Lok Sabha Question No. 3207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Quality of Services Under ICDS
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION No. 3207

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## QUALITY OF SERVICES UNDER ICDS

†3207  SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  making  any  efforts  to  improve  the  quality  of  services related  to  ICDS  and  to  ensure  the  smooth  and  effective  monitoring  of  Anganwadi Centres in Katihar district of Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the total number of ICDS beneficiaries registered in Poshan Tracker app, so far?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)     To  improve  the  quality  of  services  under  Anganwadi  Services  and  for  effective monitoring  of  the  Anganwadi  Centres  including  those  in  Katihar  district  of  Bihar,  following measures have been taken:
- (i)  Joint  guidelines  have  been  issued  by  Ministries  of  Women  &  Child  Development,  Rural Development and Panchayati Raj for construction of AWC buildings across the country under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in convergence with Anganwadi Services (ICDS Scheme).
- (ii)         Under  Swachhta  Action  Plan,  Rs.10,000/-per  AWC  was  provided  for  drinking  water facilities and Rs.12,000/-per AWC for toilet facilities in Government buildings
- (iii)      Grants have also been sanctioned for purchase of water filter, furniture, equipment, etc. in AWCs
- (iv)      Streamlined guidelines have been issued on 13.01.2021, covering several aspects such as quality assurance, roles and responsibilities of duty holders, procedure for procurement and integrating AYUSH concepts and Data management and Monitoring.
- (v)       Ministry of WCD has conceptualized a digital platform," Poshan Tracker', a robust ICT enabled digital platform, launched in March, 2021 to ensure real time monitoring of provisioning of supplementary nutrition by use of data analytics for prompt supervision and management of services, tracking of all AWCs, AWWs and beneficiaries on defined indicators and comparative analysis  of  data.  States/UTs  are  also  submitting  progress  reports  on  the  implementation  of Anganwadi Services to this Ministry.
- (vi)      Mission Poshan 2.0 (Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0) announced in budget 20212022 is an integrated nutrition support programme, to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition.
- (c)   State-wise number of beneficiaries under POSHAN Tracker App is enclosed at Annexure .

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## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3207 for answer on 06.08.2021

State-wise number of beneficiaries under POSHAN Tracker App

| S.No.                               | State/UT   | Pregnant Women   | Lactating Mother   | Children 0m -6m   | Children 6m - 3y   | Children 3y - 6y   | Adolescent Girl   | Total    |
|-------------------------------------|------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------|
| 1 Andaman& Nicobar Islands          | 1417       | 438              | 347                | 9554              | 7604               | 81                 |                   | 19441    |
| 2Andhra Pradesh                     | 450115     | 193240           | 167772             | 1611223           | 1344138            |                    | 806076            | 4572564  |
| 3 Arunachal Pradesh                 | 147        | 95               | 110                |                   | 1065               | 1405               | 141               | 2963     |
| 4Assam                              | 314879     | 196285           |                    | 183926            | 1431197            | 1704440            | 1573269           | 5403996  |
| 5Bihar                              | 873643     | 461080           |                    | 299954            | 3901686            | 4306893            | 897218            | 10740474 |
| 6Chhattisgarh                       | 218541     | 82101            |                    | 62229             | 1096734            | 1137514            | 587343            | 3184462  |
| 7 Dadra &Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu | 5319       | 1916             | 1557               |                   | 15464              | 13939              | 3                 | 38198    |
| 8Delhi                              | 89432      | 50610            |                    | 42427             | 414340             | 299462             | 3417              | 899688   |
| 9Goa                                | 4877       | 2230             |                    | 1319              | 33405              | 20110              | 23400             | 85341    |
| 10Gujarat                           | 405512     | 225995           |                    | 219383            | 1838876            | 1802045            | 298436            | 4790247  |
| 11Haryana                           | 82175      | 35056            |                    | 18006             | 319365             | 307012             | 63380             | 824994   |
| 12 Himachal Pradesh                 | 51949      | 28312            |                    | 21817             | 212558             | 183761             | 72821             | 571218   |
| 13J&K                               | 69038      | 46918            |                    | 26841             | 339045             | 337695             | 9313              | 828850   |
| 14Jharkhand                         | 298392     | 155429           |                    | 116670            | 1344385            | 1165841            | 426272            | 3506989  |
| 15Karnataka                         | 545791     | 285261           |                    | 212298            | 1993308            | 2037541            | 49610             | 5123809  |
| 16Kerala                            | 213708     | 128963           |                    | 112441            | 990638             | 1133465            | 1366302           | 3945517  |
| 17Ladakh                            | 1305       | 982              |                    | 694               | 8309               | 8707               | 957               | 20954    |
| 18Lakshadweep                       | 23         | 27               |                    | 28                | 224                | 124                | 7                 | 433      |
| 19 Madhya Pradesh                   | 499962     | 247394           |                    | 206777            | 2017648            | 1976869            | 1171754           | 6120404  |
| 20Maharashtra                       | 632309     | 357144           | 299614             |                   | 2803651            | 3451423            | 535279            | 8079420  |
| 21Manipur                           | 16292      | 11341            |                    | 10124             | 91460              | 120725             | 100043            | 349985   |
| 22Meghalaya                         | 30423      | 23255            |                    | 18437             | 175946             | 213709             | 78354             | 540124   |
| 23Mizoram                           | 11373      | 7199             |                    | 6272              | 50654              | 54419              | 5477              | 135394   |
| 24Nagaland                          | 4478       | 4921             |                    | 3126              | 31200              | 41667              | 27097             | 112489   |
| 25Odisha                            | 387516     | 220866           |                    | 193232            | 1627715            | 1761745            | 1868980           | 6060054  |
| 26Puducherry                        | 3653       | 1747             |                    | 1109              | 17013              | 5277               | 233               | 29032    |
| 27Punjab                            | 35         | 15               |                    | 15                | 96                 | 69                 | 35                | 265      |
| 28Rajasthan                         | 555879     | 256197           |                    | 175722            | 2098616            | 1596037            | 32572             | 4715023  |
| 29Sikkim                            | 2636       | 1688             |                    | 1289              | 12872              | 13276              | 18185             | 49946    |
| 30Tamil Nadu                        | 401891     | 260377           |                    | 240481            | 1876261            | 1088627            | 8804              | 3876441  |
| 31Telangana                         | 276435     | 96191            |                    | 86167             | 1055249            | 943882             | 439445            | 2897369  |
| 32Tripura                           | 31563      | 17353            |                    | 14782             |                    | 169286             | 53277             | 427949   |
| 33UT-Chandigarh                     | 5092       |                  |                    |                   | 141688             | 27143              |                   |          |
|                                     | 1882310    | 2844             |                    | 2287              | 23992              |                    | 66                | 61424    |
| 34Uttar Pradesh                     |            | 863671           |                    | 490535            | 7662273            | 5958624            | 497242            | 17354655 |
| 35Uttarakhand                       | 90410      | 56036            |                    | 44675             | 408843             | 244260             | 204915            | 1049139  |
| Total                               | 8458520    | 4323177          |                    | 3282463           | 35656553           | 33478734           | 11219804          | 96419251 |