Lok Sabha Question No. 2786 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Anganwadi Buildings
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Balak Nath, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Ranjeeta Koli, Manoj Rajoria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 2786 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2023

## ANGANWADI BUILDINGS

2786. SHRI BALAK NATH: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI: SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

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

- a. the number of Anganwadi centres in Rajasthan which do not have their own buildings, district-wise;
- b. the details of the Anganwadi buildings sanctioned in the last three years;
- c. the number of such Anganwadi centres for which buildings have been sanctioned but construction work has not been started yet along with the reasons therefor;
- d. whether the Union Government has fixed any time limit to start the said work; and
- e. if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) As reported by the State of Rajasthan, the number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) which do not have their own buildings, district-wise, is annexed.

(b)  to  (e)  An  amount  of  Rs.1297.02  crore  was  released  to  States/UTs  for  construction  of 1,15,348  AWC  buildings  in  Convergence  with  MGNREGS,  out  of  which  construction  of 57,021 has been completed upto 31.12.2021 and construction of 58,327 AWC buildings is under progress. Anganwadi Services Scheme (under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0)  is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and the administration, management & monitoring regarding implementation  of  the  Scheme  is  being  done  by  the  concerned  State  Government/UT Administration. Fixation of timeline for construction of AWC buildings is not feasible due to State-specific issues such as land issues, non-identification of land, non-finalisation of land etc.  The  Anganwadi Services Scheme has now been subsumed under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. In order to resolve the issue and speed-up the pace of construction of AWCs, under  the  revised  Scheme,  the  cost  sharing  ratio  has  been  restored  to  its  original  norms prevailing prior to November 2017 i.e. GOI contribution of Rs.2 lakh per AWC on the extant cost sharing ratio (60:40 for States/UT with Legislature; 90:10 for NE & Himalayan States; and  100:0  for  UTs  without  Legislature).  The  Govt.  of  India  share  is  also  being  released upfront  instead  of  earlier  practice  of  release  on  reimbursement  basis.  Further,  under convergence with MGNREGS, for construction of Anganwadi centres, the cost norms have been revised  from  @Rs.7  lakh  per  AWC  to  @Rs.12  lakh  per  AWC  wherein  Rs.8.00  lakh would be provided under MGNREGS, Rs.2.00 lakh under 15 th FC (or any other untied funds) and Rs.2.00 lakh per AWC to be shared between Centre and States/UTs in the prescribed cost sharing ratio.

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Annexure Referred In Reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No.2786 for answer  on  17.03.2023  raised  by  Shri  Balak  Nath,  Shri  Sumedhanand  Saraswati, Shrimati  Ranjeeta  Koli  and  Dr.  Manoj  Rajoria  regarding ' Anganwadi  Buildings ' indicating district-wise number of AWCs which do not have their own buildings District-wise number of AWCs which do not have their own buildings in the State of Rajasthan

| S.No   | District Name   |   Number of operational AWCs |   Number of AWCs which do not have their own building |
|--------|-----------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Ajmer           |                         1968 |                                                   876 |
| 2      | Alwar           |                         3447 |                                                  2743 |
| 3      | Banswara        |                         2119 |                                                   607 |
| 4      | Baran           |                         1618 |                                                  1003 |
| 5      | Barmer          |                         3544 |                                                  1383 |
| 6      | Bharatpur       |                         2082 |                                                  1684 |
| 7      | Bhilwara        |                         2217 |                                                   838 |
| 8      | Bikaner         |                         1502 |                                                   962 |
| 9      | Bundi           |                         1205 |                                                   887 |
| 10     | Chittorgarh     |                         1782 |                                                   545 |
| 11     | Churu           |                         1677 |                                                   995 |
| 12     | Dausa           |                         1354 |                                                  1049 |
| 13     | Dholpur         |                         1033 |                                                   493 |
| 14     | Dungarpur       |                         2117 |                                                   992 |
| 15     | Ganganagar      |                         1973 |                                                  1183 |
| 16     | Hanumangarh     |                         1247 |                                                   918 |
| 17     | Jaipur          |                         4282 |                                                  3662 |
| 18     | Jaisalmer       |                          804 |                                                   364 |
| 19     | Jalore          |                         1758 |                                                   869 |
| 20     | Jhalawar        |                         1510 |                                                   489 |
| 21     | Jhunjhunu       |                         1595 |                                                  1103 |
| 22     | Jodhpur         |                         2530 |                                                  1425 |
| 23     | Karauli         |                         1309 |                                                   746 |
| 24     | Kota            |                         1274 |                                                  1030 |
| 25     | Nagaur          |                         2871 |                                                  2166 |
| 26     | Pali            |                         1834 |                                                   908 |
| 27     | Pratapgarh      |                         1239 |                                                   357 |
| 28     | Rajsamand       |                         1167 |                                                   231 |
| 29     | Sawai Madhopur  |                         1118 |                                                   564 |
| 30     | Sikar           |                         2139 |                                                  1612 |
| 31     | Sirohi          |                          872 |                                                   383 |
| 32     | Tonk            |                         1486 |                                                   678 |
| 33     | Udaipur         |                         3175 |                                                  1053 |
| Total  | Total           |                        61848 |                                                 34798 |

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