Lok Sabha Question No. 804 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-26
Subject: Amelioration of Conditions of Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 804

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2024

## AMELIORATION OF CONDITIONS OF ANGANWADI CENTRES

- †804   SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has achieved its targets and objectives of the overall development  and  improving  the  health  facilities,  educational  and  nutritional condition of the poor children through Anganwadi centres in the various States of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and district-wise including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu;
- (c) the effective steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to ameliorate the condition of Anganwadi centres in the various parts of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to make them more effective; and
- (d) the details of the works done by the Government at present in this regard, Statewise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a)  &  (b)  In  the  15th  FC,   under  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0, emphasis  is  given   for  nutritional  support  for  children  below  the  age  of  6  years, pregnant  women  and  lactating  mothers,  Adolescent  Girls  (14  -  18  years);  Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) [3-6 years]; Anganwadi infrastructure including modern,  upgraded  Saksham  Anganwadi,  Poshan  Abhiyaan  and  Scheme  for Adolescent  Girls  have  been  reorganized  under  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0).

Mission Poshan 2.0 focuses on Maternal Nutrition, Infant and Young Child Feeding Norms, Treatment of   Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)/Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and Wellness through Ayush practices to reduce wasting and under-weight prevalence  besides  stunting  and  anaemia.  It  seeks  to  address  the  challenges  of malnutrition  in  children,  adolescent  girls,  pregnant  women  and  lactating  mothers through  a  strategic  shift  in  nutrition  content  and  delivery  and  by  creation  of  a convergent eco-system to develop and promote practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity.

The indicators for malnutrition like children being underweight, stunted or wasted have shown  a  steady  improvement  as  per  the  National  Family  Health  Survey  (NFHS) conducted by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. As per the report of NFHS-5 (2019-21),  the  nutrition  indicators  for  children  under  5  years  have  improved  as compared with NFHS-4 (2015-16). Stunting has reduced from 38.4% to 35.5%, while Wasting has reduced from 21.0% to 19.3% and Underweight prevalence has reduced from 35.8% to 32.1%.

As per the data of Poshan Tracker for the month of June 2024, around 8.57 crore children under 6 years were measured, out of whom 35% were found to be stunted and 17% were found to be underweight and 6% children under 5 years were found to be wasted. The levels of underweight and wasting in children as obtained from Poshan Tracker are much less than those projected by NFHS 5.

State Wise details of beneficiaries including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are at Annexure I.

(c)  &  (d)  In  F.Y.  2023-24,  a  total  of  Rs.  2174118.74  lakh  was  released  for implementation  of  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0,  out  of  this  Rs. 860209.37 lakh was released for General component (Honorarium, uniform, medicine kit, training etc.)  of the scheme. State wise details of the fund released during F.Y. 2023-24 under General Component of the scheme are at Annexure II.

To improve infrastructure at the existing AWCs across the country various efforts have been  made.  In  order  to  rationalise  the  number  of  Anganwadi  centres  across  the country  vis-à-vis  the  registered  beneficiaries,  Government  of  India  has,  directed States/UTs  to  co-locate  Anganwadi  Centres,  which  are  running  on  rent  without sufficient infrastructure, at nearby Primary Schools, where space is available Further, the  Government has decided to upgrade all Mini AWCs with one worker to a fullfledged Anganwadi Centre with one worker and one helper.

Under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, for the 15th Finance Commission cycle, two lakh Anganwadi Centres located in Government buildings @ 40,000 AWCs per year  are  to  be  strengthened  and  upgraded  for  improved  nutrition  delivery  to beneficiaries  and  for  delivery  of  ECCE  to  stimulate  the  creative,  social,  emotional, cognitive  and  intellectual  development  of  children  under  6  years  of  age.  Till  date, 92108 AWCs have been sanctioned for upgradation to Saksham Anganwadi. State wise details of the AWCs sanctioned for upgradation are at Annexure III

Government has launched Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi (PBPB) initiative on 10th May, 2023 for upskilling of all anganwadi workers across the country to build their capacity to provide ECCE and nutrition service to the children below six years of age. As on June 2024, under Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi, 11,364 State Level Master Trainers (CDPOs, Supervisors and Additional Resource Persons) have been trained across the country. Under MGNREGS component, beginning from FY 2021-22, 50000 AWCs building are to be constructed over a period of five years @10000 AWCs per year. The cost norms for construction of Anganwadi Centres in convergence with MGNREGS have been revised  to  Rs.12  Lakh  per  AWC  wherein  Rs.8.00  Lakh  would  be  provided  under MGNREGS, Rs.2.00 Lakh under 15 th  FC (or any other untied funds) and Rs.2.00 Lakh by MWCD per AWC to be shared between Centre and States/UTs in the prescribed cost sharing ratio.

