Lok Sabha Question No. 4239 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-20
Subject: Conditions of Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Arun Bharti

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4239

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2024

## CONDITIONS OF ANGANWADI CENTRES

## 4239. SHRI ARUN BHARTI:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) functioning in the country along with funds  allocated  by  Government  to  these  AWCs  during  the  last  three  years, State-wise and UT-wise including Bihar;
- (b) whether Government has taken note that most of the Anganwadi Kendras are functioning  in  dilapidated/damaged  buildings  and  if  so,  the  number  of  such buildings along with timeframe by which funds are likely to be released for their repair, State-wise and UT-wise;
- (c) the number of AWCs operating from rented building in the country, State-wise and UT wise; and
- (d) the number of new Anganwadi Kendras proposed to be set up, State-wise and UT-wise particularly in Jamui Parliamentary constituency

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (d): The number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) operating in the country is at ANNEXURE  I .  Funds  allocated  by  Government  to  the  States/UTs  under  Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 during the last three years, State-wise and UTwise including Bihar are at ANNEXURE II. A total of 1950 AWCs are operational in the Jamui District of the State of Bihar.

Under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0), there is a provision for Rs.3,000/- per annum for maintenance of Govt. owned AWC Buildings.

Under  Mission  Poshan  2.0,  two  lakh  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs)  located  in Government buildings @ 40,000 AWCs per year are to be strengthened and upgraded as Saksham Anganwadis for delivery of improved nutrition and for Early Childhood Care and Education in the 15 th  Finance Commission cycle. Saksham Anganwadis are to  be  provided  with  better  infrastructure  than  the  conventional  Anganwadi  Centres including internet/Wi-Fi connectivity, LED screens, water filtration system/installation of  RO  Machine,  Poshan  Vatika,  ECCE  material  etc.  As  on  25.11.2024,  a  total  of 170337  AWCs  have  been  approved  for  upgradation  for  which  an  amount  of  Rs. 1004.48 crores has been allocated to all States/UTs across the country. Funds  are  also  provided  to  States/UTs  for  providing  drinking  water  facility  @ Rs.17,000 per AWC and for construction of toilet @ Rs.36,000 per AWC. In the 15th finance  cycle  an  amount  of  Rs.14660.42  lakhs  has  been  released  for  providing drinking water facilities in 146199 AWCs and an amount of Rs. 28474.01 lakhs has been released for construction of toilet facilities in 142522 AWCs across the country. In convergence with MGNREGS, 50000 AWCs @10000 AWCs per year are to be constructed over a period of five years, for which funds are provided @ Rs.12 Lakh per AWC wherein Rs.8.00 Lakh would be provided under MGNREGS, Rs.2.00 Lakh under 15th Finance Commission (FC) (or any other untied funds) and Rs.2.00 Lakh by the Ministry to be shared between Centre and States/UTs in the prescribed cost sharing ratio. Directions have been issued to States/UTs to co-locate Anganwadi Centres, which are running on rent without basic facilities, at nearby Primary Schools, where space is available.

The number of AWCs operating from rented buildings in the country, State-wise and UT wise is placed at ANNEXURE III.

Under PM JANMAN for the targeted development of 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) out of the total 2500 Anganwadi Centres to be constructed in three Financial Years (FYs) upto 2025-26, a total of 2139 Anganwadi centres have been approved by this Ministry out of which 786 have been actually operationalized. The State wise details are placed at ANNEXURE IV.

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## ANNEXURE I

Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.  4239 for answer  on  20.12.2024 regarding  'Conditions Of Anganwadi Centres' asked by Shri Arun Bharti.

The number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) operational in the country, State-wise and UT-wise including Bihar:

|   S. No | State/UTs         |   Operational AWCs as per State |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                           55607 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                            6225 |
|       3 | Assam             |                           62093 |
|       4 | Bihar             |                          114968 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      |                           52382 |
|       6 | Goa               |                            1261 |
|       7 | Gujarat           |                           53065 |
|       8 | Haryana           |                           25962 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                           18925 |
|      10 | Jharkhand         |                           38515 |
|      11 | Karnataka         |                           65931 |
|      12 | Kerala            |                           33120 |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh    |                           97329 |
|      14 | Maharashtra       |                          110516 |
|      15 | Manipur           |                           11523 |
|      16 | Meghalaya         |                            6162 |
|      17 | Mizoram           |                            2244 |
|      18 | Nagaland          |                            3980 |
|      19 | Odisha            |                           74192 |
|      20 | Punjab            |                           27314 |
|      21 | Rajasthan         |                           61885 |
|      22 | Sikkim            |                            1308 |
|      23 | Tamil Nadu        |                           54449 |

| 24    | Telangana                        |   35700 |
|-------|----------------------------------|---------|
| 25    | Tripura                          |   10222 |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh                    |  189021 |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                      |   20060 |
| 28    | West Bengal                      |  119481 |
| 29    | A & N Islands                    |     720 |
| 30    | Chandigarh                       |     450 |
| 31    | Dadra & N Haveli and Daman & Diu |     405 |
| 32    | Delhi                            |   10897 |
| 33    | Jammu & Kashmir                  |   28426 |
| 34    | Ladakh                           |    1173 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep                      |      59 |
| 36    | Puducherry                       |     855 |
| Total | Total                            | 1396425 |

ANNEXURE II

Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.  4239 for answer  on  20.12.2024 regarding  'Conditions Of Anganwadi Centres' asked by Shri Arun Bharti.

