Lok Sabha Question No. 2218 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-15
Subject: Sanctioned and Functional Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2218

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2023

## 'SANCTIONED AND FUNCTIONAL ANGANWADI CENTRES

## 2218    SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO :

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

- (a) the number of functional Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) across the country during the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  new  AWCs  sanctioned  along  with  their  operational  status; and
- (c) the measures taken by the Government improve the infrastructure like construction of own building of AWCs during the above said period State/wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0  (Mission  Poshan  2.0)   is  an integrated  nutrition  support  programme,  to  strengthen  nutritional  content,  delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition. To improve infrastructure at AWCs the cost norms for construction of Anganwadi Centres in convergence with MGNREGS have been revised from @7 Lakh per AWC to @12 Lakh per AWC wherein Rs.8.00 Lakh would be provided under MGNREGS, Rs.2.00 Lakh under 15th 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. States/UTs have also been advised to continue to tap funds for  construction  of  AWC  buildings  from  various  schemes  such  as  MPLADs,  ,  RIDF, Finance Commission Grants to Panchayati Raj Institutions, NREGA, MSDP of Ministry of Minority Affairs, etc.

Provision of drinking water facilities and construction of toilets at AWCs have been made. The unit cost approved for toilet and drinking water is Rs. 36,000/- and Rs.17,000/respectively to be shared by Centre and States/UTs as per cost sharing ratio under ICDS (General). Further, in convergence with Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, it has been ensured that clean drinking water is provided to Anganwadi Centres through pipelines. Under Saksham Anganwadi, 2 lakh AWCs @ 40,000 AWCs per year to be strengthened,  upgraded  and  rejuvenated  across  the  country  for  improved  nutrition delivery  and  for  early  childhood  care  and  development.  Further,  keeping  in  view  the importance  of  nutrition  and  Early  Childhood  Care  and  Education  (ECCE)  services delivery,  it  has  been  decided  to  upgrade  all  Mini-Anganwadi  Centres  to  full-fledged Anganwadi Centre with one Anganwadi Worker and one Anganwadi Helper.

The  State/UT  wise  details  of  number  of  sanctioned  and  functional  Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) across the country is at Annexure I.

The State/UT wise number of AWCs approved under Saksham Anganwadi during FY 2022-23, and Status of upgradation of Mini Anganwadi Centres to Main AWCs (as on 11.12.2023) is at Annexure II.

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Annexure I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  of  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2218 FOR 15.12.2023 REGARDING 'SANCTIONED AND FUNCTIONAL  ANGANWADIC  ENTRES'  ASKED  BY  SHRI  NAMA  NAGESWARA RAO, M.P.

State/UT  wise  details  of  number  of  sanctioned  and  functional  Anganwadi  Centres (AWCs) across the country as on November 2023

| State /UT                          |   Sanctioned AWC |   Functional AWC |
|------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                     |            55607 |            55652 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |             6225 |             5714 |
| Assam                              |            62153 |            61735 |
| Bihar                              |           115009 |           114965 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |            52474 |            52037 |
| Goa                                |             1262 |             1261 |
| Gujarat                            |            53029 |            53027 |
| Haryana                            |            25962 |            25963 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |            18925 |            18927 |
| Jharkhand                          |            38432 |            38425 |
| Karnataka                          |            65911 |            65911 |
| Kerala                             |            33318 |            33115 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |            97135 |            97135 |
| Maharashtra                        |           110486 |           110515 |
| Manipur                            |            11510 |            11509 |
| Meghalaya                          |             5896 |             5897 |
| Mizoram                            |             2244 |             2244 |
| Nagaland                           |             3980 |             3980 |
| Odisha                             |            74154 |            74150 |
| Punjab                             |            27314 |            27313 |
| Rajasthan                          |            62010 |            61869 |
| Sikkim                             |             1308 |             1308 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |            54439 |            54438 |
| Telangana                          |            35700 |            35700 |
| Tripura                            |            10145 |            10146 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |           190145 |           189044 |
| Uttarakhand                        |            20067 |            20043 |
| West Bengal                        |           119481 |           119451 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |              720 |              720 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu |              405 |              405 |
| Delhi                              |            10897 |            10908 |
| J&K                                |            30765 |            28167 |
| Ladakh                             |             1173 |             1148 |
| Lakshadweep                        |              107 |               62 |
| Puducherry                         |              855 |              855 |
| UT-Chandigarh                      |              450 |              450 |
| Total                              |          1399693 |          1394189 |

Note: Data as per Poshan Tracker (November 2023)

Annexure II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  of  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2218 FOR 15.12.2023 REGARDING 'SANCTIONED AND FUNCTIONAL  ANGANWADIC  ENTRES'  ASKED  BY  SHRI  NAMA  NAGESWARA RAO, M.P.

