Lok Sabha Question No. 5047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: New Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi, P.P. Chaudhary, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Anurag Sharma, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Pratap Chandra Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 5047 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.03.2023

## NEW ANGANWADI CENTRES

5047.   DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

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

- (a) the number of Anganwadi Centres, district-wise in Rajasthan including Pali, Odisha including Balasore and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the amount spent and number of beneficiaries therein, year-wise and district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is contemplating to open new Anganwadi Centres in various States particularly in the said States; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  As  informed  by  the  States  of  Rajasthan,  Odisha  and  Uttar  Pradesh,  number  of Anganwadi Centres alongwith the number of beneficiaries therein, district-wise, is annexed. The district-wise information regarding amount spent by State Governments/UT Administrations  is  not  maintained  centrally.  However,  funds  released  to  the  States  of Rajasthan,  Odisha  and  Uttar  Pradesh  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  under Anganwadi Services, under Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 is as under:

(Rupees in Lakhs)

| S. No.   | Year     | Funds released to States     | Funds released to States   | Funds released to States     | Funds released to States   | Funds released to States     | Funds released to States   |
|----------|----------|------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. No.   | Year     | Rajasthan                    | Rajasthan                  | Odisha                       | Odisha                     | Uttar Pradesh                | Uttar Pradesh              |
| S. No.   | Year     | Anganwadi Services (General) | SNP                        | Anganwadi Services (General) | SNP                        | Anganwadi Services (General) | SNP                        |
| i.       | 2019-20  | 28231.53                     | 29913.62                   | 33428.03                     | 49466.82                   |                              | 82387.61148686.46          |
| ii.      | 2020-21  | 28231.15                     | 34894.46                   | 34353.21                     | 50299.05                   | 59495.34                     | 139063.6                   |
| iii.     | 2021-22  | 36865.38                     | 31399.25                   | 44205.33                     | 49454.24                   | 100914.99139063.60           |                            |
| iv.      | 2022-23* | 31441.52                     | 62796.03                   | 41732.23                     | 44941.67                   | 79039.12188948.75            |                            |

(c) & (d) Presently no such proposal is under consideration. However, this ministry has issued guidelines  which  authorizes  States/UTs  to relocate  the  existing  AWCs as  per  requirement keeping  in  view  availability  of  adequate  land,  building,  water  facilities,  ease  of  access  for pregnant women and children and travel distance for Aanganwadi Worker.

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure Referred In Reply to Part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha UnStarred Question No.5047 for answer on 31.03.2023 raised by Dr. Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Shri P.P. Chaudhary, Shri  Brijbhushan  Sharan  Singh,  Shri  Anurag  Sharma,  Shri  Sangam  Lal  Gupta,  Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi regarding 'New Anganwadi Centres' indicating district-wise number of Anganwadi Centres alongwith the number of beneficiaries therein in the States of  Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh

## District-wise  number  of  Anganwadi  Centres  alongwith  the  number  of  beneficiaries therein in the State of Odisha

| S.No             | District         |   No. of operational AWCs |   Total Beneficiaries [Children (6 months-6 years) & Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers] |
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1Angul           | 1Angul           |                      1684 |                                                                                   113956 |
| 2Balangir        | 2Balangir        |                      2775 |                                                                                   162853 |
| 3Balasore        | 3Balasore        |                      4220 |                                                                                   207645 |
| 4Bargarh         | 4Bargarh         |                      2919 |                                                                                   124332 |
| 5Bhadrak         | 5Bhadrak         |                      2435 |                                                                                   133353 |
| 6Boudh           | 6Boudh           |                       727 |                                                                                    42723 |
| 7Cuttack         | 7Cuttack         |                      3318 |                                                                                   185073 |
| 8Deogarh         | 8Deogarh         |                       798 |                                                                                    30057 |
| 9Dhenkanal       | 9Dhenkanal       |                      2220 |                                                                                   102248 |
| 10Gajapati       | 10Gajapati       |                      2436 |                                                                                    64219 |
| 11Ganjam         | 11Ganjam         |                      5161 |                                                                                   345015 |
| 12Jagatsinghapur | 12Jagatsinghapur |                      1840 |                                                                                    78080 |
| 13Jajpur         | 13Jajpur         |                      2826 |                                                                                   174607 |
| 14Jharsuguda     | 14Jharsuguda     |                       967 |                                                                                    41821 |
| 15Kalahandi      | 15Kalahandi      |                      2362 |                                                                                   170925 |
| 16Kandhamal      | 16Kandhamal      |                      2197 |                                                                                    88087 |
| 17Kendrapara     | 17Kendrapara     |                      2147 |                                                                                   117021 |
| 18Keonjhar       | 18Keonjhar       |                      3352 |                                                                                   194537 |
| 19Khordha        | 19Khordha        |                      2554 |                                                                                   148337 |
| 20Koraput        | 20Koraput        |                      3397 |                                                                                   174665 |
| 21Malkangiri     | 21Malkangiri     |                      1324 |                                                                                    78036 |
| 22Mayurbhanj     | 22Mayurbhanj     |                      5153 |                                                                                   242619 |
| 23Nabarangpur    | 23Nabarangpur    |                      2330 |                                                                                   165462 |
| 24Nayagarh       | 24Nayagarh       |                      1584 |                                                                                    77151 |
| 25Nuapada        | 25Nuapada        |                      1406 |                                                                                    77742 |
| 26Puri           | 26Puri           |                      2599 |                                                                                   119298 |
| 27Rayagada       | 27Rayagada       |                      2063 |                                                                                   121121 |
| 28Sambalpur      | 28Sambalpur      |                      1886 |                                                                                    83766 |
| 29Subarnapur     | 29Subarnapur     |                      1556 |                                                                                    53338 |
| 30Sundargarh     | 30Sundargarh     |                      3918 |                                                                                   162674 |
| Total            | Total            |                     74154 |                                                                                  3880761 |

