Lok Sabha Question No. 57 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: Schemes for Adolescent Girls
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal, Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO: 57

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2022

## SCHEMES FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS

- *57: SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL: ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

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

- (a) the number of schemes being implemented by the Government for minor/adolescent girls across the country;
- (b) whether  vocational  trainings,  skill  training,  scholarship  for  education  and  financial help are covered under these schemes;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  the  schemes  and  funds  allocated/utilized  for  these  schemes during the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the  number of beneficiaries,  scheme-wise,  year-wise and State/UT-wise during the said period; and
- (e) whether the Government has received any proposal to raise the upper age limit of 14 to 17 or 18 years in the schemes for adolescent girls and if so, the action taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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Statement referred in reply to Part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.57 by Shri  M.  Badruddin  Ajmal  and  Adv.  Dean  Kuriakose  to  be  answered  on  04.02.2022 regarding 'Schemes for Adolescent Girls'.

- (a)  The following Schemes are being implemented by the Government for adolescent girls:
- (i)  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls  (SAG),  a  Centrally  sponsored  scheme,  aims  at  all  round development of out of school adolescent girls in the age group of 11-14 years;
- (ii) Scheme for promotion of Menstrual Hygiene among Adolescent Girls for adolescent girls in  the  age  group  of  10-19  years  with  specific  reference  to  ensuring  health  for  adolescent girls;
- (iii)  Weekly  Iron  and  Folic  Acid  Supplementation  (WIFS)  is  being  provided  which  entails provision of weekly supervised IFA tablets to in-school boys and girls and out-of-school girls for prevention of iron and folic acid deficiency and anaemia;
- (iv) Under Samagra Shiksha, effective from 2018-19, there is a provision of Kasturba Gandhi Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  especially  for  girls  education.  KGBVs  are  residential  schools from  class  VI  to  XII  for  girls  belonging  to  disadvantaged  groups  such  as  SC,  ST,  OBC, Minority and Below Poverty Line (BPL).
- (v)  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  for  skill  based  training  of  the  youth across the country including adolescent girls;
- (b) to (d)   Yes, Sir. The scheme-wise details of benfits provided under these scheme is as under:
- (i)  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls  (SAG)  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  which  aims  at providing  nutritional  support  to  out  of  school  girls  in  the  age  group  of  11-14  years  for improving  their  health  and  nutritional  status  and  motivates  them  to  go  back  to  formal schooling, provides life skill training, accessing public services etc. Under the Scheme, life skill  education  is  imparted  to  out  of  school  adolescent  girls  which  include  confidence building, self awareness and self esteem, decision making, critical thinking, communication skills,  rights  and  entitlement,  effective  home  management,  budgeting,  saving,  gender sensitivity etc. The details of funds released and utilized to States/UTs under SAG during the last five years is at Annexure-I. Year-wise number of beneficiaries during the last five years is at Annexure-II.

(ii)  Under the scheme of Samagra Shiksha, in KGBVs, specific skill training is provided to girls, for  which States/UTs appoint vocational instructors in KGBVs to provide need based vocational education to adolescent girls. The States/UTs generally pick up courses based on the choice and need of the girls in the KGBVs. Further Samagra Shiksha aims at integrating Vocational Education with general academic education in all Secondary/Senior Secondary schools including KGBVs; enhancing the Employability and Entrepreneurial abilities of the students,  providing  exposure  to  work  environment;  and  generating  awareness  amongst students about various career options so as to enable them to make a choice in accordance with their aptitude, competence  and  aspirations. Currently 8,16,321 girls in 11,710 Secondary  and  Senior  Secondary  schools  across  the  country  are  undergoing  Vocational Education  under  Samagra  Shiksha.  Samagra  Shiksha  also  has  a  provision  for  providing exposure  to  vocational  education  to  students  of  classes  VI  to  VIII  with  an  aim  to  provide opportunities  to  the  students  to  orient  themselves  with  the  skills  required  for  the  various occupations in a sector and to equip them to make informed choices while selecting their subjects  in  higher  classes.  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  fund  allocated  for  KGBVs,  under Samagra Siksha,  is  at  Annexure-III.  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  girls  enrolled  in  KGBVs from 2018-19 to 2020-21 is at Annexure-IV. (iii)  Under  Skill  India  Mission,  the  Government  is  implementing  a  flagship  scheme  i.e. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) for skill based training of the youth across the  country  including  adolescent  girls  under  Short  Term  Training  (STT)  courses  and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Under PMKVY, STT is linked to placement, while RPL does not mandate placements as it recognizes the existing skills of candidate. With regard to funds allocated/utilized under PMKVY  scheme  is  concerned,  there  is no year-wise disbursement of funds to States/UTs. Further under the scheme the targeted beneficiaries are  in  the  age  group  of  15-45  years  which  includes  adolescent  girls  as  well.  There  is  no separate  bifurcation  indicating  the  beneficiaries  i.e.  specifically  adolescent  girls  under  the Scheme.

