Lok Sabha Question No. 1852 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-06
Subject: Basic facilities at Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1852

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2024

## BASIC FACILITIES AT ANGANWADI CENTRES

1852. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

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

- (a) the measures taken by the Government to ensure that all Anganwadi Centres across the country, particularly in Rajasthan are equipped with functional toilets, handwashing facilities, and running water, in line with the goals of the Swachh Bharat Mission;
- (b) the  monitoring  programme  for  water  and  sanitation  in  Anganwadi  Centres, particularly the progress made in terms of sanitation coverage;
- (c) the  scope  and  impact  of  the  Swasth  Bharat  Prerak  (SBP)  programme  in strengthening nutritional support at the grassroots level;
- (d) whether this initiative contribute to the implementation of the National Nutrition Mission, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details regarding implementation of schemes for the development of women and children under the Swachh Bharat Mission, including the allocation and utilization of funds for these initiatives, particularly in Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, there is a provision of funds  for  providing  drinking  water  facilities  and  construction  of  toilets.  In  order  to improve  the  infrastructure  facility  of  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs),  the  Ministry  has enhanced  the  cost  for  providing  drinking  water  facility  at  Anganwadi  Centre  to Rs.17,000/-  from  Rs.10,000/-  and  for  construction  of  toilet  to  Rs.36,000/  from Rs.12,000/- under Swachhta Action Plan (SAP) which is also applicable for State of Rajasthan. As per data from Poshan Tracker of November 2024, in State of Rajasthan, 48446 AWCs have Drinking water facilities, 31616 AWCs have functional toilet and 47378 AWCs have availability of soap for sanitation.

Poshan  Tracker  application  was  rolled  out  on  1st  March,  2021  as  an  important governance  tool.  It  facilitates  monitoring  and  tracking  of  all  AWCs,  AWWs  and beneficiaries on defined indicators including monitoring of availability of drinking water, toilet facilities and availability of soap for hand washing in the Angawadi Centres.

Further, annual Jan Andolans viz. Poshan Maah and Poshan Pakhwada emphasize on inculcating Social & Behavioural Changes around better nutrition through various themes, including WaSH in convergence with relevant Ministries/ Departments.

These annual sensitization campaigns have been institutionalized with over 100 crore activities through 13 Jan Andolans (7 Poshan Maah and 6 Poshan Pakhwada) so far, including around 4 crore focused activities on WaSH and Diarrhoea Management.

(c)  &  (d)  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  was  launched  on  8th  March  2018.  To  support  the Abhiyaan at varied levels, Swasth Bharat Prerak (SBP) Programme was initiated with external support by a development partner with an aim of providing managerial and administrative  support  to  the  district  and  state  administration  for  the  effective implementation of the Abhiyaan.

The main objective of the SBP programme was to provide an efficient resource at the district  level  (the  Prerak)  to  work  as  a  catalyst  while  supporting  DM/  DC  and  key officials for effective and efficient implementation of the Abhiyaan.

In 2021, for the 15th finance commission term POSHAN Abhiyaan (PA), along with Anganwadi Services (AWS) and Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) were subsumed under the Umbrella Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, and programmes like SBP were discontinued.

(e) Under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, in the 15 th  finance cycle an amount Rs.1061.07 lakhs have been released to the State of Rajasthan for providing drinking water facilities in 11665 AWCs.

Further, Phase-II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) is being implemented during the period from 2020-21 to 2024-25 with the aim to sustain Open Defecation Free (ODF)  status  and  Solid  and  Liquid  Waste  Management  (SLWM).  Central  share allocated and utilised to Rajasthan under SBM(G) during last 3 years and current years are as under:-

| Year                      |   Allocation (Rs in crore) |   Utilisation (Rs in crore) |
|---------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2021-22                   |                     551.85 |                      243.32 |
| 2022-23                   |                     624.9  |                      316.25 |
| 2023-24                   |                     153    |                      132.21 |
| 2024-25 (Upto 03.12.2024) |                     230    |                       40.41 |

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