Lok Sabha Question No. 1260 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-09
Subject: Implementation of ICDS
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal, Rama Devi, Navneet Ravi Rana, Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Geeta Kora

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1260

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2024

## 'IMPLEMENTATION OF ICDS'

1260.  SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

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

- (a) the extent to which the children have  benefitted from Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme run by the Government for the overall development of children during the last three years, State-wise and district-wise including Sonipat Parliamentary Constituency in Haryana;
- (b) the number of Non-Governmental Organizations involved in the implementation of the said programme, State-wise; and
- (c) the details  of  the  Centrally  Sponsored  schemes  being  implemented  for empowerment  of  women  and  development  of  children  in  the  Maharashtra particularly  in  Amravati  district  during  the  last  five  years  and  current  year scheme-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) In the 15th Finance Commission, components of nutritional support for children below the age of 6 years, pregnant women and lactating mother, Adolescent Girls (14 - 18 years); Early Childhood Care and Education [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 MAM/SAM and Wellness through AYUSH practices to reduce wasting and under-weight prevalence besides stunting and anaemia.

Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and is being implemented in all the 36 States/UTs covering all the districts of the country.

List of State Wise beneficiaries of Mission Poshan 2.0 is at Annexure I.

List of district-wise beneficiaries of Mission Poshan 2.0 in state of Haryana including Sonipat District is at Annexure II.

(b) No Non-Governmental Organization is involved in the implementation of Mission POSHAN 2.0.

(c) In the 15 th  Finance Commission, for better implementation and efficient monitoring, all Centrally Sponsored Schemes of the Ministry being implemented in all 36 States/UTs including Maharashtra for the welfare of women and children, have been  clubbed  into  three  verticals,  viz.  (1)  Saksham  Anganwadi  &  Poshan  2.0 for improving  nutrition  indicators  in  the  country  (2)  Mission  Shakti,  for  safety, protection and empowerment of women; and (3) Mission Vatsalya, for protection and welfare of children. The details of the schemes are as under:

(i) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0): In the 15th Finance Commission, components of nutritional support for children below the age of 6 years, pregnant  women  and  lactating  mother,  Adolescent  Girls  (14  -  18  years);  Early Childhood  Care  and  Education  [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  MAM/SAM  and Wellness through AYUSH practices to reduce wasting and under-weight prevalence besides stunting and anaemia.

(ii) Mission Shakti: Mission Shakti comprises of two sub-schemes 'Sambal' and 'Samarthya' for  safety  and  security  of  women  and  empowerment  of  women respectively. The existing schemes of One Stop Centres (OSC), Women Helplines (181-WHL) and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) have been made part of Sambal sub- scheme; while the existing schemes of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Ujjwala, Swadhar Greh (renamed as Shakti Sadan) and Working Women Hostel  (renamed  as  Sakhi  Niwas),  National  Hub  for  Empowerment  of  Women (NHEW) and National Creche Scheme (renamed as Palna) have been subsumed in 'Samarthya'.

(iii) Mission Vatsalya: Mission Vatsalya has subsumed Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) for better outreach and protection for children in need and care in a mission  mode  with  the  objective  to:  (i)  Support  and  sustain  Children  in  difficult circumstances.  (ii)  Develop  context-based  solutions  for  holistic  development  of children  from  varied  backgrounds.  (iii)  Provide  scope  for  green  field  projects  for encouraging innovative solutions. (iv) Cement convergent action by gap funding, if required.

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## Annexure - I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  of  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1260 FOR 09.02.2024 REGARDING 'IMPLEMENTATION OF ICDS' ASKED  BY  SHRI  AJAY  KUMAR  MANDAL,  SHRIMATI  RAMA  DEVI,  SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA, SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK AND SHRIMATI GEETA KORA.

The State Wise beneficiaries of Mission Poshan 2.0 is as follows*:

| State                              |   Children 0-6M |   Children 6M-3Y |   Children 3-6Y |
|------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                     |           61801 |           993688 |         1156343 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |            3050 |            32891 |           43063 |
| Assam                              |          130303 |          1205776 |         1623293 |
| Bihar                              |          225714 |          3544645 |         5480185 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |          126689 |          1045951 |         1174095 |
| Goa                                |            4345 |            34705 |           18835 |
| Gujarat                            |          215293 |          1489211 |         1606864 |
| Haryana                            |           71145 |           706638 |          961162 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |           35190 |           220825 |          236365 |
| Jharkhand                          |          120444 |          1375427 |         1482868 |
| Karnataka                          |          145072 |          1699147 |         1695944 |
| Kerala                             |           96756 |           810933 |         1109646 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |          352280 |          2820012 |         3592016 |
| Maharashtra                        |          250867 |          2709924 |         3344217 |
| Manipur                            |            9206 |            96323 |          160546 |
| Meghalaya                          |            9568 |           156383 |          230501 |
| Mizoram                            |            3813 |            45100 |           60896 |
| Nagaland                           |            2847 |            39934 |           66501 |
| Odisha                             |          208827 |          1518633 |         1860166 |
| Punjab                             |           95778 |           632294 |          596177 |
| Rajasthan                          |          162136 |          1970484 |         1800517 |
| Sikkim                             |            1690 |            12440 |           17038 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |          238351 |          1732152 |         1561148 |
| Telangana                          |          105422 |           980242 |          836558 |
| Tripura                            |           12810 |           127751 |          169067 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |         1059961 |          9553162 |         8769806 |
| Uttarakhand                        |           40832 |           387088 |          238785 |
| West Bengal                        |          450611 |          3246215 |         4037353 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |             544 |             6739 |            3903 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu |            3221 |            14314 |            9427 |
| Delhi                              |           66673 |           343642 |          178532 |