(e) No such proposal hasbeen received by the Government. However, recently the Scheme for Adolescent  Girls  has  been  subsumed  under Saksham  Anganwadi  &  Mission  Poshan  2.0.  As adolescent girls in the age group 11-14 years are covered under RTE Act, 2009, the targeted beneficiaries under the revised scheme are adolescent girls in the age group of 14+ to 18 years in Aspirational Districts and NE States.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure referred in reply to Part (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.57 for answer on 04.02.2022 regarding 'Schemes for Adolescent Girls' asked by Shri M. Badruddin Ajmal and Adv. Dean Kuriakose indicating State/UT-wise funds released and utilized under Scheme for Adolescent Girls during the last five years

(Rupees in Lakhs)

| State/UT             | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-2020   | 2019-2020   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
| State/UT             | Released  | Utilized  | Released  | Utilized  | Released  | Utilized  | Released    | Utilized    | Released  | Utilized  |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh     | 762.99    | 1710.1    | 2259.52   | 2050.18   | 1011.98   | 139.57    | 127.39      | 43.02       | 11.28     | 13.01     |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh  | 126.25    | 83.49     | 87.96     | 42.76     | 0         | 18.44     | 33.71       | 0           | 1.11      | 1.11      |
| 3Assam               | 1356.94   | 149.18    | 341.92    | 0         | 0         | 774.51    | 488.62      | 1594.472    | 1919.17   | 155.17    |
| 4Bihar               | 2696.83   | 2315.55   | 4003.74   | 2742.76   | 25.54     | 686.12    | 582.91      | 23.78       | 2.94      | 0         |
| 5Chattisgarh         | 1389.69   | 2772.5    | 2792.61   | 1795.87   | 768.89    | 229.19    | 48.4        | 245.18      | 121.13    | 157.32    |
| 6Goa                 | 131.5     | 259.21    | 302.77    | 345.84    | 0.4       | 0.2       | 43.1        | 0.07        | 0.02      | 0.028     |
| 7Gujarat             | 8443.18   | 6323.17   | 2690.09   | 4989      | 4984.65   | 1514.03   | 1852.8      | 1668.67     | 870.58    | 1224.98   |
| 8Haryana             | 104.74    | 573.65    | 589.97    | 363.75    | 37.41     | 44.71     | 70.56       | 22.19       | 0         | 13.41     |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh   | 720.45    | 1349.14   | 1129.42   | 372.18    | 0         | 1.93      | 0           | 0           | 0         | NI        |
| 10 Jammu & Kashmir   | 194.63    | 184.69    | 255.91    | 26.67     | 560.39    | 131.33    | 46.53       | 133.793     | 23.04     | 338.35    |
| 11Jharkhand          | 145.57    | 1465.35   | 1495.55   | 154.54    | 0         | 52.52     | 254.39      | 0           | 33.01     | 0         |
| 12Karnataka          | 740.73    | 2642.58   | 2466.93   | 1819.93   | 923.76    | 630.65    | 1253.33     | 37.63       | 20.31     | NR        |
| 13Kerala             | 1057.73   | 893.89    | 692.91    | 996.27    | 289.74    | 3.43      | 1.08        | 2.25        | 1.61      | 1.52      |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh    | 5302.02   | 8466.04   | 8641.18   | 7125.7    | 5442.4    | 2676.33   | 1068.55     | 2279.53     | 213.75    | 217.34    |
| 15Maharashtra        | 5334.42   | 3541.02   | 3995.68   | 3530.7    | 3707.84   | 661.02    | 742.83      | 569.73      | 48.48     | 47.6      |
