Lok Sabha Question No. 2272 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-15
Subject: Registration of Anganwadi Centres on Poshan Tracker App
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2172

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2023

## SABLA SCHEME

2172.   SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK DR.SUKANTA MAJUMDAR SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR SHRI BHOLA SINGH DR JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

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

- (a) Whether  the  Government  has  launched  the  Scheme  for  Empowerment  of Adolescent Girls- SABLA, if so, the details thereof along with the achievements made thereunder so far;
- (b) the criteria fixed for identifying the beneficiaries under this scheme along with the number of adolescent girls benefited there under since its inception;
- (c) the details of the scheme to formulated to raise awareness about the SABLA and the outcome thereof;
- (d) the  details  and  the  outcome  of  the  performance  review  of the SABLA  scheme along with the challenges being faced in its implementation; and
- (e) whether the said scheme is proposed to be expanded to additional districts, if so ,the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  thereon  indicating  the  quantum  of nutritional supplements released there under during the last three years and the current year , States /UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e):  For self-development and empowerment of adolescent girls in the age group of 11- 18 years, Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls -SABLA was launched in 2010 on pilot basis in 205 districts of the country. The scheme was renamed as Scheme for Adolescent Girls and extended to additional 303 districts across the  country  in  2017-18.  Thereafter,  with  effect  from  01.04.2018,  the  Scheme  was extended to all the districts of the country covering only out-of-school adolescent girls in the age group of 11-14 years. With the enforcement of Right to Education Act, 2009, there was a decline seen in the number of beneficiaries of the Scheme since the RTE Act provides legal entitlement for compulsory and free education to adolescent girls in the age group of 11-14 years and all the adolescent girls are entitled to go to school. Keeping this in view, Scheme for Adolescent Girls was revised w.e.f. 01.04.2022 and was subsumed under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. The Scheme aims at  providing  nutritional  support  to  Adolescent  Girls  (14-18  years)  for  improving  their health and nutritional status in the Aspirational Districts and all North Eastern States.

This scheme consists of two components, viz., nutrition and non-nutrition. Under nutrition component, supplementary nutrition including micronutrients is provided in the form of Take Home Ration (THR) (not raw food material) for maximum of 300 days in a year.  The  non-nutrition  component  is  based  on  convergence  with  different  ministries wherein IFA supplementation, health check-up and referral services, nutrition &health education, skill training etc. is provided.

The beneficiaries under this scheme are Adolescent Girls in the age group of 1418 years. The details regarding State-wise number of beneficiaries under the Scheme are given at Annexure - I .

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## Annexure I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2172 for 15.12.2023 regarding SABLA Scheme

No. of beneficiaries under SAG*

| SL .No   | States/UT         |   * No. of Beneficiaries (2023-24) |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                              14736 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                              14848 |
| 3        | Assam             |                             159891 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                             258944 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                             128976 |
| 6        | Gujarat           |                              78207 |
| 7        | Haryana           |                              18545 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  |                              17165 |
| 9        | Jammu and Kashmir |                              20157 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |                             261919 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |                               1686 |
| 12       | Kerala            |                              19352 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |                             154954 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |                             119365 |
| 15       | Manipur           |                              52641 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                              57187 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                              23552 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                              27347 |
| 19       | Odisha            |                             298346 |
| 20       | Punjab            |                              30265 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |                              46833 |
| 22       | Sikkim            |                               9462 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |                              40777 |
| 24       | Telangana         |                              35330 |
| 25       | Tripura           |                              35552 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |                             267262 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |                              77196 |
|          | Total             |                            2270495 |