The details of Central share released and utilized under Mission Poshan 2.0 during the last three years, State-wise and UT-wise including Bihar:

| Mission Poshan 2.0 (Rupees in crores)   | Mission Poshan 2.0 (Rupees in crores)   | Mission Poshan 2.0 (Rupees in crores)   | Mission Poshan 2.0 (Rupees in crores)   | Mission Poshan 2.0 (Rupees in crores)   | Mission Poshan 2.0 (Rupees in crores)   | Mission Poshan 2.0 (Rupees in crores)   |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                  | Name of the State/UT                    | 2021-22                                 | 2021-22                                 | 2022-23                                 | 2022-23                                 | 2023-24*                                |
| S. No.                                  | Name of the State/UT                    | Funds released                          | Fund utilised                           | Funds released                          | Fund utilised                           | Funds released                          |
| 1                                       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands             | 19.71                                   | 13.36                                   | 3.85                                    | 5.17                                    | 12.15                                   |
| 2                                       | Andhra Pradesh                          | 744.60                                  | 749.91                                  | 827.79                                  | 721.45                                  | 705.68                                  |
| 3                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                       | 170.83                                  | 230.77                                  | 137.78                                  | 145.74                                  | 162.06                                  |
| 4                                       | Assam                                   | 1319.90                                 | 1432.19                                 | 1651.63                                 | 1717.00                                 | 2233.31                                 |
| 5                                       | Bihar                                   | 1574.43                                 | 1608.02                                 | 1740.09                                 | 1586.61                                 | 1859.29                                 |
| 6                                       | Chandigarh                              | 15.32                                   | 23.09                                   | 33.10                                   | 33.10                                   | 19.79                                   |
| 7                                       | Chattisgarh                             | 606.73                                  | 522.72                                  | 668.96                                  | 571.80                                  | 579.46                                  |
| 8                                       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu    | 9.33                                    | 9.56                                    | 5.80                                    | 5.80                                    | 11.97                                   |
| 9                                       | Delhi                                   | 133.11                                  | 125.52                                  | 182.77                                  | 142.84                                  | 161.81                                  |

|   10 | Goa              |   10.84 |   12.92 |   14.71 |   16.83 |   13.95 |
|------|------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|   11 | Gujarat          |  839.86 |  757.92 |  912.64 |  552.3  | 1126.8  |
|   12 | Haryana          |  173.03 |  146.99 |  195.25 |  150.24 |  225.78 |
|   13 | Himachal Pradesh |  247.99 |  386.68 |  270.24 |  247.76 |  301.09 |
|   14 | Jammu & Kashmir  |  405.74 |  704.57 |  479.01 |  416.23 |  530.88 |
|   15 | Jharkhand        |  352.98 |  183.3  |  430.91 |  596.03 |  664.3  |
|   16 | Karnataka        | 1003.7  |  984.62 |  765.87 |  885.65 |  912.96 |
|   17 | Kerala           |  388.23 |  397.98 |  444.98 |  325.43 |  306.64 |
|   18 | Ladakh           |   14.7  |   14.67 |   18.79 |   18.79 |   19.62 |
|   19 | Lakshadweep      |    2.11 |    2.73 |    0.44 |    0.44 |    2.88 |
|   20 | Madhya Pradesh   | 1085.47 | 1055.83 | 1011.57 | 1038.67 | 1123.11 |
|   21 | Maharashtra      | 1713.39 | 1609.02 | 1646.17 | 1589.97 | 1699.52 |
|   22 | Manipur          |  228.92 |  177.28 |  135.95 |  167.74 |  201.28 |
|   23 | Meghalaya        |  173.33 |  177.86 |  192.39 |  200.24 |  269.69 |

