Lok Sabha Question No. 3345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: ICDS under Anganwadi Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO.3345

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2022

## ICDS UNDER ANGANWADI SCHEME

## 3345. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) the number of Anganwadi Centres sanctioned and operational till February 2022, Statewise;
- (b) the progress of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme under its Anganwadi Services Scheme till February 2022, State-wise; and
- (c) the  progress  of  the  ICDS  programme  under  its  Anganwadi  Services  Scheme  till February 2022 in Jharkhand, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  State/UT-wise  number  of  sanctioned  and  operational  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs) under Anganwadi Services, under Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0, as on 31.03.2022, is at Annexure-I. As on 31.03.2022, the Scheme is being implemented through 7075 projects and 1391004 operational AWCs across the country covering 94994406 beneficiaries which includes 77118841 children (6 months- 6 years) and 17875565 Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers.

(c)  As informed by State Government of Jharkhand, the progress of the Anganwadi Services under Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0, till February, 2022, is as under:

- i. A total of 3472498 children (0-6 years), 343085 Pregnant women and  371730 Lactating mothers were registered at all functional AWCs to avail the services;
- ii. Under  Supplementary  Nutrition  Program  (SNP)  1404533  children  (3-6  years)  were served  Hot  Cook  Meal  at  AWCs.  Take  Home  Ration  (Micronutrient  Fortified  Energy Dense  Food-MFEDF)  was  served  to  1686125  children  (6  months-3  years),  10110 Malnourished  Children  (6  months-6  years),  343085  Pregnant  women  and  371730 Lactating mothers from the platform of AWCs to improve their nutritional status;
- iii. For  the  component  of  Early  Childhood  Care  and  Education  (ECCE),  preschool education, as per the standard curriculum, was imparted to 1404533 children (3-6 years) at AWCs;
- iv. Total  369315  sessions  of  Village  Health  Nutrition  and  Sanitation  Days  (VHSND)  had been held at AWCs to provide health services to the beneficiaries.
- v. 880476  Pregnant  women  were  provided  Ante  natal  checkups  (ANC)  and  699716 children were immunized on total VHSND sessions held at AWCs.
- vi. Growth  monitoring  of  (0-6  years)  children  was  done  and  identified  3482  severely malnourished children were referred to higher facilities for further treatment from AWCs

The district-wise details is at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE-I

Annexure Referred  In  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.3345  for  answer  on  05.08.2022  raised  by  Shri  Jayant  Sinha  regarding 'ICDS  under  Anganwadi  Scheme'  indicating  State/UT-wise  number  of sanctioned  and  operational  AWCs  alongwith  the  beneficiaries  as  on 31.03.2022

|       |                            | No. of Anganwadi Centres   | No. of Anganwadi Centres   |
|-------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. No | State/UTs                  | Sanctioned                 | Operational                |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh             | 55607                      | 55607                      |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh          | 6225                       | 6225                       |
| 3     | Assam                      | 62153                      | 61715                      |
| 4     | Bihar                      | 115009                     | 112094                     |
| 5     | Chhatisgarh                | 52474                      | 51664                      |
| 6     | Goa@                       | 1262                       | 1262                       |
| 7     | Gujarat                    | 53029                      | 53029                      |
| 8     | Haryana                    | 25962                      | 25962                      |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh           | 18925                      | 18925                      |
| 10    | Jharkhand                  | 38432                      | 38432                      |
| 11    | Karnataka                  | 65911                      | 65911                      |
| 12    | Kerala                     | 33318                      | 33115                      |
| 14    | Maharashtra                | 110486                     | 110410                     |
|       |                            | 11510                      |                            |
| 15    | Manipur@                   |                            | 11510                      |
| 16    | Meghalaya                  | 5896                       | 5895                       |
| 17    | Mizoram                    | 2244                       | 2244                       |
| 18    | Nagaland                   | 3980                       | 3980                       |
| 19    | Odisha                     | 74154                      | 74096                      |
| 20    | Punjab                     | 27314                      | 27305 61655                |
| 21    | Rajasthan Sikkim           | 62010 1308                 | 1308                       |
| 22 23 | Tamil Nadu                 | 54439                      | 54439                      |
| 24    | Telangana                  | 35700                      | 35584                      |
| 25    | Tripura                    | 10145                      | 9911                       |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh              | 190145                     | 189430                     |
| 27    | Uttrakhand                 | 20067                      | 20067                      |
| 28    | West Bengal@               | 119481                     | 119481                     |
| 29    | A & N Islands              | 720                        | 719                        |
| 30    | Chandigarh                 | 450                        | 450                        |
| 31    | Dadra & N Haveli and Daman | 409                        | 405                        |
| 32    | Delhi                      | 10897                      | 10896                      |
| 33    | Jammu & Kashmir            | 30765                      | 28078                      |
| 34    | Ladakh                     | 1173                       | 1139                       |
| 35    | Lakshadweep                | 71                         | 71                         |
| 36    | Puducherry                 | 855                        | 855                        |
| Total | Total                      | 1399661                    | 1391004                    |

