Lok Sabha Question No. 1878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Smartphones for Anganwadi Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Ram Kripal Yadav, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Devji Mansingram Patel

## G OVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESION NO. 1878

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.02.2021

## SMARTPHONES FOR ANGANWADI WORKERS

- 1878 #   SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR: DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV: SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV: SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be please to state:

- (a) Whether the Government has formulated any scheme to provide 'Make in India' smart phones to Anganwadi workers to enable them to keep digital records in lieu of written records as it is time consuming for them to maintain written records of all Anganwadi beneficiaries;
- (b) If so, the details thereof;
- (c) Whether any time limit has been fixed to provide smart phones to all Anganwadi workers of the country including Rajasthan and Maharashtra;
- (d) If so, the number of States where smart phones have been distributed till date; and
- (e) The  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  in  this  regard  for  the  year  2019-20, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) Anganwadi workers are empowered with the provision of smart phones procured through  Government  e-Market  (GeM)  for  efficient  service  delivery.  Ministry  has  been pursuing  with States to saturate access to smart phones for Anganwadi Workers and have recently,   in  States  review  meetings,  taken up  the  issue again. A total  of  8.66  lakh  smart phones have been procured  by 32 States/UTs including Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Of these, 6.42 lakh have been provided to Anganwadi Workers across 27 States/UTs.

- (f) The details of funds allocated to the States/UTs and utilised are given at Anexure.

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## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1878

## Details of funds allocated to the States/UTs and utilised for all components including for procurement of smart phones

Annexure (Rs. In lakh )

| Sl. No.                | State/UT                 | 2019-20   | Total Central fund utilization as on 31.12.2020   |
|------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------|
|                        | Andhra Pradesh           | 13296.52  | 14540.18                                          |
| 2                      | Bihar                    | 25465.00  | 22674.32                                          |
| 3                      | Chhattisgarh             | 0.00      | 5453.16                                           |
| 4                      | Delhi                    | 0.00      | 1959.81                                           |
| 5                      | Goa                      | 0.00      | 201.02                                            |
| 6                      | Gujarat                  | 14863.00  | 18984.16                                          |
| 7                      | Haryana                  | 0.00      | 3879.64                                           |
| 8                      | Jharkhand                | 0.00      | 3798.71                                           |
| 9                      | Karnataka                | 0.00      | 9392.68                                           |
| 10                     | Kerala                   | 0.00      | 5675.56                                           |
| 11                     | Madhya Pradesh           | 17883.00  | 16371.46                                          |
| 12                     | Maharashtra              | 33061.47  | 33671.32                                          |
| 13                     | Odisha                   | 0.00      | 2027.11                                           |
| 14                     | Puducherry               | 497.00    | 202.70                                            |
| 15                     | Punjab                   | 0.00      | 1544.89                                           |
| 16                     | Rajasthan                | 8941.00   | 9494.14                                           |
| 17                     | Tamil Nadu               | 11509.00  | 15697.78                                          |
| 18                     | Telangana                | 7003.00   | 5508.46                                           |
| 19                     | Uttar Pradesh            | 16166.00  | 16276.92                                          |
| 20                     | West Bengal              | 0.00      | 0.00                                              |
| 21                     | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0.00      | 650.89                                            |
| 22                     | Assam                    | 14171.00  | 16271.07                                          |
| 23                     | Himachal Pradesh         | 4960.00   | 6625.51                                           |
| 24                     | Jammu & Kashmir          | 0.00      | 6747.53                                           |
| 25                     | Manipur                  | 0.00      | 2138.40                                           |
| 26                     | Meghalaya                | 2802.80   | 4556.05                                           |
| 27                     | Mizoram                  | 1498.00   | 2030.27                                           |
| 28                     | Nagaland                 | 2298.17   | 4515.56                                           |
| 29                     | Sikkim                   | 923.00    | 1036.56                                           |
| 30                     | Tripura                  | 0.00      | 2867.15                                           |
| 31                     | Uttarakhand              | 7086.00   | 7098.71                                           |
|                        | Total                    | 182423.96 | 241891.72                                         |
| UTs without legislator | UTs without legislator   |           |                                                   |
| 32                     | Andaman & Nicobar        | 307.62    | 379.91                                            |
| 33                     | Chandigarh               | 526.97    | 462.82                                            |
| 34                     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and | 436.16    | 587.89                                            |
|                        | Daman & Diu              | 446.98    |                                                   |
| 35                     | Ladakh                   | 0.00      | 41.47                                             |
| 36                     | Lakshadweep              | 126.75    | 250.47                                            |
|                        | Total                    | 1844.48   | 1722.56                                           |
|                        | Grand Total              | 184268.44 | 243614.28                                         |