Lok Sabha Question No. 444 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-03
Subject: Empowerment of Women and Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Locket Chatterjee, Navneet Ravi Rana, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Ajay Kumar Mandal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.444 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2023

## EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

## 444.    SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

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

- (a) the scheme-wise details of the Centrally sponsored schemes for empowerment of women and development of children being implemented in West Bengal especially in Hooghly district, Maharashtra especially in Amravati district, Bihar especially in Sitamarhi and Bhagalpur districts, and Haryana especially in Sonipat district during the last five years and the current year;
- (b) the amount of funds allocated, sanctioned, released and utilized under each of the said schemes during the last five years and the current year scheme-wise, yearwise and district-wise;
- (c) the details of aided voluntary organizations engaged in various schemes in above mentioned States during the last three years;
- (d) whether the Government has sanctioned the upgradation of a total of two lakh Anganwadi Centres as Saksham Anganwadi Centres at the rate of 40,000 centres in a year during the period 2021-22 to 2025-26; and
- (e) if  so,  the  number  of  Anganwadi  Centres  identified  under  the  said  scheme  in Maharashtra district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) To ensure better monitoring and efficient implementation, all the schemes for women  and  children  of  the  Ministry  have  been  clubbed  into  three  verticals,  viz.  (1) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 for improving nutrition indicators in the country (2) Mission  Shakti,  for  safety,  protection  and  empowerment  of  women;  and  (3)  Mission Vatsalya, for protection and welfare of children. The details of these schemes are as under:

- (i) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0: This programme has been reorganized into 3 primary verticals: (i) Nutrition Support for POSHAN and for Adolescent Girls (ii) Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years] and (iii) Anganwadi Infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadis.
- (ii)  Mission  Shakti: Mission  Shakti  comprises  of  two  sub-schemes 'Sambal' and 'Samarthya' for safety and security of women and empowerment of women respectively. The existing schemes of One Stop Centres (OSC), Women Helplines (181-WHL) and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) have been made part of Sambal sub- scheme; while the  existing  schemes  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana  (PMMVY),  Ujjwala, Swadhar Greh and Working Women Hostel and National Creche Scheme have been subsumed in 'Samarthya'.
- (iii) Mission Vatsalya: Under Mission Vatsalya, the Child Protection Scheme(CPS) has been strengthened for better outreach and protection for children in need and care in a mission  mode  with  the  objective  to: (i)Support and  sustain  Children  in difficult circumstances. (ii) Develop context-based solutions for holistic development of children from  varied  backgrounds.  (iii)  Provide  scope  for  green  field  projects  for  encouraging innovative solutions. (iv) Cement convergent action by gap funding, if required.

Only in 3 schemes of Mission Shakti, funds were being directly released to districts viz. Universalization of Women Helplines (WHL), Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) and One Stop Centre (OSC). However, BBBP is not being implemented in West Bengal. In the rest of the schemes, the funds were being released to States/UTs. District-wise details of funds allocated/ released and utilized under the aforesaid schemes during the last five years and the current year is annexed at Annexure-I .

- (c)  All  the  schemes  of  the  Ministry  are  being  implemented  through  the  State/UT Governments. The Ministry does not sanction funds to voluntary organisations.
- (d)  &  (e)  Yes  sir.  The  district  wise  details  of  the  Anganwadi  Centres  identified  to  be upgraded as Saksham Anganwadis in the State of Maharashtra is as under:

| S.No   | Name of District   |   No. of AWCs identified for upgradation |
|--------|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.     | Gadchiroli         |                                      350 |
| 2.     | Nandurbar          |                                      100 |
| 3.     | Osmanabad          |                                      400 |
| 4.     | Washim             |                                      300 |
| TOTAL  | TOTAL              |                                     1150 |

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Annexure I

## DISTRICT-WISE DETAILS OF FUNDS ALLOCATED/ RELEASED AND UTILIZED UNDER THE SCHEMES OF THE MINISTRY DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND THE CURRENT YEAR