## ANNEXURE-II

Annexure Referred In Reply to Part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3345  for  answer  on  05.08.2022  raised  by  Shri  Jayant  Sinha  regarding 'ICDS under Anganwadi Scheme' indicating district-wise progress of the Scheme in the State of Jharkhand

| Sl. No.   | Name of District   |   Children (6 months to 3 years) |   Severely Malnourished Children (6 months to 6 years) |   Pregnant Women |   Lactating Mother |   No. of children (3 years to 6 years) |
|-----------|--------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1         | Ranchi             |                           104606 |                                                     32 |            20363 |              21671 |                                  76773 |
| 2         | Khunti             |                            28533 |                                                     97 |             4724 |               5663 |                                  21771 |
| 3         | Lohardaga          |                            30775 |                                                    198 |             6207 |               6456 |                                  27978 |
| 4         | Gumla              |                            58383 |                                                    270 |            10730 |              11269 |                                  48107 |
| 5         | Simdega            |                            29405 |                                                    131 |             5543 |               5832 |                                  21274 |
| 6         | Hazaribagh         |                            90199 |                                                    299 |            19401 |              21539 |                                  64310 |
| 7         | Ramgarh            |                            38078 |                                                     73 |             7083 |               7819 |                                  24587 |
| 8         | Dhanbad            |                            88813 |                                                     71 |            15175 |              18313 |                                  72459 |
| 9         | Bokaro             |                            76097 |                                                    146 |            16964 |              21258 |                                  76092 |
| 10        | Giridih            |                           141336 |                                                    264 |            27190 |              28262 |                                 136516 |
| 11        | Chatra             |                            64423 |                                                   2580 |            14207 |              15284 |                                  45753 |
| 12        | Koderma            |                            39526 |                                                    126 |             8112 |               8540 |                                  33076 |
| 13        | Dumka              |                            63451 |                                                     63 |            11785 |              11396 |                                  84806 |
| 14        | Jamtara            |                            43030 |                                                     16 |             8016 |               8790 |                                  41180 |
| 15        | Pakur              |                            73090 |                                                     90 |            16377 |              16563 |                                  53591 |
| 16        | Sahibganj          |                            90435 |                                                    102 |            22082 |              23043 |                                  73926 |
| 17        | Godda              |                            83907 |                                                    430 |            18805 |              20679 |                                  71230 |
| 18        | Deoghar            |                            79421 |                                                     80 |            16894 |              19743 |                                  56212 |
| 19        | E. Singhbhum       |                            71003 |                                                    162 |            14040 |              15128 |                                  63113 |
| 20        | W. Singhbhum       |                            86806 |                                                   3479 |            14042 |              17766 |                                  64765 |
| 21        | Saraikela          |                            50716 |                                                    338 |            10002 |               9988 |                                  50608 |
| 22        | Palamu             |                           118023 |                                                    931 |            26236 |              26642 |                                 108979 |
| 23        | Garhwa             |                            84622 |                                                     14 |            19038 |              19430 |                                  57896 |
| 24        | Latehar            |                            51447 |                                                    118 |            10069 |              10656 |                                  29531 |
|           | Total              |                          1686125 |                                                  10110 |           343085 |             371730 |                                1404533 |