Lok Sabha Question No. 1522 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Overall Development of Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1522

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2023

## OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN

1522.         SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

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

- (a) the  details  of  various  initiatives  undertaken  by  the  Ministry  and  its constituent bodies with regards to overall development of children in the country;
- (b) the progress status of these initiatives in terms of number of beneficiaries, funds allocated and facilities developed in the country, State-wise; and
- (c) whether the Ministry has prepared any detailed plan for coming years for furthering  the  overall  development  of  children  in  the  country,  if  so,  the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Government has approved `Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 realigning  the  schemes  of  Anganwadi  Services,  Poshan  2.0  and  Scheme  for Adolescent  Girls.  The  important  components  of  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and Poshan 2.0 are as under:

-  Nutrition  Support for POSHAN through Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) for children of the age group of 06 months to 6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers (PWLM); and for Adolescent Girls in the age group of 14 to 18 years in Aspirational Districts and North Eastern Region (NER);
-  Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years]and early stimulation for (0-3 years);
-  Anganwadi Infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadi; and
-  Poshan Abhiyaan

Saksham Anganwadi and Mission Poshan 2.0 announced in budget 2021-2022 for all States/UTs aim to address Government's commitment to address the challenge of child  malnutrition  and  maternal  under-nutrition  through  a  strategic  shift  in  nutrition content and delivery and create conditions and a convergent eco-system to develop practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity. The Scheme seeks to address the challenging situation of malnutrition levels among children, adolescent girls and women as revealed  by  initial  National  Family  Heath  Survey  NFHS-5  findings  and optimize the quality and delivery of food under the Supplementary Nutrition Program. It seeks to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition.  Steps  have  been  taken  to  improve  nutritional  quality  and  testing  in accredited labs, strengthen delivery and leverage technology under Poshan Tracker to improve governance. Guidelines were issued for transparency and accountability in delivery of supplementary nutrition and to track nutritional outcomes on 13.01.2021.

The Anganwadi Services under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, is a universal self-selecting Scheme available to all the beneficiaries who enroll at the Anganwadi Centres (AWCs). The beneficiaries under this scheme are children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers. Under the Scheme following six services  is  provided  through  the  platform  of  Anganwadi  Centres  to  the  eligible beneficiaries:

- 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 NHM & Public Health Infrastructure.

The details of the funds released under Anganwadi Services for the current FY 202223 is placed at Annexure I .

Also,  under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, 2 lakh selected AWCs (40,000 AWCs) per year would be strengthened and upgraded for improved nutrition and early childhood care and development of children under 6 years of age. In the current FY, approx 40,000 anganwadi centres have been identified for up-gradation.

POSHAN Abhiyaan launched on 8 th  March 2018, aims to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner by adopting a synergized and result oriented approach.

## Category wise beneficiaries registered on Poshan Tracker as on 06.02.2023

|   Total Beneficiaries |   Lactating Mothers |   Pregnant Women |   Children 0- 6M |   Children 6M-3Y |   Children 3-6Y |
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|             100539368 |             5317719 |          6796031 |          4766272 |         40687106 |        42972240 |

The State/UT wise details of number of beneficiaries registered under Poshan Tracker (as on 06.02.2023) are at Annexure I.

The details of funds allocated to States/UTs under POSHAN Abhiyaan till 31.03.2022 are at Annexure II.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme  namely  'Mission  Vatsalya'  (erstwhile  Child  Protection  Services  (CPS) Scheme) on pre-defined cost sharing pattern through the State and UT Governments for  delivering  services  for  children  in  difficult  circumstances  universally  across  the country.  The Child Care Institutions (CCIs) established under the scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc. and covers both rural and urban children. Further, the Ministry regularly  engages  with  all  State/UTs  and  from  time  to  time  has  shared  various advisories and guidelines for continued and uninterrupted delivery of services and also for effective implementation of the scheme. The number of children benefited under the  scheme,  as  on  31.03.2022,  is  76,118.  The  Mission  Vatsalya  Scheme  has  the approval upto 2025-26. State-wise release of funds under Mission Vatsalya Scheme during the last three years is at Annexure-III.

