Lok Sabha Question No. 2047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-06
Subject: Mission Saksham Anganwadi
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Yaduveer Wadiyar, Shri Yogender Chandolia, Shri Jagadish Shettar, Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy, Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Devusinh Chauhan, Shri Khagen Murmu, Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Smt. Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2047

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2024

## MISSION SAKSHAM ANGANWADI

2047.  SHRI YOGENDER CHANDOLIA:

SMT. POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM:

SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

SHRI YADUVEER WADIYAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI JAGADISH SHETTAR:

SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

SHRI PARSHOTTAMBHAI RUPALA:

SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has extended Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) coverage to Anganwadi workers and helpers, if so, the number of beneficiaries covered thereunder, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  seeks  to  create  a  conducive environment for the holistic development of children and support the well-being of mothers, if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated and utilized thereunder;
- (c) whether  any  assessment  has  been  made  regarding  the  implementation  of mission Saksham Anganwadi, if so, the details thereof including the number of Anganwadi centres upgraded to Saksham Anganwadi; and
- (d) the role of Mission Saksham Anganwadi in creating well equipped Anganwadi centres to provide integrated Child services across the country including NCT of Delhi?

## ANSWER

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

(a) During the interim budget Financial Year (FY) 2024-25 it was announced to extend healthcare annual coverage of Rs. 5 Lakhs under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) to all Anganwadi workers and helpers. As per the information furnished by National Health Authority (NHA), Ayushman Cards have been generated for approx 8.15 Lakh Anganwadi Workers and Helpers for all States/ UTs except  for  States  of  Odisha,  West  Bengal  and  NCT  of  Delhi  where  the  State

Governments  are  not  implementing  AB-PMJAY.  The  State/UT  wise  details  of beneficiaries covered under PM-JAY is placed at Annexure I.

(b) to (d) During the period of 15 th  Finance Commission, components of nutritional support for children below the age of 6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers and Adolescent Girls; Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years] and Anganwadi infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadi have been reorganised  under  the  umbrella  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0  for effective  implementation  of  the  scheme  and  for  better  nutritional  delivery  to  end beneficiaries. The package of following six services is provided under Mission Poshan 2.0 scheme through a network of Anganwadi centres (AWCs) across the country:

- i. Supplementary Nutrition (SNP),
- ii. Pre-school Non-formal Education,
- iii. Nutrition & Health Education,
- iv. Immunization,
- v. Health Check-up,
- vi. Referral Services

Three of the six services, viz., Immunization, Health Check-up and Referral Services are related to health and are provided through NHM & Public Health Infrastructure.

Supplementary Nutrition is provided at AWC to registered beneficiaries. Supplementary Nutrition under the Scheme is provided for a minimum of 300 days in a calendar year, i.e., on an average 25 days in a month in the form of Hot Cooked Meals (HCM) and Take-Home Ration (THR -Not Raw Ration). All pregnant women and  lactating  mothers  (PW&LM),  children  in  the  age  group  of  6-36  months,  SAM children and adolescent girls in the age group of 14-18 years (in Aspirational districts of all States and all districts of North Eastern Region) are entitled to receive THR and children in the age group of 3-6 years are entitled to receive HCM and Morning Snacks under the Anganwadi Services from the AWC where they are registered.

Details of funds allocated and utilized under Mission Poshan 2.0 is the last five years are placed at Annexure II.

During  the  15 th   Finance  Commission  cycle,  2  lakh  Anganwadi  Centres  @  40,000 AWCs per year are to be upgraded as Saksham Anganwadis for improved nutrition delivery  and  for  early  childhood  care  and  development  under  Mission  Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. Saksham Anganwadis are equipped with infrastructure better  than  the  conventional  Anganwadi  Centres  by  providing  LED  screens,  water purifier/installation of RO Machine, Poshan Vatika, ECCE and BALA Paintings. As on date,  a  total  of  1,70,337  AWCs  have  been  approved  for  upgradation  as  Saksham AWCs.

Further, Government has also decided to upgrade all Mini AWCs with one worker to full-fledged Anganwadi Centres with one worker and one helper each.

Directions have been issued to States/UTs to co-locate Anganwadi Centres, which are running on rent  without  sufficient  infrastructure,  at  nearby  Primary  Schools,  where space is available.

Under Mission Poshan 2.0, Anganwadi workers (AWWs) have been technologically empowered with the provision of smartphones for efficient monitoring of activities and better  service  delivery  for  beneficiaries.  The  mobile  application  Poshan  Tracker digitizes physical registers used by Anganwadi workers. It improves the quality of their work while simultaneously allowing them more time for monitoring of all activities going on in the anganwadi.

In  addition  to  AWWs,  Smartphones  are  also  provided  to  Supervisors  and  Block Coordinators. Similarly, data recharge support is provided to AWWs, Supervisors and Block Coordinators.