| J&K           |   27581 |   323508 |   375467 |
|---------------|---------|----------|----------|
| Ladakh        |     650 |     7346 |     8877 |
| Lakshadweep   |     379 |     2873 |      977 |
| Puducherry    |    3138 |    23741 |     3360 |
| UT-Chandigarh |    3403 |    16382 |    20786 |
| Total         | 4346390 | 39926519 | 44531284 |

* Data has been taken from Poshan Tracker (06 Feb 2024)

Annexure - II

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1260 FOR 09.02.2024 REGARDING 'IMPLEMENTATION OF ICDS' ASKED  BY  SHRI  AJAY  KUMAR  MANDAL,  SHRIMATI  RAMA  DEVI,  SHRIMATI NAVNEET  RAVI  RANA,  SHRI  RAMESH  CHANDER  KAUSHIK  AND  SHRIMATI GEETA KORA.

District wise details of children getting benefit of Supplementary Nutrition under Mission Poshan 2.0 is as follows:

| State   | Districts     |   Children (6m-3years) receiving THR for atleast 21 days |   Children (6m-3years) receiving HCM for atleast 21 days |   Children (3- 6years) receiving THR for atleast 21 days |   Children (3- 6years) receiving HCM for atleast 21 days |
|---------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Haryana | AMBALA        |                                                     4321 |                                                      431 |                                                     2095 |                                                      111 |
| Haryana | BHIWANI       |                                                    15016 |                                                      512 |                                                     7517 |                                                      283 |
| Haryana | Charkhi Dadri |                                                     8499 |                                                       52 |                                                     4105 |                                                       26 |
| Haryana | FARIDABAD     |                                                    19215 |                                                     2046 |                                                     8607 |                                                     4557 |
| Haryana | FATEHABAD     |                                                    13669 |                                                      153 |                                                     7301 |                                                       41 |
| Haryana | GURUGRAM      |                                                    11415 |                                                      165 |                                                     7029 |                                                      122 |
| Haryana | HISAR         |                                                     7044 |                                                     5996 |                                                     2782 |                                                     2964 |
| Haryana | JIND          |                                                    13018 |                                                      260 |                                                     6753 |                                                      119 |
| Haryana | Jhajjar       |                                                    13119 |                                                      298 |                                                     7626 |                                                      152 |
| Haryana | KURUKSHETRA   |                                                     6564 |                                                        0 |                                                     2912 |                                                        0 |
| Haryana | Kaithal       |                                                     3023 |                                                      593 |                                                     1565 |                                                      281 |
| Haryana | Karnal        |                                                     7198 |                                                      441 |                                                     2573 |                                                      226 |
| Haryana | MAHENDRAGARH  |                                                     2455 |                                                     3390 |                                                      802 |                                                     1447 |
| Haryana | NUH           |                                                     1283 |                                                        0 |                                                     1874 |                                                        0 |
| Haryana | PALWAL        |                                                    12734 |                                                      349 |                                                    12119 |                                                      349 |
| Haryana | Panchkula     |                                                     6335 |                                                        6 |                                                     3610 |                                                       11 |
| Haryana | Panipat       |                                                     5512 |                                                      459 |                                                     3792 |                                                      188 |
| Haryana | REWARI        |                                                     2998 |                                                     1164 |                                                      694 |                                                      546 |
| Haryana | ROHTAK        |                                                     7003 |                                                      418 |                                                     2812 |                                                      132 |
| Haryana | SIRSA         |                                                     9146 |                                                      259 |                                                     4689 |                                                      465 |
| Haryana | SONIPAT       |                                                     1929 |                                                     1346 |                                                     1300 |                                                      620 |
| Haryana | YAMUNANAGAR   |                                                    17403 |                                                      308 |                                                     7441 |                                                      201 |

* Details have been taken from Poshan Tracker (06 Feb 2024)