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## STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO PART (A) & (B) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION  NO.  804  ON  'AMELIORATION  OF  CONDITIONS  OF  ANGANWADI CENTRES' DUE FOR ANSWER ON 26.07.2024

State-Wise number of beneficiaries registered under the Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 as per Poshan Tracker data as on 30.06.2024:

|   S.No | Name of State/UT                   |   Number of Beneficiaries |
|--------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|      1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |                     12905 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh                     |                   3272799 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                     98460 |
|      4 | Assam                              |                   3336585 |
|      5 | Bihar                              |                  10923272 |
|      6 | Chhattisgarh                       |                   2714583 |
|      7 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu |                     39772 |
|      8 | Delhi                              |                    688836 |
|      9 | Goa                                |                     57683 |
|     10 | Gujarat                            |                   3676203 |
|     11 | Haryana                            |                   2009647 |
|     12 | Himachal Pradesh                   |                    581853 |
|     13 | J&K                                |                    838143 |
|     14 | Jharkhand                          |                   3464451 |
|     15 | Karnataka                          |                   3928840 |
|     16 | Kerala                             |                   2188686 |
|     17 | Ladakh                             |                     18481 |
|     18 | Lakshadweep                        |                      4514 |
|     19 | Madhya Pradesh                     |                   7684764 |
|     20 | Maharashtra                        |                   7011640 |
|     21 | Manipur                            |                    324410 |
|     22 | Meghalaya                          |                    438884 |
|     23 | Mizoram                            |                    138669 |
|     24 | Nagaland                           |                    136165 |
|     25 | Odisha                             |                   4246696 |
|     26 | Puducherry                         |                     36344 |
|     27 | Punjab                             |                   1600841 |
|     28 | Rajasthan                          |                   4450703 |
|     29 | Sikkim                             |                     42025 |
|     30 | Tamil Nadu                         |                   4066408 |
|     31 | Telangana                          |                   2080636 |

| 32.   | Tripura       | 365995       |
|-------|---------------|--------------|
| 33.   | UT-Chandigarh | 44220        |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh | 22554563     |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand   | 845448       |
| 36.   | West Bengal   | 8710855      |
|       | Total         | 10,26,34,979 |

Statement in regards to part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 804 on  'Amelioration  of  Conditions  of  Anganwadi  Centres'  due  for  answer  on 26.07.2024

State wise details of the fund released during F.Y. 2023-24 under General Component of the scheme

(Rs. In crore)

|   S No | Name of State/UT   |   Fund released under General Component |
|--------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh     |                                32933.9  |
|      2 | Bihar              |                                78385    |
|      3 | Chhattisgarh       |                                21427    |
|      4 | Goa                |                                  751.39 |
|      5 | Gujarat            |                                24154.1  |
|      6 | Haryana            |                                11440.1  |
|      7 | Jharkhand          |                                17227.1  |
|      8 | Karnataka          |                                40994.4  |
|      9 | Kerala             |                                13050.5  |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh     |                                54442.1  |
|     11 | Maharashtra        |                                51072.3  |
|     12 | Odisha             |                                33936.2  |
|     13 | Punjab             |                                14232.5  |
|     14 | Rajasthan          |                                38135.3  |
|     15 | Tamil Nadu         |                                23712    |
|     16 | Telangana          |                                23894.6  |
|     17 | Uttar Pradesh      |                                88619.8  |
|     18 | West Bengal        |                                45559.9  |
|     19 | Delhi              |                                 5136.1  |
|     20 | Puducherry         |                                  143.38 |
|     21 | Himachal Pradesh   |                                18598.3  |
|     22 | Jammu & Kashmir    |                                36801.7  |
|     23 | Uttarakhand        |                                18863.7  |

| 24    | Andaman & Nicobar               |    788.31 |
|-------|---------------------------------|-----------|
| 25    | Chandigarh                      |    661.05 |
| 26    | D. & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu |    383.01 |
| 27    | Ladakh                          |   1260.72 |
| 28    | Lakshadweep                     |     93.31 |
| 29    | Arunachal Pradesh               |  12049.4  |
| 30    | Assam                           | 108345    |
| 31    | Manipur                         |   9040.29 |
| 32    | Meghalaya                       |   7432.75 |
| 33    | Mizoram                         |   3716.63 |
| 34    | Nagaland                        |   9709.02 |
| 35    | Sikkim                          |   2376.62 |
| 36    | Tripura                         |  10841.5  |
| Total | Total                           | 860209    |

## STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO PART (C) & (D) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION  NO.  804  ON  'AMELIORATION  OF  CONDITIONS  OF  ANGANWADI CENTRES' DUE FOR ANSWER ON 26.07.2024

State-Wise number of AWCs sanctioned to be upgraded to Saksham AWCs.

|   S No. | Name of State/UT   |   Total sanctioned AWCs to be upgraded to Saksham AWC. |
|---------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman & Nicobar  |                                                     86 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh     |                                                   2868 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh  |                                                    100 |
|       4 | Assam              |                                                   4778 |
|       5 | Bihar              |                                                   7116 |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh       |                                                   6490 |
|       7 | Goa                |                                                     24 |
|       8 | Gujarat            |                                                   1250 |
|       9 | Haryana            |                                                     10 |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh   |                                                    125 |
|      11 | Jammu & Kashmir    |                                                    136 |
|      12 | Jharkhand          |                                                   6850 |
|      13 | Karnataka          |                                                    278 |
|      14 | Kerala             |                                                   1960 |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh     |                                                  11706 |
|      16 | Maharashtra        |                                                   1739 |
|      17 | Manipur            |                                                     30 |
|      18 | Meghalaya          |                                                    108 |
|      19 | Mizoram            |                                                   1088 |
|      20 | Nagaland           |                                                    149 |
|      21 | Odisha             |                                                   7084 |

| 22    | Puducherry    |    65 |
|-------|---------------|-------|
| 23    | Punjab        |   100 |
| 24    | Rajasthan     |   553 |
| 25    | Sikkim        |   435 |
| 26    | Tamil Nadu    |  6390 |
| 27    | Telangana     |  4029 |
| 28    | Tripura       |   445 |
| 29    | Uttar Pradesh | 20194 |
| 30    | Uttrakhand    |   563 |
| 31    | West Bengal   |  5359 |
| Total | Total         | 92108 |