Lok Sabha Question No. 366 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-20
Subject: Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda, Shri Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *366

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2024

## ANGANWADI CENTRES

- †*366.  SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR: SHRI GADDIGOUDAR PARVATAGOUDA CHANDANAGOUDA:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs)  functioning  across  the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  growing  need  of  additional requirement of AWCs across the country and if so, the details thereof, Statewise including Karnataka;
- (c) the details of the amount of funds spent on AWCs across the country during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise;
- (d) whether most of the AWCs do not even have proper buildings, if so, the steps taken by the Government towards providing proper buildings to all the AWCs across the country; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  house  all  AWCs  in  their  own buildings rather than rented ones and to allocate special financial assistance to  achieve  the  targets,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a)  to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 366 to be answered on 20.12.2024 regarding 'Anganwadi Centres' asked by Shri Kaushalendra Kumar and Shri Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda.

(a)  to  (e)  The  total  number  of  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs)  functioning  across  the country, State-wise is placed at Annexure I .

Details of the funds released as well as utilized under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 across the country during the last five years, year-wise and State/UTwise are placed at Annexure II .

In  order  to  improve  the  infrastructure  facilities  at  the  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs) various steps have been undertaken by the Ministry that, inter alia, include increasing the funding limit for drinking water facilities and toilets from Rs.10,000/- to Rs.17,000/per AWC and Rs.12,000/- to Rs.36,000/- per AWC respectively.

Under  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0,  there  is  a  provision  of construction of 50000 AWCs buildings over a period of five years @10000 AWCs per year.  The  cost  norms  for  construction  of  Anganwadi  Centres  in  convergence  with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) have been revised from Rs.7 Lakh per AWC to Rs.12 Lakh per AWC wherein Rs.8.00 Lakh would be provided under MGNREGS, Rs.2.00 Lakh under 15 th  Finance Commission (FC) (or any other untied funds) and Rs.2.00 Lakh by Centre and States to be shared between them in the prescribed cost sharing ratio. Further, States/UTs have also been advised to continue to tap funds for construction of AWC buildings from various other schemes  such  as  Member  of Parliament Local  Area  Development  Scheme (MPLADS),  Rural  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (RIDF),  Finance  Commission Grants  to  Panchayati  Raj  Institutions,  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act (NREGA), Multi- Sectoral Development Programme (MSDP) of Ministry of Minority Affairs, etc.

During  the  15th  Finance  Commission  cycle,  2  lakh  Anganwadi  Centres  @  40,000 AWCs per year are to be upgraded as Saksham Anganwadis for improved nutrition delivery  and  for  early  childhood  care  and  development  under  Mission  Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. Saksham Anganwadis are equipped with infrastructure better than the conventional Anganwadi Centres since they include provisions of LED screens, water purifier/installation of RO Machine, Poshan Vatika, ECCE materials and BALA Paintings. As on date, the total  number of AWCs approved for upgradation as Saksham AWCs is 1,70,337.

Under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Aadivasi Nyay Maha Abhiyan ( PM JANMAN) scheme funds @ Rs 12 lakh per AWC for construction of AWCs in tribal area are provided by Central  Government. Till  date,  2139  AWCs  have  been  sanctioned  for  construction under PM JANMAN. Out of the 2139 sanctioned AWCs, 786 AWCs have become operational till date. Under Mission Poshan 2.0, there is a provision to provide rent @ Rs 2,000/- per month per AWC in rural/tribal areas, Rs 6,000/- per month per AWC in urban area and  @ Rs 8,000/-  per month per AWC in metropolitan areas. Under Mission Poshan 2.0, Anganwadi workers (AWWs) have been technologically empowered with  the  provision  of  smartphones  for  efficient  monitoring  and  service delivery. The mobile application Poshan Tracker digitizes physical registers used by Anganwadi  workers.  This  improves  the  quality  of  their  work  while  simultaneously allowing them more time to monitor all the activities going on in the Anganwadi. In  addition  to  AWWs,  Smartphones  are  also  provided  to  Supervisors  and  Block Coordinators.  Similarly,  adequate  data  recharge  support  is  provided  to  AWWs,

Supervisors and Block Coordinators.

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Annexure I

Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 366 to be answered on 20.12.2024 regarding 'Anganwadi centres' by Shri Kaushalendra Kumar: Shri Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda.

## Statement indicating State wise operational Anganwadi Centres

| 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                            |                         1396425 |

## Annexure II

Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 366 to be answered on 20.12.2024 regarding 'Anganwadi centres' by Shri Kaushalendra Kumar: Shri Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda.

The details of Central share released and utilized under Mission Poshan 2.0 during the last five years:

| SN   |                             | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   |
|------|-----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|      | Name of the State/UT        | 2019-20              | 2019-20              | 2020-21              | 2020-21              | 2021-22              | 2021-22              | 2022-23              | 2022-23              | 2023-24*             |
|      | Name of the State/UT        | Funds released       | Funds Utilized       | Funds                | Fund utilised        | Funds released       | Fund utilised        | Funds                | Fund utilised        | Funds released       |
|      |                             |                      |                      | released             |                      |                      |                      | released             |                      |                      |
| 1    | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 14.98                | 13.34                | 16.37                | 6.37                 | 19.71                | 13.36                | 3.85                 | 5.17                 | 12.15                |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh              | 825.24               | 686.20               | 701.82               | 763.99               | 744.60               | 749.91               | 827.79               | 721.45               | 705.68               |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 134.71               | 134.79               | 82.92                | 65.01                | 170.83               | 230.77               | 137.78               | 145.74               | 162.06               |
| 4    | Assam                       | 1365.53              | 1241.33              | 1109.75              | 1255.72              | 1319.90              | 1432.19              | 1651.63              | 1717.00              | 2233.31              |
| 5    | Bihar                       | 1539.37              | 1253.87              | 1288.98              | 1444.36              | 1574.43              | 1608.02              | 1740.09              | 1586.61              | 1859.29              |
| 6    | Chandigarh                  | 17.03                | 13.30                | 13.35                | 16.08                | 15.32                | 23.09                | 33.10                | 33.10                | 19.79                |
| 7    | Chattisgarh                 | 483.88               | 548.81               | 513.95               | 542.07               | 606.73               | 522.72               | 668.96               | 571.80               | 579.46               |

