Lok Sabha Question No. 2934 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Construction of Anganwadi Kendras
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dinesh Lal "Nirahua" Yadav, Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2934

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2023

## CONSTRUCTION OF ANGANWADI KENDRAS

## †2934. SHRI DINESH LAL YADAV

NIRAHUA:

SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- a. whether  the  Union  Government  has  given  approval  to  open  more  Anganwadi Kendras, if so, the details thereof during the last two years, State/UT-wise;
- b. the  number  of  the  Anganwadi  Kendras  across  the  country  which  do  not  have  their own building as on date, State/UT-wise;
- c. the steps being taken by the Union Government to provide building of their own to each Anganwadi Kendra;
- d. whether  the  Union  Government  is  contemplating  the  construction  of  Anganwadi Kendras in cities on the lines or rural areas across the country; and
- e. if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) There is no proposal under Consideration for opening of new Anganwadi Centres.  Presently, there are 7074 projects and 14 lakh approved Anganwadi Centres.
- (b)  The  statement  containing  the  number  of  operational  Anganwadi  Centres  functioning  in Government  owned  buildings,  community  buildings  and  rented  premises  is  placed  at Annexure.
- (c)  to  (e)    A  total  of  50,000  AWCs  (@10,000  AWCs  per  year)  to  be  constructed  under convergence with MGNREGS for a five year period ending FY 2025-26. As part of sustained engagement with States/ UTs for effective implementation of the Anganwadi Services on the ground,  review  meetings  to  address  the  gaps  and  improving  infrastructure  are  taken  on  a regular  basis. Keeping  in  view  the  escalation  of  rates  of  construction  materials  and  wages (skilled/ semi skilled, unskilled), the cost of construction of AWC  buildings under convergence with MGNREGA has been revised to Rs.12.00 lakh per AWC of out of Rs.8.00 lakh  would  be  provided  under  MGNREGS,  Rs.2.00  lakh  under  15 th Finance  Commission funds (any other untied funds) and Rs.2.00 lakh by MWCD per AWC to be shared between Centre and States/UTs in the prescribed cost sharing ratio.

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## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2934 for answer on 17.03.2023

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|   Sl. No. | State/UT           |   No. of operational AWCs |   No. of AWCs for which data is available |   Govt. |   BuildingCommunity |   Rented |
|-----------|--------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------|---------------------|----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh     |                     55607 |                                     55607 |   21218 |               10429 |    23960 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh* |                      6225 |                                      6225 |    5801 |                   0 |      424 |
|         3 | Assam              |                     61715 |                                     61715 |   41763 |                9648 |    10304 |
|         4 | Bihar              |                    112094 |                                    111468 |   26097 |               11672 |    73699 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh       |                     51586 |                                     51586 |   39182 |                3677 |     8727 |
|         6 | Goa                |                      1262 |                                      1262 |     129 |                 388 |      745 |
|         7 | Gujarat            |                     53029 |                                     53027 |   43161 |                2943 |     6923 |
|         8 | Haryana            |                     25962 |                                     25962 |    9776 |               10287 |     5899 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh   |                     18925 |                                     18925 |    2125 |                7211 |     9589 |
|        10 | Jharkhand          |                     38432 |                                     38430 |   22850 |                3355 |    12225 |
|        11 | Karnataka          |                     65911 |                                     65911 |   45258 |                8721 |    11932 |
|        12 | Kerala             |                     33115 |                                     33115 |   23991 |                1741 |     7383 |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh     |                     97135 |                                     97135 |   43842 |               27722 |    25571 |
|        14 | Maharashtra*       |                    109832 |                                    109832 |   57760 |               21274 |    30798 |
|        15 | Manipur            |                     11510 |                                     11510 |    4464 |                 961 |     6085 |
|        16 | Meghalaya          |                      5896 |                                      5896 |    3425 |                1990 |      481 |
|        17 | Mizoram            |                      2244 |                                      2244 |    2244 |                   0 |        0 |
|        18 | Nagaland*          |                      3980 |                                      3980 |    3085 |                 125 |      770 |
|        19 | Odisha             |                     73172 |                                     73172 |   47985 |               20330 |     4857 |
|        20 | Punjab             |                     27304 |                                     27304 |    2098 |               22280 |     2926 |
|        21 | Rajasthan*         |                     61625 |                                     61625 |   25810 |               25262 |    10553 |
|        22 | Sikkim             |                      1308 |                                      1308 |     982 |                  50 |      276 |
|        23 | Tamil Nadu         |                     54439 |                                     54439 |   33453 |               13758 |     7228 |

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| 24         | Telangana                     |   35580 |   35580 |   11181 |   11973 |   12426 |
|------------|-------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 25         | Tripura                       |    9911 |    9911 |    9273 |     348 |     290 |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh*                |  189309 |  188982 |   41247 |  132805 |   14930 |
| 27         | Uttarakhand*                  |   20048 |   20048 |    3784 |    8776 |    7488 |
| 28         | West Bengal                   |  119481 |  119481 |   59684 |   39046 |   20751 |
| 29         | A &NIslands                   |     719 |     719 |     128 |     398 |     193 |
| 30         | Chandigarh                    |     450 |     450 |     157 |      57 |     236 |
| 31         | Dadra&N Haveli& Daman and Diu |     405 |     405 |     275 |       6 |     124 |
| 32         | Delhi                         |   10755 |   10755 |      38 |      20 |   10697 |
| 33         | Jammu& Kashmir                |   28078 |   28078 |     830 |       0 |   27248 |
| 34         | Ladakh*                       |    1140 |    1140 |     162 |     201 |     777 |
| 35         | Lakshadweep*                  |      71 |      71 |      71 |       0 |       0 |
| 36         | Puducherry                    |     855 |     855 |     328 |      86 |     441 |
| TOTAL ==>> | TOTAL ==>>                    | 1389110 | 1388153 |  633657 |  397540 |  356956 |

* Data has been taken for June 2021 as APIP data is not available.