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## SNP Beneficiaries registered under Poshan Tracker

| S.No.   | State/UT          | Total Beneficiaries   | Lactating Mothers   | Pregnant Women   | Children 0-6M   | Children 6M-3Y   | Children 3-6Y   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 2800615               | 141149              | 191270           | 115707          | 1235767          | 1116722         |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 56159                 | 1288                | 1196             | 1552            | 23230            | 28893           |
| 3.      | Assam             | 3526656               | 157702              | 158502           | 180536          | 1304945          | 1724971         |
| 4.      | Bihar             | 10202702              | 374525              | 607498           | 322539          | 3805971          | 5092169         |
| 5.      | Chhattisgarh      | 2407965               | 67221               | 108062           | 60622           | 1011153          | 1160907         |
| 6.      | Goa               | 78130                 | 5288                | 4712             | 5350            | 35005            | 27775           |
| 7.      | Gujarat           | 3985373               | 277595              | 260837           | 279867          | 1533777          | 1633297         |
| 8.      | Haryana           | 2021235               | 142321              | 120203           | 100653          | 723013           | 935045          |
| 9.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 535329                | 38440               | 38543            | 36752           | 220188           | 201406          |
| 10.     | Jharkhand         | 3644278               | 167789              | 223285           | 155494          | 1482132          | 1615578         |
| 11.     | Karnataka         | 4214837               | 170787              | 285267           | 151304          | 1847408          | 1760071         |
| 12.     | Kerala            | 2430557               | 148539              | 158433           | 142628          | 870584           | 1110373         |
| 13.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 7177687               | 193781              | 409097           | 179411          | 2908644          | 3486754         |
| 14.     | Maharashtra       | 7548976               | 442077              | 424279           | 412977          | 2729873          | 3539770         |
| 15.     | Manipur           | 299721                | 11307               | 11141            | 12186           | 110622           | 154465          |
| 16.     | Meghalaya         | 443163                | 18090               | 11496            | 21759           | 159585           | 232233          |
| 17.     | Mizoram           | 121471                | 4859                | 6478             | 5190            | 46777            | 58167           |
| 18.     | Nagaland          | 63400                 | 375                 | 321              | 437             | 19589            | 42678           |
| 20.     |                   | 1057467               | 39473               |                  |                 |                  |                 |
|         | Punjab            |                       |                     | 46909            | 30992           | 533503           | 406590          |
| 21.     | Rajasthan         | 4810444               | 353972              | 358216           | 252391          | 2120411          | 1725454         |

## Annexure- I

| 22.                             | Sikkim                             | 35803                           | 2059                            | 1653                            | 1985                            | 13155                           | 16951                           |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 23.                             | Tamil Nadu                         | 3986744                         | 309613                          | 325628                          | 307703                          | 1776256                         | 1267544                         |
| 24.                             | Telangana                          | 2197358                         | 131602                          | 171524                          | 127448                          | 946495                          | 820289                          |
| 25.                             | Tripura                            | 355466                          | 16311                           | 20681                           | 16098                           | 131828                          | 170548                          |
| 26.                             | Uttar Pradesh                      | 21075550                        | 1339956                         | 1848508                         | 1092196                         | 9052455                         | 7742435                         |
| 27.                             | Uttarakhand                        | 794036                          | 43240                           | 49711                           | 33339                           | 377624                          | 290122                          |
| 28.                             | West Bengal                        | 8843562                         | 395101                          | 578038                          | 414517                          | 3336713                         | 4119193                         |
| 29.                             | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          | 15863                           | 831                             | 842                             | 824                             | 8393                            | 4973                            |
| 30.                             | Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu | 34628                           | 3358                            | 4451                            | 3362                            | 13783                           | 9674                            |
| 31.                             | Delhi                              | 730114                          | 61420                           | 48331                           | 61846                           | 345827                          | 212690                          |
| 32.                             | J&K                                | 813632                          | 51781                           | 50346                           | 33828                           | 327937                          | 349740                          |
| 33.                             | Ladakh                             | 19493                           | 885                             | 785                             | 745                             | 8048                            | 9030                            |
| 34.                             | Lakshadweep                        | 6526                            | 408                             | 517                             | 456                             | 3432                            | 1713                            |
| 35.                             | Puducherry                         | 41056                           | 2996                            | 2877                            | 2433                            | 22040                           | 10710                           |
| 36.                             | UT- Chandigarh                     | 52444                           | 3811                            | 3222                            | 3864                            | 18674                           | 22873                           |
|                                 | Total                              | 100539368                       |                                 | 6796031                         |                                 |                                 |                                 |
| 5317719 47662724068710642972240 | 5317719 47662724068710642972240    | 5317719 47662724068710642972240 | 5317719 47662724068710642972240 | 5317719 47662724068710642972240 | 5317719 47662724068710642972240 | 5317719 47662724068710642972240 | 5317719 47662724068710642972240 |