Regular monitoring of growth parameters is essential for identifying children who may be malnourished and for making timely interventions. Therefore, Anganwadi centres have been equipped with Growth Monitoring devices like infantometer, stadiometer, weighing scale-infant, weighing scale - Mother & Child.

A  third  party  evaluation  of  all  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  in  Women  and  Child Development Sector including Anganwadi services was conducted by NITI Aayog in 2020. The evaluation found the impact of Anganwadi Services scheme as satisfactory. Review of the scheme and its components is a continuous process and based on learnings,  outcomes,  suggestions  and  proposals,  Government  takes  appropriate action from time to time.

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Annexure I

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.2047 to be answered on 06.12.2024 regarding 'Mission Saksham Anganwadi'

| S. No.   | State/UT                           |   Total number of beneficiaries whose Ayushman Card have been created (AWW and AWH) under PM-JAY |
|----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |                                                                                              453 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                                                                            42523 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                                                                             1544 |
| 4        | Assam                              |                                                                                            59391 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                                                                                            68581 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                       |                                                                                            67829 |
| 7        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu |                                                                                              507 |
| 8        | Goa                                |                                                                                              629 |
| 9        | Gujarat                            |                                                                                            49002 |
| 10       | Haryana                            |                                                                                            17657 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                                                                             8128 |
| 12       | J&K                                |                                                                                            34498 |
| 13       | Jharkhand                          |                                                                                            31755 |
| 14       | Karnataka                          |                                                                                            48479 |
| 15       | Kerala                             |                                                                                            24444 |
| 16       | Ladakh                             |                                                                                             1449 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                        |                                                                                               64 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                                                                           102411 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                        |                                                                                            70365 |
| 20       | Manipur                            |                                                                                             5739 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                          |                                                                                             4523 |
| 22       | Mizoram                            |                                                                                             2376 |
| 23       | Nagaland                           |                                                                                             4591 |
| 24       | Puducherry                         |                                                                                              395 |
| 25       | Punjab                             |                                                                                            18481 |
| 26       | Rajasthan                          |                                                                                            34874 |
| 27       | Sikkim                             |                                                                                             1227 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                         |                                                                                             6990 |
| 29       | Telangana                          |                                                                                            15505 |
| 30       | Tripura                            |                                                                                             7940 |
| 31       | UT-Chandigarh                      |                                                                                              370 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                                                                                            65176 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                        |                                                                                            18065 |
|          | Total                              |                                                                                           815961 |

Annexure II

Statement referred to in reply to Part (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2047 to be answered on 06.12.2024 regarding 'Mission Saksham Anganwadi'

The details of Central share released and utilized under Mission Poshan 2.0 during the last five years:

| (Rupees in crores)   | (Rupees in crores)          | (Rupees in crores)   | (Rupees in crores)   | (Rupees in crores)   | (Rupees in crores)   | (Rupees in crores)   | (Rupees in crores)   | (Rupees in crores)   | (Rupees in crores)   | (Rupees in crores)   |
|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| SN                   | Name of                     | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   | Mission Poshan 2.0   |
|                      | the                         | 2019-20              | 2019-20              | 2020-21              | 2020-21              | 2021-22              | 2021-22              | 2022-23              | 2022-23              | 2023-24*             |
|                      | State/UT                    | Funds released       | Funds Utilized       | Funds released       | Fund utilised        | Funds released       | Fund utilised        | Funds released       | Fund utilised        | Funds released       |
| 1                    | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 14.98                | 13.34                | 16.37                | 6.37                 | 19.71                | 13.36                | 3.85                 | 5.17                 | 12.15                |
| 2                    | Andhra Pradesh              | 825.24               | 686.20               | 701.82               | 763.99               | 744.60               | 749.91               | 827.79               | 721.45               | 705.68               |
| 3                    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 134.71               | 134.79               | 82.92                | 65.01                | 170.83               | 230.77               | 137.78               | 145.74               | 162.06               |
| 4                    | Assam                       | 1365.53              | 1241.33              | 1109.75              | 1255.72              | 1319.90              | 1432.19              | 1651.63              | 1717.00              | 2233.31              |
| 5                    | Bihar                       | 1539.37              | 1253.87              | 1288.98              | 1444.36              | 1574.43              | 1608.02              | 1740.09              | 1586.61              | 1859.29              |
| 6                    | Chandigarh                  | 17.03                | 13.30                | 13.35                | 16.08                | 15.32                | 23.09                | 33.10                | 33.10                | 19.79                |
| 7                    | Chattisgarh                 | 483.88               | 548.81               | 513.95               | 542.07               | 606.73               | 522.72               | 668.96               | 571.80               | 579.46               |