| 16Manipur            | 49.65     | 161.87    | 170.28    | 62.34     | 0         | 85.77     | 96.86       | 2.71        | 9.12      | 0         |
| 17Meghalaya          | 919.65    | 919.65    | 528.83    | 540.36    | 12.55     | 12.55     | 1278.81     | 37.69       | 4.06      | 28.87     |
| 18Mizoram            | 91.78     | 103.4     | 123.95    | 123.15    | 69.32     | 44.08     | 13.56       | 4.98        | 2.78      | 2.78      |
| 19Nagaland           | 206.31    | 206.31    | 193.14    | 191.61    | 214.3     | 225.46    | 223.29      | 207.56      | 187.76    | 187.76    |
| 20Odisha             | 2867.25   | 3443.78   | 2442.6    | 2345.4    | 866.77    | 0         | 72.6        | 335.62      | 29.69     | 10.54     |
| 21Punjab             | 0         | 448.77    | 40.6      | 313.99    | 26.3      | 42.13     | 0           | 0           | 4.67      | 0         |
| 22Rajasthan          | 0         | 22.49     | 39.38     | 0         | 0         | 59.39     | 0           | 130.35      | 58.94     | 525.47    |
| 23Sikkim             | 32.54     | 16.9      | 15.42     | 27.45     | 0         | 2.42      | 0           | 8.64        | 0.04      | 0.04      |
| 24Tamil Nadu         | 2655.26   | 3076.85   | 3196.22   | 1945.25   | 0         | 0         | 95.48       | 13.82       | 1.23      | 18.82     |
| 25Telangana          | 572.39    | 0         | 81.4      | 765.58    | 107.49    | 0         | 151.54      | 0           | 29.69     | NR        |
| 26Tripura            | 334.81    | 819.62    | 674.38    | 210.06    | 19.16     | 72.51     | 32.27       | 20.03       | 15.76     | 26.625    |
| 27Uttar Pradesh      | 10932.99  | 7631      | 4486.13   | 5681.34   | 1000.35   | 0         | 1827.57     | 2798.24     | 410.88    | 918.95    |
| 28Uttarakhand        | 43.02     | 3.77      | 3.3       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 20.31     | 0         |
| 29West Bengal        | 40.41     | 340.08    | 282.47    | 992.63    | 101.85    | 508.72    | 126.72      | 144.22      | 31.71     | NR        |
| 30 Andaman & Nicobar | 107.05    | 50.65     | 51.35     | 15.52     | 0         | 0.19      | 0           | 0           | 0.02      | NI        |
| 31Chandigarh         | 12.11     | 7.84      | 12.68     | 5.81      | 1.34      | 1.66      | 2.46        | 2.2         | 0.2       | 0.2       |
| Daman & Diu          | 14.14     | 15.94     | 14.14     | 14.07     | 4.53      | 0.66      | 0           | -           | 0         | NI        |
| 32 D & NH            | 16.44     | 16.44     | 16.44     | 12.64     | 4.28      | 4.28      | 0           | 0.41        | 0.02      | 0         |
| 33Delhi              | 276.66    | 687.49    | 490.19    | 570.32    | 320.48    | 18.29     | 12.84       | 24.7        | 8.73      | 7.99      |
| 34Lakshdweep         | 2.2       | 1.8       | 11.65     | 2.82      | 3.11      | 0.07128   | 0.04        | 0.02        | 0.01      | 0         |
| 35Pondicherry        | 17.72     | 18.67     | 8.81      | 4.74      | 1.63      | 0.04      | 0           | 0           | 0.01      | 0         |
| 36Ladakh             |           |           |           |           |           |           |             |             | 0         | NR        |
| TOTAL                | 47700.05  | 50722.88  | 44629.52  | 40181.23  | 20506.46  | 8642.201  | 10548.24    | 10351.51    | 4082.06   | 3897.883  |

