Lok Sabha Question No. 3215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Make In India Smart Phones For Anganwadi Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3215

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## MAKE IN INDIA SMART PHONES FOR ANGANWADI WORKERS

†3215. SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased 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 record in place of written record;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  any  time  limit  has  been  fixed  for  providing  smart  phones  to  all Anganwadi workers across the country;
- (d) if so, the number of States in which smart phones have been provided till date, State/UT-wise including Bihar; and
- (e) the funds allocated and utilised for this purpose in the years 2019-20 and 202021 till date, State-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. In  addition, States/UTs are advised to introduce transparent processes for procurement of mobile phones  as  per  GFR  and  vigilance  guidelines.  The  mobile  application  of  POSHAN Abhiyaan  digitizes  and  automates  physical  registers  used  by  Aanganwadi  workers. This saves the time of AWWs and AWHs, and improves the quality of their work while simultaneously  allowing  them  real-time  monitoring.  The  details  of  the  Smartphones procured by States/UTs including the state of Bihar under POSHAN Abhiyaan is at Annexure I.

- (e) Under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan,  funds  released  to  States/UTs  for  program implementation, including procurement of smartphones for FY 2019-20 and 2020-21 along with total central fund utilisation as on 31 st March 2021 is at Annexure II.

Annexure-I

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question No.3215  for  06.08.2021  by SHRI  PRADEEP  KUMAR  SINGH regarding Make  In  India Smart Phones For Anganwadi Workers.

## State/UT wise details of Smartphones Procured under POSHAN Abhiyaan

|   Sl. | States/UTs                   | Smartphones Procured   |
|-------|------------------------------|------------------------|
|     1 | A & N ISLANDS                | 795                    |
|     2 | ANDHRA PRADESH               | 61005                  |
|     3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH            | 149                    |
|     4 | ASSAM                        | 56619                  |
|     5 | BIHAR                        | 121174                 |
|     6 | CHANDIGARH 496               |                        |
|     7 | CHHATTISGARH                 | 29942                  |
|     8 | D & N HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU | 444                    |
|     9 | DELHI                        | 11500                  |
|    10 | GOA                          | 1413                   |
|    11 | GUJARAT                      | 58261                  |
|    12 | HARYANA                      | 0                      |
|    13 | HIMACHAL PRADESH             | 20725                  |
|    14 | JAMMU & KASHMIR              | 31174                  |
|    15 | JHARKHAND                    | 12399                  |
|    16 | KARNATAKA                    | 72049                  |
|    17 | KERALA                       | 36435                  |

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| 18    | LADAKH         |   1300 |
|-------|----------------|--------|
| 19    | LAKSHADWEEP    |    112 |
| 20    | MADHYA PRADESH |  29784 |
| 21    | MAHARASHTRA    | 120335 |
| 22    | MANIPUR        |   2600 |
| 23    | MEGHALAYA      |   6428 |
| 24    | MIZORAM        |   2479 |
| 25    | NAGALAND       |   4409 |
| 26    | ODISHA         |      0 |
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY     |    855 |
| 28    | PUNJAB         |      0 |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN      |  23005 |
| 30    | SIKKIM         |   1442 |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU     |  59488 |
| 32    | TELANGANA      |  11398 |
| 33    | TRIPURA        |  10735 |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH  |  54818 |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAND    |  21809 |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL    |      0 |
| Total | Total          | 865577 |

Annexure II

Statement referred to in reply to Part (e) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No.3215 for 06.08.2021  by SHRI  PRADEEP  KUMAR  SINGH regarding Make  In  India  Smart  Phones For Anganwadi Workers.

Details  of  funds  allocated  to  the  States/UTs  and  utilised  for  all  components including for procurement of Smart Phones under POSHAN Abhiyaan for FYs 2019-20 and 2020-21

In Rs. lakhs

| SN   | State/UT                 |   Central Funds released in 2019-20 |   Central Funds released in 2020-21 | Total Central fund utilization as on 31.03.2021   |
|------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                              307.62 |                              111.52 | 421.44                                            |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh           |                            13296.5  |                              889.71 | 16601.84                                          |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                0    |                               99.6  | 708.11                                            |
| 4    | Assam                    |                            14171    |                              987.04 | 18117.52                                          |
| 5    | Bihar                    |                            25465    |                             1835.49 | 27823.99                                          |
| 6    | Chandigarh               |                              526.97 |                              107.2  | 513.96                                            |
| 7    | Chhattisgarh             |                                0    |                              839.58 | 6505.25                                           |
| 8    | Dadra Nagar Haveli       |                              436.16 |                              100    | 682.98                                            |
| 8    | Daman &Diu               |                              446.98 |                                0    |                                                   |
| 9    | Delhi                    |                                0    |                              174.35 | 2432.58                                           |
| 10   | Goa                      |                                0    |                               20.19 | 222.24                                            |
| 11   | Gujarat                  |                            14863    |                              848.47 | 21769.01                                          |
| 12   | Haryana                  |                                0    |                              415.39 | 4326                                              |
| 13   | Himachal Pradesh         |                             4960    |                              302.8  | 7010.78                                           |
| 14   | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                0    |                              492.24 | 7912.09                                           |
| 15   | Jharkhand                |                                0    |                              614.91 | 5245.93                                           |
| 16   | Karnataka                |                                0    |                             1054.58 | 11133.42                                          |
| 17   | Kerala                   |                                0    |                             3209.45 | 6696.51                                           |
| 18   | Ladakh                   |                                0    |                              118.77 | 51.41                                             |
| 19   | Lakshadweep              |                              126.75 |                              101.71 | 287.27                                            |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh           |                            17883    |                             1554.16 | 18516.83                                          |
| 21   | Maharashtra              |                            33061.5  |                             1767.78 | 40154.5                                           |
| 22   | Manipur                  |                                0    |                              184.16 | 2138.4                                            |
| 23   | Meghalaya                |                             2802.8  |                               94.34 | 4979.05                                           |
| 24   | Mizoram                  |                             1498    |                              157.93 | 2575.03                                           |
| 25   | Nagaland                 |                             2298.17 |                             1613.79 | 5239.26                                           |
| 26   | Odisha                   |                                0    |                             1186.47 | 7555.69                                           |
| 27   | Puducherry               |                              497    |                               13.68 | 264.58                                            |
| 28   | Punjab                   |                                0    |                              437.02 | 2470.04                                           |
| 29   | Rajasthan                |                             8941    |                              992.32 | 10349.79                                          |
| 30   | Sikkim                   |                              923    |                               20.93 | 1276.83                                           |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu               |                            11509    |                              871.02 | 19476.85                                          |
| 32   | Telangana                |                             7003    |                              571.2  | 14824.33                                          |
| 33   | Tripura                  |                                0    |                              162.32 | 3155.13                                           |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh            |                            16166    |                             2779.49 | 19219.28                                          |
| 35   | Uttarakhand              |                             7086    |                              321.07 | 7898                                              |
| 36   | West Bengal              |                                0    |                             1911.7  | 0                                                 |
|      | Total                    |                           184268    |                            26962.4  | 298555.92                                         |