## District-wise  number  of  Anganwadi  Centres  alongwith  the  number  of  beneficiaries therein in the State of Rajasthan

| S.No   | District       |   No. of operational AWCs |   Total Beneficiaries [Children (6 months- 6 years) & Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers] |
|--------|----------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Ajmer          |                      1967 |                                                                                    116822 |
| 2      | Alwar          |                      3449 |                                                                                    363426 |
| 3      | Banswara       |                      2119 |                                                                                    205610 |
| 4      | Baran          |                      1597 |                                                                                    111455 |
| 5      | Barmer         |                      3541 |                                                                                    299105 |
| 6      | Bharatpur      |                      2082 |                                                                                    198742 |
| 7      | Bhilwara       |                      2215 |                                                                                    165868 |
| 8      | Bikaner        |                      1499 |                                                                                    115369 |
| 9      | Bundi          |                      1205 |                                                                                     88494 |
| 10     | Chittorgarh    |                      1783 |                                                                                    112795 |
| 11     | Churu          |                      1677 |                                                                                    138286 |
| 12     | Dausa          |                      1354 |                                                                                    130046 |
| 13     | Dholpur        |                      1033 |                                                                                    101523 |
| 14     | Dungarpur      |                      2117 |                                                                                    133257 |
| 15     | Hanumangarh    |                      1248 |                                                                                    105269 |
| 16     | Jaipur         |                      4254 |                                                                                    218482 |
| 17     | Jaisalmer      |                       803 |                                                                                     48066 |
| 18     | Jalore         |                      1820 |                                                                                    135567 |
| 19     | Jhalawar       |                      1510 |                                                                                    111878 |
| 20     | Jhunjhunu      |                      1595 |                                                                                    105087 |
| 21     | Jodhpur        |                      2533 |                                                                                    201577 |
| 22     | Karauli        |                      1308 |                                                                                    109066 |
| 23     | Kota           |                      1264 |                                                                                     84951 |
| 24     | Nagaur         |                      2873 |                                                                                    202166 |
| 25     | Pali           |                      1834 |                                                                                    144278 |
| 26     | Pratapgarh     |                      1239 |                                                                                     73396 |
| 27     | Rajsamand      |                      1167 |                                                                                     74300 |
| 28     | Sawai Madhopur |                      1118 |                                                                                    104555 |
| 29     | Sikar          |                      2139 |                                                                                    129746 |
| 30     | Sirohi         |                       871 |                                                                                     83641 |
| 31     | Sriganganagar  |                      1973 |                                                                                    113415 |
| 32     | Tonk           |                      1486 |                                                                                    104425 |
| 33     | Udaipur        |                      3175 |                                                                                    236281 |
| Total  | Total          |                     61848 |                                                                                   4666944 |

## District-wise  number  of  Anganwadi  Centres  alongwith  the  number  of  beneficiaries therein in the State of Uttar Pradesh

