Lok Sabha Question No. 3590 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-21
Subject: Anganwadi-cum-Creche
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Mohmad Haneefa

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3590

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2025

## ANGANWADI-CUM-CRECHE

## 3590. SHRI MOHMAD HANEEFA:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  operational  Anganwadi  Centres  and  Anganwadi-cumCreche in the country, State/UT-wise particularly in the UT of Ladakh;
- (b) the details of new Anganwadi and Anganwadi-cum-creche opened during the last three years in the UT of Ladakh; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  the  demand  from  Anganwadi workers for an increase in their remuneration, if so, the details thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The State/UT wise details of the Anganwadi Centres operational across the country are placed at Annexure I.  The State/UT wise details of the Anganwadi-cumCreches approved and operational across the country are placed at Annexure II.

No new Anganwadi centres have been sanctioned to the UT of Ladakh under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 in the last three years. A total of 6 Anganwadicum-creches have been approved and are operational in the UT of Ladakh as on 28.02.2025.

(c)  Anganwadi  Services  under  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0  is  a Centrally Sponsored scheme. The Central Government is responsible for policy and planning  and  the  State  Governments  are  responsible  for  day-to-day  program implementation. Government of India releases funds to the States/ UTs for providing honorarium to Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) as per the defined cost sharing ratio @Rs.4,500/- per month to AWW at main Anganwadi Centres (AWCs); @Rs.3,500/- per month to AWW at mini- AWCs and @Rs.2,250/per month to AWH.  Besides, performance linked incentive of Rs.250/- per month is provided to AWHs and Rs.500/- provided to AWWs. In addition, States/UTs are also paying additional monetary incentives/top ups to these functionaries from their own resources which vary from State to State.

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Annexure I Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred Question No. 3590 to be answered on 21.03.2025 regarding 'Anganwadi-cum-

Creche' State/UT  wise  number  of  Anganwadi  centres  (AWCs)  operational  under  Mission

Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0:

| S.No   | State/UT                           |   Total no of AWC operational |
|--------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh                     |                         55608 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                          6233 |
| 3      | Assam                              |                         61891 |
| 4      | Bihar                              |                        115017 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                       |                         52156 |
| 6      | Goa                                |                          1261 |
| 7      | Gujarat                            |                         53065 |
| 8      | Haryana                            |                         25964 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh                   |                         18925 |
| 10     | Jharkhand                          |                         38515 |
| 11     | Karnataka                          |                         69899 |
| 12     | Kerala                             |                         33120 |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh                     |                         97329 |
| 14     | Maharashtra                        |                        110584 |
| 15     | Manipur                            |                         11523 |
| 16     | Meghalaya                          |                          6084 |
| 17     | Mizoram                            |                          2244 |
| 18     | Nagaland                           |                          3980 |
| 19     | Odisha                             |                         74186 |
| 20     | Punjab                             |                         27313 |
| 21     | Rajasthan                          |                         61924 |
| 22     | Sikkim                             |                          1308 |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu                         |                         54449 |
| 24     | Telangana                          |                         35692 |
| 25     | Tripura                            |                         10210 |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh                      |                        189140 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                        |                         20049 |
| 28     | West Bengal                        |                        119481 |
| 29     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |                           720 |
| 30     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu |                           405 |
| 31     | Delhi                              |                         10900 |
| 32     | J&K                                |                         28179 |
| 33     | Ladakh                             |                          1172 |
| 34     | Lakshadweep                        |                            59 |
| 35     | Puducherry                         |                           855 |
| 36     | UT-Chandigarh                      |                           450 |
|        | Total                              |                       1399890 |

## Annexure II

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred Question No. 3590 to be answered on 21.03.2025 regarding 'Anganwadi-cumCreche'

(Data as on

## 28.02.2025)

|   S.No | State/UT          | No. of Approved Anganwadi-cum- Creches (AWCCs)   | No. of Anganwadi- cum- Creches (AWCCs) operational   | No. of Beneficiaries in AWWCs   |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 108                                              | -                                                    | -                               |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 86                                               | -                                                    | -                               |
|      3 | Assam             | 500                                              | 50                                                   | 860                             |
|      4 | Bihar             | 85                                               | 72                                                   | 297                             |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      | 1,500                                            | 175                                                  | 2200                            |
|      6 | Goa               | 9                                                | 9                                                    | -                               |
|      7 | Gujarat           | 25                                               | 0                                                    | -                               |
|      8 | Haryana           | 628                                              | 297                                                  | 5855                            |
|      9 | Himachal Pradesh  | 152                                              | -                                                    | -                               |
|     10 | Jharkhand         | 1,024                                            | -                                                    | -                               |
|     11 | Karnataka         | 248                                              | 164                                                  | 3608                            |
|     12 | Kerala            | 504                                              | -                                                    | -                               |
|     13 | Madhya Pradesh    | 448                                              | -                                                    | -                               |
|     14 | Maharashtra       | 345                                              | -                                                    | -                               |
|     15 | Manipur           | 702                                              | -                                                    | -                               |
|     16 | Meghalaya         | 84                                               | 76                                                   | 1180                            |
|     17 | Mizoram           | 200                                              | 200                                                  | 4334                            |
|     18 | Nagaland          | 470                                              | 150                                                  | 3362                            |
|     19 | Odisha            | 1,000                                            | -                                                    | -                               |
|     20 | Punjab            | 148                                              | -                                                    | -                               |
|     21 | Rajasthan         | -                                                | -                                                    | -                               |
|     22 | Sikkim            | 25                                               | 17                                                   | 136                             |
|     23 | Tamil Nadu        | 600                                              | -                                                    | -                               |
|     24 | Telangana         | 1,033                                            | 8                                                    | 63                              |
|     25 | Tripura           | 114                                              | 94                                                   | 1747                            |
|     26 | Uttar Pradesh     | -                                                | -                                                    | -                               |
|     27 | Uttrakhand        | 202                                              | 32                                                   | 306                             |
|     28 | West Bengal       | 10                                               | -                                                    | -                               |
|     29 | A & N Island (UT) | 8                                                | 7                                                    | 52                              |
|     30 | Chandigarh        | 210                                              | 200                                                  | 2893                            |

| 31         | Dadra & N Haveli and Daman Diu   | 95         | 25   | 614   |
|------------|----------------------------------|------------|------|-------|
| 32         | Delhi                            | 502        | 170  | 1189  |
| 33         | Jammu & Kashmir                  | 230        | -    | -     |
| 34         | Ladakh                           | 6          | 6    | 87    |
| 35         | Lakshadeep                       | 8          | -    | -     |
| 36         | Puducherry                       | 86         | 9    | 0     |
| Total11395 | Total11395                       | Total11395 | 1761 | 28783 |

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