## Status report of Saksham Anganwadi approved for F.Y 2022-23

| Sr.No.   | Name of State/UT   |   Total Funds approved (Rs. in lakh) (2022-23) |   Total AWCs identified by MWCD (2022-23) |
|----------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Mizoram            |                                          64.13 |                                       100 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh  |                                          71.51 |                                       100 |
| 3        | Kerala             |                                         116.12 |                                       250 |
| 4        | Tamil Nadu         |                                         395.76 |                                       800 |
| 5        | Nagaland           |                                          72.14 |                                       100 |
| 6        | Jammu & Kashmir    |                                          69.66 |                                        86 |
| 7        | Karnataka          |                                          47.39 |                                       100 |
| 8        | Telangana          |                                         278.16 |                                       500 |
| 9        | Andhra Pradesh     |                                         525.58 |                                      1105 |
| 10       | Odisha             |                                        2920.92 |                                      6000 |
| 11       | Haryana            |                                           3.56 |                                        10 |
| 12       | Punjab             |                                          56.88 |                                       100 |
| 13       | Chhattisgarh       |                                        1957.92 |                                      4750 |
| 14       | Tripura            |                                         146.25 |                                       200 |
| 15       | Assam              |                                        3285.58 |                                      3963 |
| 16       | Bihar              |                                        1697.77 |                                      3566 |
| 17       | Jharkhand          |                                        3028.88 |                                      6850 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh      |                                        1015.8  |                                      2349 |
| 19       | Uttrakhand         |                                         306.04 |                                       350 |
| 20       | West Bengal        |                                        2308.19 |                                      4750 |
| 21       | Manipur            |                                          20.25 |                                        30 |
| 22       | Meghalaya          |                                          68.9  |                                       100 |
| 23       | Maharashtra        |                                         520.47 |                                      1150 |
| 24       | Sikkim             |                                          64.13 |                                       100 |
| 25       | Gujarat            |                                         750    |                                      1250 |
| 26       | Himachal Pradesh   |                                          72.86 |                                       100 |
| 27       | Madhya Pradesh     |                                        1305.85 |                                      2220 |
| 28       | Rajasthan          |                                         102.93 |                                       213 |
|          | Total              |                                       21273.6  |                                     41192 |

## STATUS OF UPGRADATION OF MINI ANGANWADI CENTRES TO MAIN AWCS (AS ON 11.12.2023)

| S. No.   | States/UTs (having mini AWCs)    |   No of sanctioned Mini AWCs (as per APIP 2022- 23) |   No of operational mini AWCs (as per APIP 2022- 23) | Approved for Upgradation   |
|----------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                   |                                                6837 |                                                 6837 | -                          |
| 2        | Assam                            |                                                5425 |                                                 5290 | 3966                       |
| 3        | Bihar                            |                                                7115 |                                                 7006 | 7115                       |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                     |                                                5814 |                                                 5650 | 979                        |
| 5        | Gujarat                          |                                                1800 |                                                 1800 | 1800                       |
| 6        | Haryana                          |                                                 512 |                                                  512 | -                          |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh                 |                                                 539 |                                                  539 | -                          |
| 8        | Jharkhand                        |                                                2551 |                                                 2551 | -                          |
| 9        | Karnataka                        |                                                3331 |                                                 3331 | 1002                       |
| 10       | Kerala                           |                                                 129 |                                                  129 | -                          |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh                   |                                               12670 |                                                12670 | -                          |
| 12       | Maharashtra                      |                                               13011 |                                                12971 | 13011                      |
| 13       | Manipur                          |                                                1552 |                                                 1552 | -                          |
| 14       | Meghalaya                        |                                                1266 |                                                 1266 | 1266                       |
| 15       | Odisha                           |                                               10416 |                                                10416 | 2836                       |
| 16       | Punjab                           |                                                1240 |                                                 1233 | -                          |
| 17       | Rajasthan                        |                                                6204 |                                                 6095 | 6204                       |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu                       |                                                4940 |                                                 4940 | -                          |
| 19       | Telangana                        |                                                3989 |                                                 3989 | 3989                       |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh                    |                                               22290 |                                                22290 | -                          |
| 21       | Uttarakhand                      |                                                5120 |                                                 5120 | -                          |
| 22       | A & N Islands                    |                                                  31 |                                                   31 | 30                         |
| 23       | Dadra & N Haveli and Daman & Diu |                                                  70 |                                                   70 | 70                         |
|          | Total                            |                                              116852 |                                               116288 | 42268                      |