Lok Sabha Question No. 2883 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: WCD Schemes for Tribal Areas
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gajendra Singh Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2883

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2023

## WCD SCHEMES FOR TRIBAL AREAS

## 2883.   SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL:

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

- a. the names of the schemes being implemented for women and child in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh, district-wise;
- b. the  details  of  the  said  flagship  schemes  being  implemented  in  Khargone  Barwani Parliamentary Constituency;
- c. the names of the schemes being implemented for women and child development in the aspirational districts; and
- d. whether  any  scheme  is  being  contemplated for increasing the  honorarium  of Anganwadi workers in the rural areas?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  To  ensure  better  monitoring  and  efficient  implementation,  all  the  schemes  being implemented by the Ministry for women and children in the country, including tribal areas and aspirational districts of Madhya Pradesh, have been clubbed into three verticals, viz. (1) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 (2) Mission Shakti and (3) Mission Vatsalya. The details of these schemes are as under:

(i)  Saksham  Anganwadi  &  Poshan  2.0: This  programme  has  been  reorganized  into  3 primary  verticals:  (i)  Nutrition  Support  for  POSHAN  and  for  Adolescent  Girls  (ii)  Early Childhood  Care  and  Education  [3-6  years]  and  (iii)  Anganwadi  Infrastructure  including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadis.

(ii) Mission Shakti: Mission Shakti comprises of two sub-schemes ' Sambal ' and ' Samarthya ' for safety  and  security  of  women  and  empowerment of women respectively. The existing schemes of One Stop Centres (OSC), Women Helplines (181-WHL) and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) have been made part of Sambal sub- scheme; while the existing schemes of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Ujjwala, Swadhar Greh and Working Women Hostel and National Creche Scheme have been subsumed in ' Samarthya ' .

(iii) Mission Vatsalya: Under Mission Vatsalya, the Child Protection Scheme(CPS) has been strengthened  for  better  outreach  and  protection  for  children  in  need  and  care  in  a  mission mode with the objective to:  (i)Support  and  sustain  Children  in  difficult  circumstances.  (ii) Develop context-based solutions for holistic development of children from varied backgrounds. (iii) Provide scope for green field projects for encouraging innovative solutions. (iv) Cement convergent action by gap funding, if required.

(d) From 1 st October, 2018, Government of India has enhanced the honorarium of AWWs at main-AWCs  from  Rs.3,000/-  to  Rs.4,500/-  per  month;  AWWs  at  mini-  AWCs  from Rs.2,250/-  to  Rs.3,500/-  per  month;  AWHs  from  Rs.1,500/-  to  Rs.2,250/-  per  month;  and introduced  performance  linked  incentive  of  Rs.250/-  per  month  to  AWHs  and  Rs.500  to AWWs. In addition, States/UTs are also paying additional monetary incentives/honorarium to these functionaries from their own resources which vary from State to State.

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