Annexure II

State-wise  statement  of  funds  released  under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  (as  on 31.03.2022)

## Amount in ₹lakhs

|   Sl . | States/UTs                   |   Central Funds release d in 2017- 18 |   Central Funds release d in 2018- 19 |   Central Funds release d in 2019- 20 |   Central Funds release d in 2020- 21 |   Central Funds release d in 2021- 22 |   Total Central Funds released till 31.03.202 2 |
|--------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | A & N ISLANDS                |                                100.22 |                                316.67 |                                307.62 |                               100     |                                518.98 |                                        1343.49  |
|      2 | ANDHRA PRADESH               |                               2572.41 |                               8604.68 |                              13296.5  |                               889.71  |                                  0    |                                       25363.3   |
|      3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH            |                                 52.93 |                               1656.73 |                               1006.62 |                                99.6   |                                  0    |                                        2815.88  |
|      4 | ASSAM                        |                               2298.27 |                              15492.4  |                              14171    |                               987.04  |                                  0    |                                       32948.7   |
|      5 | BIHAR                        |                               6724.06 |                              15341    |                              25465    |                              1835.48  |                                  0    |                                       49365.6   |
|      6 | CHANDIGARH                   |                                158.88 |                                148.3  |                                353    |                               107.2   |                                122.66 |                                         890.04  |
|      7 | CHHATTISGA RH                |                                965.45 |                               9629.51 |                                  0    |                               839.58  |                                  0    |                                       11434.5   |
|      8 | D & N HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU |                                108.83 |                                209.14 |                                878.14 |                                 0     |                                  0    |                                        1196.11  |
|      9 | DELHI                        |                                945.95 |                               2206.88 |                                  0    |                               174.35  |                                  0    |                                        3327.18  |
|     10 | GOA                          |                                238.07 |                                197.78 |                                  0    |                                20.19  |                                  0    |                                         456.04  |
|     11 | GUJARAT                      |                               3036.66 |                              11228    |                              14863    |                                 0     |                                  0    |                                       29127.7   |
|     12 | HARYANA                      |                                400.97 |                               5992.46 |                                  0    |                               415.39  |                                  0    |                                        6808.82  |
|     13 | HIMACHAL PRADESH             |                               5710.41 |                               5185    |                                  0    |                                 0     |                                  0    |                                       10895.4   |
|     14 | JAMMU & KASHMIR              |                                215.76 |                               7278.06 |                               1238.29 |                               492.24  |                                  0    |                                        9224.35  |
|     15 | JHARKHAND                    |                               1555.35 |                               5110.45 |                                  0    |                                 0     |                                  0    |                                        6665.8   |
|     16 | KARNATAKA                    |                                  0    |                               5254.55 |                               7967.39 |                              1054.58  |                                  0    |                                       14276.5   |
|     17 | KERALA                       |                               1273.37 |                               6491.91 |                                  0    |                              2679.61  |                                  0    |                                       10444.9   |
|     18 | LADAKH                       |                                  0    |                                  0    |                                  0    |                               118.768 |                                  0    |                                         118.768 |

| 19    | LAKSHADWEE P   |       60 | 138.9      | 126.75     |       100 |        0 |    425.65 |
|-------|----------------|----------|------------|------------|-----------|----------|-----------|
| 20    | MADHYA PRADESH |  4067.2  | 33777.17   | 0          |  1554.16  |     0    |  39398.5  |
| 21    | MAHARASHTR A   |  4991.8  | 20989.8    | 33061.47   |  1767.78  |     0    |  60810.8  |
| 22    | MANIPUR        |   340.46 | 3865.37    | 0          |   184.16  |     0    |   4389.99 |
| 23    | MEGHALAYA      |   462.98 | 1713.27    | 2802.8     |    94.336 |     0    |   5073.39 |
| 24    | MIZORAM        |   119.38 | 957.65     | 1498       |     0     |   753.48 |   3328.51 |
| 25    | NAGALAND       |   163.74 | 1251.97    | 2298.17    |  1550.11  |   360.12 |   5624.11 |
| 26    | ODISHA         |  4600.46 | 10571.65   | 0          |     0     | 12842.4  |  28014.5  |
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY     |    39.24 | 393.7      | 497        |    13.68  |     0    |    943.62 |
| 28    | PUNJAB         |   819.51 | 6090.33    | 0          |     0     |     0    |   6909.84 |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN      |  4282.22 | 9680.99    | 8941       |     0     |     0    |  22904.2  |
| 30    | SIKKIM         |    98.59 | 328.47     | 923        |    20.928 |     0    |   1370.99 |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU     |  1340.51 | 12210.93   | 11509      |     0     |     0    |  25060.4  |
| 32    | TELANGANA      |  1736.94 | 8595.7     | 7003       |   571.2   |     0    |  17906.8  |
| 33    | TRIPURA        |   277.91 | 3695.72    | 0          |   162.32  |     0    |   4135.95 |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH  |  8440.6  | 29582.87   | 16166      |  2779.49  |     0    |  56969    |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAN D   |  1866.25 | 4301.57    | 7086       |   321.07  |     0    |  13574.9  |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL    |  5545.27 | 19294.11   | 0          |  1911.7   |     0    |  26751.1  |
| Total | Total          | 65610.6  | 267783.7 3 | 171458.7 7 | 20844.7   | 14597.6  | 540295    |