NR- Not reported

NI- Not implemented

## Annexure-II

Annexure referred in reply to Part (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.57 for answer on 04.02.2022 regarding 'Schemes for Adolescent Girls' asked by Shri M. Badruddin Ajmal and Adv.  Dean  Kuriakose  indicating  State/UT-wise  number  of  beneficiaries  under  Scheme  for Adolescent Girls during the last five years

| S. No.   | State/UT          | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 291018    | 10249     | 39181     | 3019      | 1092      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 11558     | 266       | 482       | 500       | 505       |
| 3        | Assam             | 469521    | 0         | 54352     | 68545     | 68545     |
| 4        | Bihar             | 1999642   | 396805    | 130222    | 18229     | 0         |
| 5        | Chattisgarh       | 381560    | 14734     | 15866     | 17256     | 14618     |
| 6        | Goa               | 34806     | 30        | 14        | 5         | 2         |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 529521    | 538357    | 168662    | 101025    | 70942     |
| 8        | Haryana           | 168967    | 667       | 5217      | 3680      | 3229      |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 102496    | 825       | 609       | NI        | NI        |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 87656     | 2260      | 4240      | 4321      | 10736     |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 333234    | 63515     | 71407     | 27800     | 27800     |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 350269    | 28022     | 43723     | 15566     | NR        |
| 13       | Kerala            | 238372    | 264       | 241       | 158       | 107       |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 995000    | 125452    | 172000    | 180000    | 15252     |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 848673    | 45898     | 24478     | 40959     | 15677     |
| 16       | Manipur           | 42247     | 5061      | 3344      | 3075      | 3075      |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 59429     | 1852      | 1655      | 942       | 598       |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 28148     | 897       | 715       | 1113      | 1300      |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 19456     | 6455      | 7320      | 7320      | 7320      |
| 20       | Odisha            | 590168    | 56893     | 0         | 23552     | 13082     |
| 21       | Punjab            | 188723    | 2143      | 4339      | 0         | 3926      |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 0         | 0         | 173591    | 49631     | 39420     |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 10473     | 6         | 21        | 46        | 21        |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 410247    | 2337      | 0         | 970       | 299       |
| 25       | Telangana         | 155861    | 15952     | 19410     | 1961      | NR        |
| 26       | Tripura           | 54208     | 1151      | 2031      | 601       | 386       |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 2082000   | 0         | 160192    | 350289    | 204537    |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 0         | 0         | 26950     | 9500      | 0         |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 100106    | 2855      | 55147     | 1705      | NR        |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar | 10649     | 16        | 18        | NI        | NI        |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 1741      | 94        | 55        | 64        | 70        |
| 32       | Daman & Diu       | 1458      | 1386      | 0         | -         | NI        |
|          | D & NH            | 6228      | 8220      | 697       | 160       | 11        |
| 33       | Delhi             | 92158     | 3383      | 2152      | 1696      | 749       |
| 34       | Lakshdweep        | 2553      | 10        | 5         | 3         | 10        |
| 35       | Pondicherry       | 4221      | 300       | 14        | 5         | 0         |
| 36       | Ladakh            |           |           |           |           | NR        |
|          | Total             | 10702367  | 1336355   | 1188350   | 933696    | 503309    |

NR- Not reported

NI- Not implemented

ANNEXURE-III

Annexure referred in Reply To Part (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.57 for answer  on  04.02.2022  regarding  'Schemes  for  Adolescent  Girls'  asked  by  Shri  M. Badruddin Ajmal and Adv. Dean Kuriakose indicating State/UT-wise funds allocated for KGBVs under Samagra Shiksha from 2018-19 to 2020-21

(Rupees in lakh)

