    | 38                                                   |
| 17. Madhya Pradesh           | 28013                                   | 1189993                                              | 156802                                               | 1346795                                              |
| 18.Maharashtra               | 11005                                   | 557237                                               | 100755                                               | 657992                                               |
| 19.Manipur                   | 729                                     | 21439                                                | 3370                                                 | 24809                                                |
| 20.Meghalaya                 | 3949                                    | 292499                                               | 46360                                                | 338859                                               |
| 21.Mizoram                   | 976                                     | 38480                                                | 7413                                                 | 45893                                                |
| 22.Odisha                    | 17394                                   | 762298                                               | 151610                                               | 913908                                               |
| 23.Punjab                    | 19                                      | 472                                                  | 126                                                  | 598                                                  |
| 24.Rajasthan                 | 2270                                    | 134113                                               | 40117                                                | 174230                                               |
| 25.Sikkim                    | 190                                     | 1607                                                 | 447                                                  | 2054                                                 |
| 26.Tamil Nadu                | 696                                     | 28386                                                | 6120                                                 | 34506                                                |
| 27.Telangana                 | 854                                     | 24425                                                | 6469                                                 | 30894                                                |
| 28.Tripura                   | 1396                                    | 40089                                                | 7431                                                 | 47520                                                |
| 29.Uttar Pradesh             | 190                                     | 4937                                                 | 1371                                                 | 6308                                                 |
| 30.Uttarakhand               | 918                                     | 35777                                                | 9274                                                 | 45051                                                |
| 31.West Bengal               | 14855                                   | 457961                                               | 91769                                                | 549730                                               |
| Total                        | 126301                                  | 5177511                                              | 943709                                               | 6121220                                              |