Annexure III

## State-wise details of the funds released under the Mission Vatsalya Scheme (erstwhile Child Protection Services Scheme) during the last three years

## (Rupees in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs    |   Amount released during 2019-20 | Amount released during 2020- 21   | Amount released during 2021- 22   |
|-----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            |                          1373.53 | 1827.84                           | 476.46                            |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh         |                          1174.11 | 293.55                            | 487.92                            |
| 3         | Assam                     |                          3363.95 | 3159.17                           | 864.69                            |
| 4         | Bihar                     |                          1405.39 | 2203.71                           | 2203.21                           |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh              |                          2098.74 | 2281.81                           | 1870.35                           |
| 6         | Goa                       |                            19.63 | 129.9                             | 3.43                              |
| 7         | Gujarat                   |                          2146.27 | 2590.93                           | 697.24                            |
| 8         | Haryana                   |                          2217.99 | 2391.14                           | 931.24                            |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh          |                          1607.4  | 1457.39                           | 1453.90                           |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir           |                          1225.16 | 1490.55                           | 1929.69                           |
| 11        | Jharkhand                 |                          1845.8  | 1425.26                           | 1248.02                           |
| 12        | Karnataka                 |                          3290.45 | 2897.87                           | 4252.11                           |
| 13        | Kerala                    |                          1519.74 | 1135.84                           | 607.45                            |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh            |                          3052.72 | 3531.26                           | 3057.44                           |
| 15        | Maharashtra               |                          2449.63 | 3433.13                           | 5467.46                           |
| 16        | Manipur                   |                          3102.72 | 3468.9                            | 3606.76                           |
| 17        | Meghalaya                 |                          2241.71 | 2014.36                           | 1005.91                           |
| 18        | Mizoram                   |                          2530.43 | 2243.71                           | 1957.58                           |
| 19        | Nagaland                  |                          2085.95 | 2125.64                           | 1842.69                           |
| 20        | Orissa                    |                          3541.66 | 3302.54                           | 4019.15                           |
| 21        | Punjab                    |                           722    | 558.41                            | 172.57                            |
| 22        | Rajasthan                 |                          3195.88 | 3221.96                           | 1542.75                           |
| 23        | Sikkim                    |                           662.51 | 612.81                            | 807.59                            |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                |                         14915.4  | 9636.91                           | 7669.71                           |
| 25        | Telangana                 |                          1726.38 | 431.61                            | 3850.65                           |
| 26        | Tripura                   |                           879.61 | 1075.65                           | 977.46                            |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh             |                          4277.72 | 5235.63                           | 4553.91                           |
| 28        | Uttarakhand               |                           918.58 | 712.37                            | 507.90                            |
| 29        | West Bengal               |                          2815.1  | 4375.63                           | 3970.45                           |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                           329.62 | 282.97                            | 7.50                              |
| 31        | Chandigarh                |                             0    | 169.21                            | 162.83                            |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                           193.97 |                                   |                                   |
|           | Daman & Diu               |                           141.79 | 55.96                             | 142.98                            |
| 33        | Delhi                     |                           972.86 | 656.76                            | 794.51                            |
| 34        | Lakshadweep               |                             0    | 0                                 | 5.05                              |
| 35        | Ladakh                    |                             0    | 153.18                            | 126.17                            |
| 36        | Puducherry                |                           501.96 | 393.97                            | 271.50                            |
| 74546.32  | 74546.32                  |                         74546.3  | 70977.53                          | 63546.23                          |

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