Lok Sabha Question No. 152 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Girish Chandra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 152

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2022

## ANGANWADI CENTRES

*152.  SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA: Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the number of Anganwadi Centres in Uttar Pradesh which do not have their own building at present, district-wise; (b) the  number of incomplete Anganwadi buildings out of the buildings sanctioned during the last two years indicating the date when approval was accorded and reasons for non-completion of work in this regard; (c) whether any time line had been fixed for their construction and if so, the details thereof; (d) the  number  of  Anganwadi  buildings  where  no  work  has  been  started  since approval was granted along with the reasons therefor; and whether any timeline has been fixed by the Government to start the work and if

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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- (e) so, the details thereof?

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  to  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question No.152 by Shri Girish Chandra  to be answered  on  11.02.2022 regarding 'Anganwadi Centres'.

(a)  The  district-wise  number  of  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs),  in  the  State  of  Uttar Pradesh, which do not have their own building, at present, is given at Annexure-I . Out of 189432 operational AWCs in UP, 174052 AWCs are operating from Government/Schools/Panchayat buildings.

(b) to (e) As reported by the State of Uttar Pradesh, 1920 AWC buildings and 795 AWC buildings  were  approved  for  construction  during  the  year  2019-20  and  2020-21 respectively. Out of the total 2715 AWC buildings approved for construction, 2134 AWC buildings  had  been  completed  and  532  AWC  buildings  are  under  construction. The work on 49 AWC buildings has yet not been started. As informed by the State of Uttar Pradesh, during the  financial year 2019-20, the funds for construction were disbursed to the districts on 27.09.2020 and 03.02.2020  and during the financial year 2020-21, the  funds  for  construction  were  disbursed  to  the  districts  on  07.10.2020,  29.01.2020, 10.01.2021,  17.03.2021 and 23.03.2021.  As reported by the State of Uttar Pradesh, the construction of AWC buildings in various districts could not be completed or could not  be  started  due  to  various  reasons  such as  delay  in  disbursement  of funds under MGNREGS,  lack  of  interest  at  the  Panchayat  level,  water-logging  issue  at  the construction  site  and  due  to  the  COVID-19  pandemic  situation  in  the  country  etc. However, the timelines for completion of work is prescribed by State Government and the timelines for construction of AWC buildings is extended as and when challenges are faced during the implementation of the Scheme.

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Annexure-I Annexure referred in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.152 for answer  on  11.02.2022  regarding  'Anganwadi  Centres'  asked  by  Shri  Girish Chandra indicating district-wise number of Anganwadi Centres in Uttar Pradesh which do not have their own building at present

|   S. No. | Name of the District   |   AWCs not having own building |
|----------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | AGRA                   |                           2705 |
|        2 | ALIGARH                |                           2699 |
|        3 | AMBEDKAR NAGAR         |                           2130 |
|        4 | AMETHI                 |                           1600 |
|        5 | AMROHA                 |                            932 |
|        6 | AURAIYA                |                           1574 |
|        7 | AYODHYA                |                           1944 |
|        8 | AZAMGARH               |                           4958 |
|        9 | BAGHPAT                |                           1119 |
|       10 | BAHRAICH               |                           2190 |
|       11 | BALLIA                 |                           2966 |
|       12 | BALRAMPUR              |                           1181 |
|       13 | BANDA                  |                           1436 |
|       14 | BARABANKI              |                           2169 |
|       15 | BAREILLY               |                           2244 |
|       16 | BASTI                  |                           2109 |
|       17 | BIJNOR                 |                           1548 |
|       18 | BADAUN                 |                           2343 |
|       19 | BULANDSHAHR            |                           2549 |
|       20 | CHANDAULI              |                           1324 |
|       21 | CHITRAKOOT             |                            767 |
|       22 | DEORIA                 |                           2798 |
|       23 | ETAH                   |                           1536 |
|       24 | ETAWAH                 |                           1367 |
|       25 | FARUKKHABAD            |                           1598 |
|       26 | FATEHPUR               |                           2313 |
|       27 | FIROZABAD              |                           2291 |
|       28 | GB NAGAR               |                           1030 |
|       29 | GHAZIABAD              |                           1119 |
|       30 | GHAZIPUR               |                           3708 |
|       31 | GONDA                  |                           2274 |
|       32 | GORAKHPUR              |                           3531 |
|       33 | HAMIRPUR               |                           1154 |
|       34 | HAPUR                  |                            508 |
|       35 | HARDOI                 |                           3147 |
|       36 | HATHRAS                |                           1501 |
|       37 | JALAUN                 |                           1303 |

| 38   | JAUNPUR            |   4680 |
|------|--------------------|--------|
| 39   | JHANSI             |    938 |
| 40   | KANNAUJ            |   1392 |
| 41   | KANPUR DEHAT       |   1479 |
| 42   | KANPUR NAGAR       |   1870 |
| 43   | KASGANJ            |   2249 |
| 44   | KAUSHAMBI KUSHI    |   1243 |
| 45   | KUSHI NAGAR        |   3818 |
| 46   | LAKHIMPUR KHERI    |   2478 |
| 47   | LALITPUR           |    519 |
| 48   | LUCKNOW            |   2153 |
| 49   | MAHARAJGANJ        |   2615 |
| 50   | MAHOBA             |    436 |
| 51   | MAINPURI           |   1526 |
| 52   | MATHURA            |   2131 |
| 53   | MAU                |   1872 |
| 54   | MEERUT             |   1179 |
| 55   | MIRZAPUR           |   2239 |
| 56   | MORADABAD          |   1744 |
| 57   | MUZAFFARNAGAR      |   1859 |
| 58   | PILIBHIT           |   1024 |
| 59   | PRATAPGARH         |   2753 |
| 60   | PRAYAGRAJ          |   3654 |
| 61   | RAE BARELI         |   2218 |
| 62   | RAMPUR             |   1564 |
| 63   | SAHARANPUR         |   2248 |
| 64   | SAMBHAL            |   1111 |
| 65   | SANT KABEER NAGAR  |   1221 |
| 66   | SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR |   1154 |
| 67   | SHAHJAHANPUR       |   2366 |
| 68   | SHAMLI             |    722 |
| 69   | SHRAVASTI          |    251 |
| 70   | SIDDHARTH NAGAR    |   2187 |
| 71   | SITAPUR            |   3496 |
| 72   | SONBHADRA          |   1419 |
| 73   | SULTANPUR          |   1981 |
| 74   | UNNAO              |   2847 |
| 75   | VARANASI           |   3424 |
|      | Total              | 147725 |