|       |                   | 2018-19          |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-------|-------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 52033.08         |  63638.2  |  61252.2  |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 7799.08          |   5741.27 |   9552.36 |
| 3     | Assam             | 10326.31         |  11416.6  |  13551.5  |
| 4     | Bihar             | 51197.51         |  31899.7  |  40330.7  |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 7604.91          |   7742.49 |   5719.55 |
| 6     | Dnd - Dnh         | 95.45            |     84.16 |    118.51 |
| 7     | Gujarat           | 6839.12          |   7527.75 |   7396.84 |
| 8     | Haryana           | 7557.44          |   7470.55 |   7239.45 |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | 586.57           |    702.79 |    721.38 |
| 10    | J&K               | 23303.84         |  20050.6  |  18803    |
| 11    | Jharkhand         | 23563.97         |  26672.5  |  22385.6  |
| 12    | Karnataka         | 5770.03          |   6311.13 |   7154    |
| 13    | Kerala            | 255.11           |    181.71 |    181.71 |
| 14    | Ladakh            | 2287.57          |   2868.59 |   2723.84 |
| 15    | Madhya Pradesh    | 22734.27         |  31852.3  |  25379.6  |
| 16    | Maharashtra       | 8862.00          |   7318.98 |   5124.9  |
| 17    | Manipur           | 1068.98          |   1101.17 |   1284.24 |
| 18    | Meghalaya         | 460.13           |    467.07 |    421.69 |
| 19    | Mizoram           | 66.45            |     57.71 |     53.31 |
| 20    | Nagaland          | 1967.23          |   1433.64 |   1303.37 |
| 21    | Odisha            | 30094.84         |  35055.1  |  23348.3  |
| 22    | Punjab            | 1075.47          |   2238.55 |   2021.26 |
| 23    | Rajasthan         | 20705.89         |  26983.7  |  28185.4  |
| 24    | Sikkim            | 80.01            |     84.6  |     80.93 |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu        | 3881.61          |   4779.6  |   4390.62 |
| 26    | Telangana         | 71320.66         |  95730.4  |  99618.9  |
| 27    | Tripura           | 1844.92          |   1389.1  |   1809.65 |
|       | UP                |                  | 118776    |  87503.2  |
| 28 29 | Uttarakhand       | 56394.20 1867.82 |   2067.51 |   1906.67 |
| 30    | West Bengal       | 6454.06          |   7784.16 |   3690.59 |
|       | Total             | 428098.53        | 529427    | 483253    |

(Source: Prabandh)

## ANNEXURE-IV

Annexure referred in Reply To Part (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.57 for answer  on  04.02.2022  regarding  'Schemes  for  Adolescent  Girls'  asked  by  Shri  M. Badruddin  Ajmal  and  Adv.  Dean  Kuriakose  indicating  number  of  girls  enrolled  in KGBVs  from 2018-19 to 2020-21

| S. No.   |                        | Total Girls Enrolment in KGBVs   | Total Girls Enrolment in KGBVs   | Total Girls Enrolment in KGBVs   |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State Name             | 2018-19                          | 2019-20                          | 2020-21                          |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh         | 77906                            | 89863                            | 85757                            |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh      | 5528                             | 5646                             | 6639                             |
| 3        | Assam                  | 6723                             | 6764                             | 7515                             |
| 4        | Bihar                  | 54017                            | 53747                            | 54445                            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh           | 16681                            | 16493                            | 16544                            |
| 6        | Dadra And Nagar Haveli | 116                              | 121                              | 84                               |
| 7        | Gujarat                | 15175                            | 16157                            | 17328                            |
| 8        | Haryana                | 3390                             | 3557                             | 4477                             |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh       | 757                              | 808                              | 795                              |
| 10       | Jammu And Kashmir      | 4075                             | 4173                             | 3899                             |
| 11       | Jharkhand              | 77207                            | 65769                            | 69733                            |
| 12       | Karnataka              | 12567                            | 12985                            | 12122                            |
| 13       | Ladakh                 | NA                               | NA                               | 220                              |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh         | 49956                            | 50141                            | 50897                            |
| 15       | Maharashtra            | 5362                             | 6109                             | 6443                             |
| 16       | Manipur                | 1628                             | 1493                             | 2156                             |
| 17       | Meghalaya              | 500                              | 500                              | 500                              |
| 18       | Mizoram                | 132                              | 132                              | 100                              |
| 19       | Nagaland               | 1100                             | 1118                             | 1300                             |
| 20       | Odisha                 | 20443                            | 22449                            | 26192                            |
| 21       | Punjab                 | 2604                             | 1593                             | 2756                             |
| 22       | Rajasthan              | 37322                            | 38419                            | 38673                            |
| 23       | Sikkim                 | 206                              | 210                              | 257                              |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu             | 8585                             | 8804                             | 8974                             |
| 25       | Telangana              | 99445                            | 121480                           | 121293                           |
| 26       | Tripura                | 1530                             | 1425                             | 1612                             |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh          | 74881                            | 74801                            | 78112                            |
| 28       | Uttarakhand            | 2998                             | 3252                             | 3433                             |
| 29       | West Bengal            | 10129                            | 10129                            | 7952                             |
|          | Total                  | 590963                           | 618138                           | 630208                           |

(Source: Prabandh)