|   8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu   |   17.20 |    8.24 |    9.02 |    9.02 |    9.33 |    9.56 |    5.80 |    5.80 |   11.97 |
|-----|----------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|   9 | Delhi                                  |  133.06 |  140.49 |  102.7  |  139.84 |  133.11 |  125.52 |  182.77 |  142.84 |  161.81 |
|  10 | Goa                                    |   16.02 |   17.02 |   20.44 |   17.46 |   10.84 |   12.92 |   14.71 |   16.83 |   13.95 |
|  11 | Gujarat                                |  854    |  725.25 |  633.13 |  873.79 |  839.86 |  757.92 |  912.64 |  552.3  | 1126.8  |
|  12 | Haryana                                |  181    |  149.87 |  185.29 |  232.54 |  173.03 |  146.99 |  195.25 |  150.24 |  225.78 |
|  13 | Himachal Pradesh                       |  251.82 |  295.25 |  258.55 |  295.89 |  247.99 |  386.68 |  270.24 |  247.76 |  301.09 |
|  14 | Jammu & Kashmir                        |  332.85 |  328.31 |  294.17 |  450.82 |  405.74 |  704.57 |  479.01 |  416.23 |  530.88 |
|  15 | Jharkhand                              |  436.1  |  455.87 |  464.33 |  348.68 |  352.98 |  183.3  |  430.91 |  596.03 |  664.3  |
|  16 | Karnataka                              |  861.87 |  916.51 |  697.17 | 1012.84 | 1003.7  |  984.62 |  765.87 |  885.65 |  912.96 |
|  17 | Kerala                                 |  321.42 |  331.23 |  352.03 |  384.79 |  388.23 |  397.98 |  444.98 |  325.43 |  306.64 |
|  18 | Ladakh                                 |    0    |    0    |   24.18 |   24.69 |   14.7  |   14.67 |   18.79 |   18.79 |   19.62 |
|  19 | Lakshadweep                            |    2.59 |    1.27 |    3.06 |    2.06 |    2.11 |    2.73 |    0.44 |    0.44 |    2.88 |
|  20 | Madhya Pradesh                         | 1225.6  | 1276.1  | 1238.06 | 1125.2  | 1085.47 | 1055.83 | 1011.57 | 1038.67 | 1123.11 |
|  21 | Maharashtra                            | 1669.4  | 1416.45 | 1205.99 | 1517.51 | 1713.39 | 1609.02 | 1646.17 | 1589.97 | 1699.52 |
|  22 | Manipur                                |  162.54 |  142.27 |  175.77 |  148.45 |  228.92 |  177.28 |  135.95 |  167.74 |  201.28 |
|  23 | Meghalaya                              |  225.66 |  181.19 |  177.92 |  185.25 |  173.33 |  177.86 |  192.39 |  200.24 |  269.69 |
|  24 | Mizoram                                |   63.26 |   56.45 |   74.6  |   64.67 |   59.32 |   61.57 |   42.81 |   46.65 |  100.27 |
|  25 | Nagaland                               |  178.92 |  169.55 |  167.23 |  169.19 |  159.8  |  160.21 |  199.3  |  190.47 |  262.91 |
|  26 | Odisha                                 |  860.66 |  892.46 |  858.68 |  896.85 | 1065.98 |  871.2  |  923.92 |  884.92 |  968.8  |

| 27    | Puducherry    |     9.86 |     8.45 |     4.38 |     3.50 |     2.78 |     6.13 |     0.12 |     6.68 |     4.48 |
|-------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 28    | Punjab        |   201.44 |   175.11 |   174.71 |   207.82 |   383.52 |   177.94 |    75.31 |   247.25 |   307.87 |
| 29    | Rajasthan     |   673.95 |   665.42 |   641.77 |   702.9  |   682.65 |   771.64 |   974.02 |   936.17 |  1091.96 |
| 30    | Sikkim        |    29.47 |    33.7  |    24.5  |    26.06 |    25.73 |    24.59 |    20.33 |    24.09 |    33.49 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu    |   764.73 |   652.94 |   619.43 |   695.85 |   655.38 |   681.28 |   766.81 |   741.3  |   880.79 |
| 32    | Telangana     |   529.96 |   420.08 |   405.32 |   564.04 |   482.33 |   479.3  |   550.69 |   503.33 |   507.87 |
| 33    | Tripura       |   166.47 |   164.05 |   154.16 |   177.85 |   186.72 |   171.66 |   150.52 |   186.55 |   244.22 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh |  2544    |  2480.79 |  2017.49 |  1925.75 |  2407.55 |  2341.91 |  2721.87 |  2622.64 |  2668.69 |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   |   373.96 |   378.21 |   327.92 |   350.07 |   353.65 |   336.03 |   425.84 |   364.77 |   288.24 |
| 36    | West Bengal   |  1165.26 |  1321.9  |  1066.64 |   897.89 |   668.35 |  1378.31 |  1227.59 |  1455.89 |  1237.56 |
| Total |               | 18633.8  | 17696.1  | 16105.8  | 17544.9  | 18368    | 18789.3  | 19849.8  | 19346.5  | 21741.2  |

*Utilisation certificate for FY 2023-24 not yet due.

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