|   S. N | DISTRICT       |   No. of Sanctioned AWCs |   Total Beneficiaries [Children (6 months-6 years) & Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers] |
|--------|----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Agra           |                     3004 |                                                                                   382786 |
|      2 | Aligarh        |                     3039 |                                                                                   364959 |
|      3 | Ambedkar Nagar |                     2551 |                                                                                   256468 |
|      4 | Amethi         |                     1949 |                                                                                   189011 |
|      5 | Amroha         |                     1430 |                                                                                   137926 |
|      6 | Auraia         |                     1789 |                                                                                   172914 |
|      7 | Ayodhya        |                     2381 |                                                                                   236312 |
|      8 | Azamgarh       |                     5588 |                                                                                   548470 |
|      9 | Bagpat         |                     1338 |                                                                                   106384 |
|     10 | Bahraich       |                     3502 |                                                                                   448627 |
|     11 | Ballia         |                     3471 |                                                                                   299432 |
|     12 | Balrampur      |                     2143 |                                                                                   298147 |
|     13 | Banda          |                     1705 |                                                                                   164927 |
|     14 | Barabanki      |                     3056 |                                                                                   338377 |
|     15 | Bareilly       |                     2857 |                                                                                   315716 |
|     16 | Basti          |                     2655 |                                                                                   267471 |
|     17 | Bijnor         |                     3236 |                                                                                   326781 |
|     18 | Budaun         |                     2940 |                                                                                   350208 |
|     19 | Bulandshahar   |                     3967 |                                                                                   357800 |
|     20 | Chandauli      |                     1873 |                                                                                   213517 |
|     21 | Chitrakoot     |                     1088 |                                                                                   103805 |
|     22 | Deoria         |                     3243 |                                                                                   323041 |
|     23 | Etah           |                     1864 |                                                                                   221102 |
|     24 | Etawah         |                     1564 |                                                                                   130360 |
|     25 | Farrukhabad    |                     1752 |                                                                                   176560 |
|     26 | Fatehpur       |                     2944 |                                                                                   324683 |
|     27 | Firozabad      |                     2540 |                                                                                   222782 |
|     28 | Gautambudh Ngr |                     1108 |                                                                                   102693 |
|     29 | Ghaziabad      |                     1373 |                                                                                   136531 |
|     30 | Ghazipur       |                     4127 |                                                                                   342975 |
|     31 | Gonda          |                     3095 |                                                                                   328349 |
|     32 | Gorakhpur      |                     4244 |                                                                                   396042 |
|     33 | Hamirpur       |                     1500 |                                                                                   120494 |
|     34 | Hapur          |                      887 |                                                                                    86886 |
|     35 | Hardoi         |                     3930 |                                                                                   432025 |
|     36 | Hathras        |                     1712 |                                                                                   193675 |
|     37 | Jalaun         |                     1815 |                                                                                   139763 |
|     38 | Jaunpur        |                     5321 |                                                                                   439507 |
|     39 | Jhansi         |                     1379 |                                                                                   133019 |
|     40 | Kannauj        |                     1615 |                                                                                   185730 |
|     41 | Kanpur Dehat   |                     1788 |                                                                                   193264 |

| 42    | Kanpur Sahar                 |   2134 |   217566 |
|-------|------------------------------|--------|----------|
| 43    | Kasganj                      |   2445 |   230950 |
| 44    | Kaushambi                    |   1775 |   195396 |
| 45    | Kheeri                       |   3556 |   465604 |
| 46    | Kushi Nagar                  |   4134 |   357402 |
| 47    | Lalitpur                     |   1124 |   138053 |
| 48    | Lucknow                      |   2730 |   235214 |
| 49    | Maharajganj                  |   3164 |   317864 |
| 50    | Mahoba                       |    881 |    86441 |
| 51    | Mainpuri                     |   1788 |   165682 |
| 52    | Mathura                      |   2368 |   280379 |
| 53    | Mau                          |   2587 |   218297 |
| 54    | Meerut                       |   2076 |   206670 |
| 55    | Mirzapur                     |   2680 |   301921 |
| 56    | Moradabad                    |   2742 |   271631 |
| 57    | Muzaffar Ngr                 |   2274 |   242187 |
| 58    | Pilibhit                     |   1960 |   213486 |
| 59    | Pratapgarh                   |   3252 |   307648 |
| 60    | Prayagraj                    |   4499 |   563677 |
| 61    | Raebareily                   |   2833 |   298396 |
| 62    | Rampur                       |   2700 |   297547 |
| 63    | Saharanpur                   |   3410 |   342330 |
| 64    | Sambhal                      |   1800 |   235089 |
| 65    | Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bahdohi) |   1492 |   160971 |
| 66    | Santkabir Nagar              |   1783 |   159076 |
| 67    | Shahjahanpur                 |   2913 |   368890 |
| 68    | Shamli                       |    985 |   101519 |
| 69    | Shrawasti                    |   1120 |   130148 |
| 70    | Siddharth Ngr                |   3140 |   347725 |
| 71    | Sitapur                      |   4232 |   571632 |
| 72    | Sonbhadra                    |   2079 |   228702 |
| 73    | Sultanpur                    |   2511 |   255219 |
| 74    | Unnao                        |   3352 |   270421 |
| 75    | Varanasi                     |   3914 |   351128 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL                        | 189796 | 19644380 |

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