Lok Sabha Question No. 4083 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Child Care Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4083 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## CHILD CARE CENTRES

## 4083.  SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT :

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

- a. whether the Government has any proposal to increase the number of Child Care Centres in the country;
- b. if so, the details thereof State/UT-wise and district-wise in Uttar Pradesh;
- c. the number of such centres managed by the Government and the private sectors separately across the country, State/UT-wise along with the number of children benefitted from them and the facilities provided to the children therein;
- d. whether the Government has proposed any expansion in the coverage of Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls; and
- e. if so, the details of districts/States identified so far in this regard and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)   &  (b)  :  Increase  in  Child  Care  Institutions  depends  on  the  proposal  of  the State/UT based on the particular need of the region.
- (c)  :  The  Ministry  is  implementing  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme namely  Mission Vatsalya through State and UT Governments for delivering services for Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) and Children in Conflict with Law (CCL). The Child Care Institutions (CCIs) established under the scheme support inter-alia ageappropriate  education,  access  to  vocational  training,  recreation,  health  care, etc.  State-wise number of CCIs including Non-Government Organisation run which are funded by the Government and beneficiaries supported under Mission Vatsalya Scheme (as on 31.03.2022) are at Annexure-I.  There are also CCIs which are NGO run but government supported. Their details are given at Annexure-II. Data regarding CCIs managed by private sectors is not maintained centrally.
- (d) & (e) : The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely Scheme for Adolescent Girls, under Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 covering Adolescent Girls in the age group of 14 to 18

years in Aspirational Districts of States. The Scheme aims at providing nutritional support  to  Adolescent  Girls  (AGs)  (14-18  years)  for  improving  their  health  and nutritional status under the nutrition component and providing them Iron Folic Acid (IFA)  supplementation,  Health  check-up  and  Referral  Service,  Nutrition  &  Health Education and Skilling etc. under non-nutrition component of the Scheme. Presently there is no such proposal for expansion in the coverage of the Scheme.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.4083  FOR  ANSWER  ON  24.03.2023  BY  SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT REGARDING CHILD CARE CENTRES

## STATE-WISE NUMBER OF CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS AND BENEFICIARIES SUPPORTED UNDER MISSION VATSALYA SCHEME (AS ON 31.03.2022)

| S. No.   | State/UT                             |   Child Care Institutions |   Beneficiaries |
|----------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |                        92 |            3069 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                         8 |             147 |
| 3        | Assam                                |                        64 |            1378 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |                        80 |            2372 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |                        85 |            2167 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |                        23 |             685 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |                        81 |            1299 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |                        50 |            1786 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                        37 |            1147 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |                        16 |             579 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |                        50 |            1537 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |                       164 |            3974 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |                        41 |            1380 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |                       103 |            2982 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |                       107 |            3468 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |                        81 |            1980 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |                        52 |             915 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |                        49 |             776 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |                        43 |             597 |
| 20       | Orissa                               |                       130 |            7077 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |                        25 |             685 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |                       159 |            3670 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |                        22 |             534 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |                       225 |           13877 |
| 25       | Tripura                              |                        33 |             875 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        |                       104 |            4722 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          |                        32 |             457 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          |                       137 |            6494 |
| 29       | Telangana                            |                        56 |            2822 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar                    |                        12 |             301 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |                         8 |             153 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                         4 |               5 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |                         0 |               0 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |                         1 |               0 |
| 35       | Delhi                                |                        42 |            1835 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |                        29 |             373 |
|          | Total                                |                      2245 |           76118 |

ANNEXURE-I I NGO  run  Child  Care  Institutes  (CCIs)  supported  under  Mission  Vatsalya

## (erstwhile CPS) during 2021-22:

| S. No.   | State                                |   Children Home |   Beneficiaries |   Specialized Adoption Agencies (SAAs) |   Beneficiaries |   Open Shelter |   Beneficiaries |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |               0 |               0 |                                      0 |               0 |              5 |             125 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |               5 |             134 |                                      2 |              10 |              0 |               0 |
| 3        | Assam                                |              31 |             962 |                                     18 |              95 |              5 |              53 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |              11 |             325 |                                      9 |              69 |              0 |               0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |              36 |            1430 |                                     12 |             119 |              9 |              79 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |              13 |             445 |                                      2 |              17 |              2 |             204 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |              26 |             519 |                                      5 |              23 |              3 |              31 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |              21 |             816 |                                      6 |              71 |             12 |             300 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |              21 |             691 |                                      1 |              14 |              4 |              32 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |               3 |              87 |                                      0 |               0 |              0 |               0 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |              22 |             593 |                                      9 |              93 |              2 |              25 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |               6 |             264 |                                     19 |             190 |             35 |             361 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |               1 |              25 |                                      8 |              80 |              3 |              75 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |              41 |            1731 |                                     27 |             222 |              9 |             440 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |              40 |            1235 |                                     17 |             170 |             13 |             391 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |              46 |            1495 |                                      6 |              47 |             17 |             317 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |              14 |             544 |                                      1 |               9 |              4 |              90 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |              26 |             560 |                                      5 |              19 |              0 |               0 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |              22 |             444 |                                      4 |              10 |              2 |              30 |
| 20       | Odisha                               |              84 |            5896 |                                     27 |             227 |             12 |             221 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |               2 |              68 |                                      6 |              86 |              0 |               0 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |              54 |            1995 |                                      0 |               0 |             20 |             331 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |              11 |             351 |                                      3 |              19 |              3 |              51 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |             147 |           10136 |                                     21 |             210 |             11 |             275 |
| 25       | Tripura                              |              10 |             415 |                                      3 |              14 |              3 |              56 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        |              14 |             475 |                                      6 |              76 |             13 |             318 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          |               4 |             115 |                                      0 |               0 |              4 |              29 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          |              49 |            3839 |                                     23 |             309 |             38 |             950 |
| 29       | Telangana                            |               0 |               0 |                                      0 |               0 |              0 |               0 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar                    |               7 |             247 |                                      1 |               0 |              0 |               0 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |               0 |               0 |                                      0 |               0 |              0 |               0 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |               0 |               0 |                                      0 |               0 |              0 |               0 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |               0 |               0 |                                      0 |               0 |              0 |               0 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |               0 |               0 |                                      0 |               0 |              0 |               0 |
| 35       | National Capital Territory of Delhi  |              10 |             819 |                                      3 |              69 |              9 |             250 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |              19 |             306 |                                      2 |              19 |              1 |              14 |
|          | Total                                |             796 |           36962 |                                    246 |            2287 |            239 |            5048 |