| 24    | Mizoram       |    59.32 |    61.57 |    42.81 |    46.65 |   100.27 |
|-------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 25    | Nagaland      |   159.8  |   160.21 |   199.3  |   190.47 |   262.91 |
| 26    | Odisha        |  1065.98 |   871.2  |   923.92 |   884.92 |   968.8  |
| 27    | Puducherry    |     2.78 |     6.13 |     0.12 |     6.68 |     4.48 |
| 28    | Punjab        |   383.52 |   177.94 |    75.31 |   247.25 |   307.87 |
| 29    | Rajasthan     |   682.65 |   771.64 |   974.02 |   936.17 |  1091.96 |
| 30    | Sikkim        |    25.73 |    24.59 |    20.33 |    24.09 |    33.49 |
| 31    | TamilNadu     |   655.38 |   681.28 |   766.81 |   741.3  |   880.79 |
| 32    | Telangana     |   482.33 |   479.3  |   550.69 |   503.33 |   507.87 |
| 33    | Tripura       |   186.72 |   171.66 |   150.52 |   186.55 |   244.22 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh |  2407.55 |  2341.91 |  2721.87 |  2622.64 |  2668.69 |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   |   353.65 |   336.03 |   425.84 |   364.77 |   288.24 |
| 36    | West Bengal   |   668.35 |  1378.31 |  1227.59 |  1455.89 |  1237.56 |
| Total | Total         | 18368    | 18789.3  | 19849.8  | 19346.5  | 21741.2  |

*-Utilisation certificate of funds released to the States/UTs during FY 2023-24 is not yet due.

## ANNEXURE III

Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 4239 for answer  on  20.12.2024 regarding 'Conditions of Anganwadi Centres' asked by Shri Arun Bharti.

The number of AWCs operating from rented buildings in the country as per Poshan Tracker data (as of Nov, 2024), State-wise and UT wise:

|   S. No. | State             |   Rented (as per Poshan Tracker data) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                 23176 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                   807 |
|        3 | Assam             |                                  5902 |
|        4 | Bihar             |                                 68178 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                  7978 |
|        6 | Goa               |                                   711 |
|        7 | Gujarat           |                                 10077 |
|        8 | Haryana           |                                  5877 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                 10057 |
|       10 | Jharkhand         |                                 11261 |
|       11 | Karnataka         |                                 13309 |
|       12 | Kerala            |                                  7229 |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                 26641 |
|       14 | Maharashtra       |                                 22688 |
|       15 | Manipur           |                                  8956 |
|       16 | Meghalaya         |                                   610 |
|       17 | Mizoram           |                                     9 |
|       18 | Nagaland          |                                   905 |

| 19.   | Odisha                             |   5498 |
|-------|------------------------------------|--------|
| 20.   | Punjab                             |   3344 |
| 21.   | Rajasthan                          |  10132 |
| 22.   | Sikkim                             |    219 |
| 23.   | Tamil Nadu                         |   7605 |
| 24.   | Telangana                          |  12380 |
| 25.   | Tripura                            |    694 |
| 26.   | Uttar Pradesh                      |  21208 |
| 27.   | Uttarakhand                        |   7030 |
| 28.   | West Bengal                        |  28026 |
| 29.   | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |    181 |
| 30.   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu |     89 |
| 31.   | Delhi                              |  10765 |
| 32.   | J&K                                |  25211 |
| 33.   | Ladakh                             |    653 |
| 34.   | Lakshadweep                        |      0 |
| 35.   | Puducherry                         |    421 |
| 36.   | UT-Chandigarh                      |    337 |
|       | Total                              | 358164 |

ANNEXURE IV Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.  4239 for answer  on  20.12.2024 regarding  'Conditions Of Anganwadi Centres' asked by Shri Arun Bharti.

| S.No   | State          |   Total no. of AWCs sanctioned under PM- JANMAN |   Total operational AWCs under PM-JANMAN (including both newly sanctioned & already existing) |
|--------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Gujarat        |                                              67 |                                                                                            67 |
| 2      | Bihar          |                                              49 |                                                                                            49 |
| 3      | Rajasthan      |                                              51 |                                                                                            12 |
| 4      | Tamil Nadu     |                                              34 |                                                                                            26 |
| 5      | Karnataka      |                                              22 |                                                                                            20 |
| 6      | Manipur        |                                              42 |                                                                                            13 |
| 7      | Tripura        |                                             141 |                                                                                            88 |
| 8      | Madhya Pradesh |                                             572 |                                                                                           217 |
| 9      | Odisha         |                                              90 |                                                                                            58 |
| 10     | Maharashtra    |                                             145 |                                                                                            70 |
| 11     | Chhattisgarh   |                                             174 |                                                                                            30 |
| 12     | Jharkhand      |                                             386 |                                                                                           111 |
| 13     | Telangana      |                                              85 |                                                                                             4 |
| 14     | Andhra Pradesh |                                             266 |                                                                                             7 |
| 15     | Kerala         |                                               7 |                                                                                             7 |
| 16     | Uttar Pradesh  |                                               1 |                                                                                             1 |
| 17     | Uttarakhand    |                                               7 |                                                                                             6 |
|        | TOTAL          |                                            2139 |                                                                                           786 |

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