Lok Sabha Question No. 3684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Budgetary Allocation to Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo, V. Kalanidhi, M. Selvaraj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 3684

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2022

## BUDGETARY ALLOCATION TO ANGANWADI CENTRES

3684.  SHRI MAHESH SAHOO: SHRI M. SELVARAJ: DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

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

- (a) the number of Anganwadi Centres across the country, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the details of facilities being provided through such centres;
- (c) the details of annual budgetary allocation to Anganwadi Centres during the last five years, state/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government conducts audit of all the Centres annually and if so, the details thereof particularly with regard to Odisha;
- (e) whether the Government has any proposal to set up more Anganwadi Centres and for upgradation of existing centres in the country; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  targets  and  time  line  fixed  and  funds required, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu  especially in Nagapattinam district?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) State/UT-wise number of Anganwadi Centres across the country including Tamil Nadu is at Annexure-I.
- (b) Under  Anganwadi  Services  Scheme,  the  package  of  following  six  services  is provided  to  the  beneficiaries  through  a  network  of  13.89  lakh  operational  Anganwadi Centres across the country:
- i. Supplementary Nutrition (SNP)
- ii. Pre-school Non-formal Education,
- iii. Nutrition & Health Education,
- iv. Immunization,
- v. Health Check-up, and
- vi. Referral Services

Three  of  the  six  services,  viz.,  Immunization,  Health  check-up  and  Referral Services  are  related  to  health  and  are  provided  through  NRHM  &  Public  Health Infrastructure.

(c) State/UT-wise  budgetary  allocation  under  Anganwadi  Services  Scheme  during the last 5 years is at Annexure-II.

(d) The Scheme is implemented by the State Governments/UT Administrations and conducting  the  audit  of  Anganwadi  Centres  rests  with  the  States/UTs,  however, implementation  and  utilization  of  funds  by  the  States/UTs  is  monitored  by  way  of obtaining Physical Progress Reports/Utilization Certificates/Statement of Expenditure/Quarterly  Progress  Progress  and  also  by  capturing  the  data  on  Poshan Tracker.

(e) & (f) Anganwadi Services Scheme is a universal scheme and all the 14 lakh Anganwadi  Centres  have  been  sanctioned  to  all  States/UTs.  Recently  Anganwadi Services  Scheme  has  been  revised  and  subsumed  under  Saksham  Anganwadi  and Poshan  2.0.  Strengthening  and   upgrading  of  anganwadis  is  envisaged  under  the revised Scheme.

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## ANNEXURE-I

Annexure Referred In Reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No.3684 for  answer  on  25.03.2022  raised  by  Shri  Mahesh  Sahoo,  Shri  M.  Selvaraj,  Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy regarding 'Budgetary Allocation To Anganwadi Centres' indicating number of sanctioned and operational AWCs as on 30 June, 2021

| S. No                 | State/UTs                        | No. of Anganwadi Centres   | No. of Anganwadi Centres   |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                       |                                  | Sanctioned                 | Operational                |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh                   | 55607                      | 55607                      |
| 2                     | Arunachal Pradesh                | 6225                       | 6225                       |
| 3                     | Assam                            | 62153                      | 61715                      |
| 4                     | Bihar                            | 115009                     | 112094                     |
| 5                     | Chhattisgarh                     | 52474                      | 51586                      |
| 6                     | Goa                              | 1262                       | 1262                       |
| 7                     | Gujarat                          | 53029                      | 53029                      |
| 8                     | Haryana                          | 25962                      | 25962                      |
| 9                     | Himachal Pradesh                 | 18925                      | 18925                      |
| 10                    | Jharkhand                        | 38432                      | 38432                      |
| 11                    | Karnataka                        | 65911                      | 65911                      |
| 12                    | Kerala                           | 33318                      | 33115                      |
| 13                    | Madhya Pradesh                   | 97135                      | 97135                      |
| 14                    | Maharashtra                      | 110486                     | 109832                     |
| 15                    | Manipur                          | 11510                      | 11510                      |
| 16                    | Meghalaya                        | 5896                       | 5896                       |
| 17                    | Mizoram                          | 2244                       | 2244                       |
| 18                    | Nagaland                         | 3980                       | 3980                       |
| 19                    | Odisha                           | 74154                      | 73172                      |
| 20                    | Punjab                           | 27314                      | 27304                      |
| 21                    | Rajasthan                        | 62010                      | 61625                      |
| 22                    | Sikkim                           | 1308                       | 1308                       |
| 23                    | Tamil Nadu                       | 54439                      | 54439                      |
| 24                    | Telangana                        | 35700                      | 35580                      |
| 25                    | Tripura                          | 10145                      | 9911                       |
| 26                    | Uttar Pradesh                    | 190145                     | 189309                     |
| 27                    | Uttarakhand                      | 20067                      | 20048                      |
| 28                    | West Bengal *                    | 119481                     | 119481                     |
| 29                    | A & N Islands                    | 720                        | 719                        |
| 30                    | Chandigarh                       | 450                        | 450                        |
| 31                    | Dadra & N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 409                        | 405                        |
| 32                    | Delhi                            | 10897                      | 10755                      |
| 33                    | Jammu & Kashmir                  | 30765                      | 28078                      |
| 34                    | Ladakh                           | 1173                       | 1140                       |
| 35                    | Lakshadweep                      | 107                        | 71                         |
| 36                    | Puducherry                       | 855                        | 855                        |
| Total 1399697 1389110 | Total 1399697 1389110            | Total 1399697 1389110      | Total 1399697 1389110      |

