Lok Sabha Question No. 4277 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-20
Subject: New AWCs and Anganwadi-cum-Creche Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri K Radhakrishnan, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 4277 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2024

## NEW AWCS AND ANGANWADI-CUM-CRECHE CENTRES

4277.  SHRI K RADHAKRISHNAN: DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA:

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

- (a) the details of new AWCs opened during last three years, State-wise; and
- (b) the details of operational Anganwadi-cum-Creche Centres in Maharashtra and Palghar district?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  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 sanctioned/approved by this Ministry out of which 786 have been actually operationalized. The State wise details are placed at Annexure .

In addition to above, under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 in the last three  years,  266  new  anganwadi  centres  has  been  sanctioned  for  the  State  of Meghalaya.

The State Government of Maharashtra have sent proposals for establishment of 345 Anganwadi-cum-Creche Centres (AWCCs), all of which have been approved.

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Annexure Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred Question No. 4277 to be answered on 20.12.2024 regarding 'New AWCs and

Anganwadi-cum-Creche Centres'

| 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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