|   8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu   |   17.20 |    8.24 |    9.02 |    9.02 |    9.33 |    9.56 |    5.80 |    5.80 |   11.97 |
|-----|----------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|   9 | Delhi                                  |  133.06 |  140.49 |  102.7  |  139.84 |  133.11 |  125.52 |  182.77 |  142.84 |  161.81 |
|  10 | Goa                                    |   16.02 |   17.02 |   20.44 |   17.46 |   10.84 |   12.92 |   14.71 |   16.83 |   13.95 |
|  11 | Gujarat                                |  854    |  725.25 |  633.13 |  873.79 |  839.86 |  757.92 |  912.64 |  552.3  | 1126.8  |
|  12 | Haryana                                |  181    |  149.87 |  185.29 |  232.54 |  173.03 |  146.99 |  195.25 |  150.24 |  225.78 |
|  13 | Himachal Pradesh                       |  251.82 |  295.25 |  258.55 |  295.89 |  247.99 |  386.68 |  270.24 |  247.76 |  301.09 |
|  14 | Jammu & Kashmir                        |  332.85 |  328.31 |  294.17 |  450.82 |  405.74 |  704.57 |  479.01 |  416.23 |  530.88 |
|  15 | Jharkhand                              |  436.1  |  455.87 |  464.33 |  348.68 |  352.98 |  183.3  |  430.91 |  596.03 |  664.3  |
|  16 | Karnataka                              |  861.87 |  916.51 |  697.17 | 1012.84 | 1003.7  |  984.62 |  765.87 |  885.65 |  912.96 |
|  17 | Kerala                                 |  321.42 |  331.23 |  352.03 |  384.79 |  388.23 |  397.98 |  444.98 |  325.43 |  306.64 |
|  18 | Ladakh                                 |    0    |    0    |   24.18 |   24.69 |   14.7  |   14.67 |   18.79 |   18.79 |   19.62 |
|  19 | Lakshadweep                            |    2.59 |    1.27 |    3.06 |    2.06 |    2.11 |    2.73 |    0.44 |    0.44 |    2.88 |
|  20 | Madhya Pradesh                         | 1225.6  | 1276.1  | 1238.06 | 1125.2  | 1085.47 | 1055.83 | 1011.57 | 1038.67 | 1123.11 |
|  21 | Maharashtra                            | 1669.4  | 1416.45 | 1205.99 | 1517.51 | 1713.39 | 1609.02 | 1646.17 | 1589.97 | 1699.52 |
|  22 | Manipur                                |  162.54 |  142.27 |  175.77 |  148.45 |  228.92 |  177.28 |  135.95 |  167.74 |  201.28 |
|  23 | Meghalaya                              |  225.66 |  181.19 |  177.92 |  185.25 |  173.33 |  177.86 |  192.39 |  200.24 |  269.69 |
|  24 | Mizoram                                |   63.26 |   56.45 |   74.6  |   64.67 |   59.32 |   61.57 |   42.81 |   46.65 |  100.27 |

| 25 Nagaland      |   178.92 |   169.55 |   167.23 |   169.19 |   159.80 |   160.21 |   199.30 |   190.47 |   262.91 |
|------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 26 Odisha        |   860.66 |   892.46 |   858.68 |   896.85 |  1065.98 |   871.2  |   923.92 |   884.92 |   968.8  |
| 27 Puducherry    |     9.86 |     8.45 |     4.38 |     3.5  |     2.78 |     6.13 |     0.12 |     6.68 |     4.48 |
| 28 Punjab        |   201.44 |   175.11 |   174.71 |   207.82 |   383.52 |   177.94 |    75.31 |   247.25 |   307.87 |
| 29 Rajasthan     |   673.95 |   665.42 |   641.77 |   702.9  |   682.65 |   771.64 |   974.02 |   936.17 |  1091.96 |
| 30 Sikkim        |    29.47 |    33.7  |    24.5  |    26.06 |    25.73 |    24.59 |    20.33 |    24.09 |    33.49 |
| 31 Tamil Nadu    |   764.73 |   652.94 |   619.43 |   695.85 |   655.38 |   681.28 |   766.81 |   741.3  |   880.79 |
| 32 Telangana     |   529.96 |   420.08 |   405.32 |   564.04 |   482.33 |   479.3  |   550.69 |   503.33 |   507.87 |
| 33 Tripura       |   166.47 |   164.05 |   154.16 |   177.85 |   186.72 |   171.66 |   150.52 |   186.55 |   244.22 |
| 34 Uttar Pradesh |  2544    |  2480.79 |  2017.49 |  1925.75 |  2407.55 |  2341.91 |  2721.87 |  2622.64 |  2668.69 |
| 35 Uttarakhand   |   373.96 |   378.21 |   327.92 |   350.07 |   353.65 |   336.03 |   425.84 |   364.77 |   288.24 |
| 36 West Bengal   |  1165.26 |  1321.9  |  1066.64 |   897.89 |   668.35 |  1378.31 |  1227.59 |  1455.89 |  1237.56 |
| Total            | 18633.8  | 17696.1  | 16105.8  | 17544.9  | 18368    | 18789.3  | 19849.8  | 19346.5  | 21741.2  |

*Utilization certificate for FY 2023-24 not yet due.

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