- I. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
- II. One Stop Centres

| S.N o.   | District/ State   | Fund released d uring 2017- 18   | Fund released d uring 2017- 18   | Fund released d uring 2018- 19   | Fund released d uring 2018- 19   | Fund released d uring 2019- 20   | Fund released d uring 2019- 20   | Fund released d uring 2020- 21   | Fund released d uring 2020- 21   | Fund released uring 2021- 22   | Fund released uring 2021- 22   | d Fund released d uring 2022- 23   | d Fund released d uring 2022- 23   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| S.N o.   | District/ State   | Relea sed                        | Utili sed                        | Relea sed                        | Utili sed                        | Relea sed                        | Utili sed                        | Relea sed                        | Utili sed                        | Relea sed                      | Utili sed                      | Relea sed                          | Utili sed                          |
| 1.       | Amrava ti, Mahara | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 24.99                            | 12.8 7                           | 12.01                            | 10.9 8                           | 11.86                            | 0.00                             | 0.00                           | 15.9 8                         | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |
| 2.       | shtra Bhagal pur, | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 25.00                            | 0.00                             |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                | 10.28                          | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |
| 3.       | Bihar Sonipat     | 32.05                            | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |                                  | 0.00                             | 3.55                             | 0.00 10.86                       | 1.73                             |                                | 0.00                           | 0.00                               | 0.00                               |
|          | , Haryan a        |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                |                                |                                    |                                    |
|          |                   |                                  |                                  |                                  | 4.49                             | 0.00                             | 13.4 2                           |                                  | 0.00                             | 0.00                           |                                |                                    |                                    |
|          |                   |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                | 0.00                           |                                    |                                    |

| S.N o.   | District/ State         | Fund released du ring 2017-18   | Fund released du ring 2017-18   | Fund released du ring 2018-19   | Fund released du ring 2018-19   | Fund released du ring 2019-20   | Fund released du ring 2019-20   | Fund released du ring 2020-21   | Fund released du ring 2020-21   | Fund released du ring 2021-22   | Fund released du ring 2021-22   | Fund released du ring 2022-23   | Fund released du ring 2022-23   |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S.N o.   | District/ State         | Relea sed                       | Utilis ed                       | Relea sed                       | Utilis ed                       | Relea sed                       | Utilis ed                       | Relea sed                       | Utilis ed                       | Relea sed                       | Utilis ed                       | Relea sed                       | Utilis ed                       |
| 1.       | Hooghly , West Bengal   | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 15.91                           | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 2.       | Amravat i, Maharas htra | 48.69                           | 0.00                            | 0.50                            | 0.00                            | 0.13                            | 0.00                            | 15.00                           | 0.00                            | 15.00                           | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 3.       | Sitamar hi, Bihar       | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 6.91                            | 0.00                            | 37.35                           | 0.00                            | 21.00                           | 0.00                            | 15.00                           | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 4.       | Bhagalp ur, Bihar       | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 6.91                            | 0.00                            | 52.36                           | 0.00                            | 21.00                           | 0.00                            | 15.00                           | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |
| 5.       | Sonipat, Haryana        | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 19.41                           | 0.00                            | 0.50                            | 3.70                            | 17.99                           | 22.89                           | 36.62                           | 16.84                           | 0.00                            | 0.00                            |

(Amount in Lakhs)

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III. Women Help Lines

| State        | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20      | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State        | Relea sed | Utili sed | Relea sed | Utili sed | Relea sed    | Utili sed | Relea sed | Utili sed | Relea sed | Utili sed | Relea sed | Utili sed |
| Bihar        | 38.08     | 38.0 8    | 54.94     | 54.9 4    | 46.50 46.5 0 | 23.25     | 23.2 5    | 89.96     | 0.00      |           | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| Haryan a     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 22.10 22.1 0 |           | 17.04     | 17.0 4    | 46.59     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| Mahara shtra | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| West Bengal  | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |

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(Amount in lakhs)