Annexure Referred In Reply to Part (c) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No.3684 for  answer  on  25.03.2022  raised  by  Shri  Mahesh  Sahoo,  Shri  M.  Selvaraj,  Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy regarding 'Budgetary Allocation To Anganwadi Centres' indicating State/UT-wise budgetary allocation under Anganwadi Services Scheme during the last 5 years

| Sl. No.             | State/UTs           | 2016-17 APIP Approved   | 2017-18 APIP Approved   | 2018-19 APIP Approved   | 2019-20 APIP Approved   | 2020-21 APIP Approved   |
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1Andhra             | State/UTs           | 68764.80                | 64398.61                | 75366.38                | 81270.60                | 86494.90                |
| 2Bihar              | 2Bihar              | 117691.35               | 103964.63               | 135147.85               | 144152.87               | 167516.01               |
| 3Chhattisgarh       | 3Chhattisgarh       | 46193.83                | 48603.84                | 54633.59                | 67220.87                | 69963.07                |
| 4Goa                | 4Goa                | 1422.52                 | 1567.16                 | 1717.49                 | 1909.88                 | 2260.09                 |
| 5Gujarat            | 5Gujarat            | 51224.72                | 56894.37                | 61730.48                | 71652.67                | 75030.06                |
| 6Haryana            | 6Haryana            | 22440.34                | 22888.16                | 21468.83                | 26545.95                | 27665.56                |
| 7Jharkhand          | 7Jharkhand          | 47028.48                | 47463.03                | 49428.29                | 58230.22                | 62367.98                |
| 8Karnataka          | 8Karnataka          | 77849.37                | 80138.54                | 82557.01                | 98521.79                | 100446.40               |
| 9Kerala             | 9Kerala             | 28164.41                | 31102.77                | 28524.51                | 36521.12                | 36692.79                |
| 10Madhya Pradesh    | 10Madhya Pradesh    | 104264.00               | 108682.66               | 119933.60               | 144676.41               | 145150.65               |
| 11Maharashtra       | 11Maharashtra       | 93923.96                | 107846.37               | 114213.97               | 129779.45               | 135921.45               |
| 12Odisha            | 12Odisha            | 81083.93                | 75830.98                | 92335.94                | 104875.90               | 100152.76               |
| 13Punjab            | 13Punjab            | 22592.20                | 21770.30                | 21314.06                | 45564.48                | 27160.81                |
| 14Rajasthan         | 14Rajasthan         | 57281.67                | 63808.73                | 63876.30                | 74974.65                | 79803.15                |
| 15Tamil Nadu        | 15Tamil Nadu        | 59767.29                | 54744.86                | 62209.34                | 74671.97                | 75438.25                |
| 16Telangana         | 16Telangana         | 40540.04                | 39125.41                | 41826.08                | 50590.23                | 50242.65                |
| 17Uttar Pradesh     | 17Uttar Pradesh     | 276817.95               | 262774.97               | 251519.40               | 282896.18               | 299105.08               |
| 18West Bengal       | 18West Bengal       | 103058.99               | 106518.50               | 118801.00               | 138042.90               | 141871.04               |
| 19Delhi             | 19Delhi             | 17995.25                | 14740.81                | 12383.39                | 18911.30                | 18163.22                |
| 20Puducherry        | 20Puducherry        | 4645.78                 | 1109.89                 | 460.01                  | 691.13                  | 582.03                  |
| 21Himachal Pradesh  | 21Himachal Pradesh  | 22365.56                | 22501.73                | 25892.82                | 30734.10                | 34238.94                |
| 22Jammu and Kashmir | 22Jammu and Kashmir | 36399.32                | 32248.75                | 35706.96                | 43489.22                | 44436.97                |
| 23Uttarakhand       | 23Uttarakhand       | 30683.53                | 27809.95                | 31939.85                | 38000.14                | 43644.96                |
| 24Andaman & Nicobar | 24Andaman & Nicobar | 815.66                  | 1317.81                 | 1213.36                 | 1565.88                 | 2287.54                 |
| 25Chandigarh        | 25Chandigarh        | 920.84                  | 1231.31                 | 1339.87                 | 1614.73                 | 1252.33                 |
| D. & Nagar Haveli   | D. & Nagar Haveli   | 569.61                  | 467.45                  | 499.15                  | 643.60                  |                         |
| 26 Daman & Diu      | 26 Daman & Diu      | 343.96                  | 284.53                  | 250.87                  | 314.54                  | 921.79                  |
| 27Ladakh            | 27Ladakh            | --                      | --                      | --                      | --                      | 2265.55                 |
| 28Lakshadweep       | 28Lakshadweep       | 549.42                  | 218.02                  | 273.70                  | 206.06                  | 249.09                  |
| 29Arunachal Pradesh | 29Arunachal Pradesh | 12879.87                | 14504.77                | 13034.35                | 15021.41                | 16660.86                |
| 30Assam             | 30Assam             | 89330.79                | 87694.68                | 98448.16                | 117340.25               | 125837.79               |
| 31Manipur           | 31Manipur           | 13017.17                | 15309.71                | 16170.53                | 26595.90                | 25074.31                |
| 32Meghalaya         | 32Meghalaya         | 15493.02                | 15403.48                | 16869.34                | 20349.60                | 20095.14                |
| 33Mizoram           | 33Mizoram           | 5544.35                 | 5762.56                 | 4876.90                 | 6298.44                 | 11100.46                |
| 34Nagaland          | 34Nagaland          | 7402.52                 | 13622.54                | 13086.36                | 14649.56                | 16121.57                |
| 35Sikkim            | 35Sikkim            | 2503.82                 | 2118.29                 | 2213.12                 | 2777.88                 | 2789.23                 |
| 36Tripura           | 36Tripura           | 14604.85                | 15331.18                | 16915.67                | 21465.73                | 21533.15                |
| Total               | Total               | 1576175.17              | 1569801.35              | 1688178.53              | 1992767.61              | 2070537.63              |