Lok Sabha Question No. 3427 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Day Care Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DILIP PATEL, PREM DAS RAI

## 3427.       SHRI DILIP PATEL SHRI PREM DAS RAI

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

- (a) the  number  of  day  care  centres  being    run  by  the  Government    along    with  the  funds allocated/released    therefor    during    each  of  the  last  three    years  and  the  current    year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government plans to increase the number  of day  care centres in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there  has been  any assessment of the need for more day care centres, if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (d) whether proposals from various  State Governments including those  from  the North Eastern States are pending with the Union  Government for release  of funds  for day care centres;
- (e)            if so, the details thereof along with the reasons  for such pendency, State/UT-wise  and
- (f)         the time  by which the said proposals are likely to be cleared and funds to be released by the Union Government?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) The Ministry is implementing the Rajiv Gandhi National Crèche Scheme (RGNCS) for the children of working mothers which provide day care facilities to children of working mothers. The scheme is presently being implemented throughout the country through Central Social Welfare  Board  (CSWB)  and  Indian  Council  for  Child  Welfare  (ICCW).  Grants  under  the scheme are released to the Implementing Agencies and not to the State Government.   The funds  are  further  disbursed  by  the  Implementing  Agencies  to  their  State  Councils/Boards/ Non-Governmental Organisations.

State/UT-wise number of creches under RGNCS for the last three years are available in the Annual Reports of the Ministry for the respective years. The copies  of these Reports are  available  in  Library  of  Lok  Sabha  Secretariat  and  also  available  on  Ministry's  website www.wcd.nic.in. State/UT-wise number of creches under RGNCS for current year in respect of CSWB and ICCW are at Annexure-I (a) and I(b) respectively.

State/UT-wise funds allocated/released by CSWB under RGNCS for the last three years are available in the Annual Reports of the Ministry for the respective years.  The copies of these  Reports  are  available  in  Library  of  Lok  Sabha  Secretariat  and  also  available  on Ministry's  website  www.wcd.nic.in.  State/UT-wise  funds  allocated/released  by  CSWB  for

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.3427

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2015

## DAY CARE CENTRES

current year is at Annexure-II. State/UT-wise funds allocated/released by ICCW   for last three years and current year is at Annexure-III.

As per information furnished by the Department of Posts, 5 crèches for children of Government employees has been established. Funds are released as part of the grant-in-aid from the Central Welfare Fund to the Circle Welfare Fund to Support various welfare initiatives including  establishment  and  running  expenses  of  crèches.  The  recurring  grants-in-aid  is admissible @ Rs. 2655/- per month per crèche. The admissible amount of support of 5 crèches is Rs. 1.59 lakhs per annum and Rs. 6.37 lakhs for the last three financial year and the current financial year.

As per information furnished by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, the Ministry is implementing a plan Scheme of Integrated Programme for Older Persons( IPOP), under  which  financial    assistance,  in  the  form    of  grant-in-aid  is  given    to  Panchayati  Raj Institutions/Local Bodies, Non-Governmental Voluntary Organizations, Institutions of Organizations set up by Government Recognized Educational Institutions, Charitable Hospitals/Nursing Homes, and Recognized Youth Organizations such as Nehru Yuvak Kendra Sanghathan (NYKS) etc for running  and maintenance of inter-alia, Old Age Homes, Day Care Centres,  Mobile  Medicare  Units  etc.  In  exceptional  cases  such  financial  assistance  is  also provided to the State Governments/UT administrations. However, no proposal from the State Governments  for  seeking  financial  assistance  under  the  Scheme  has  been  received  in  this Ministry till date.     As such, no funds  are being allocated  to the Day Care Centres run by the Government  at present.

As  per  information  furnished  by  Department  of  Personnel  &  Training  (DOPT), DOPT runs 13 creches through Grih Kalyan Kendra in Delhi, Faridabad, NOIDA and Jaipur. These creches are being run as welfare measure to Central Government employees and their dependents.

- (b) to (d)  No, Madam.
- (e) to (f)   Does not arise.

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## No. of creches (State/UT wise) being run by CSWB under RGNCS during the current year (2015-16)

|   S. NO. | STATE/UT          |   No. of Creches |
|----------|-------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |             1334 |
|        2 | Andaman Nicobar   |               36 |
|        3 | Bihar             |              233 |
|        4 | Chandigarh        |               19 |
|        5 | Chattisgarh       |              861 |
|        6 | Delhi             |              156 |
|        7 | Goa               |               32 |
|        8 | Gujarat           |              890 |
|        9 | Haryana           |              198 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  |              354 |
|       11 | Jammu & Kashmir   |              682 |
|       12 | Jharkhand         |              592 |
|       13 | Karnataka         |              724 |
|       14 | Kerala            |              554 |
|       15 | Lakshadweep       |                0 |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    |             2173 |
|       17 | Maharashtra       |             1541 |
|       18 | Odisha            |              604 |
|       19 | Puducherry        |              163 |
|       20 | Punjab            |              105 |
|       21 | Rajasthan         |              383 |
|       22 | Tamil Nadu        |              952 |
|       23 | Uttar Pradesh     |             1378 |
|       24 | Uttarakhand       |              506 |
|       25 | West Bengal       |              835 |
|       26 | Assam             |              304 |
|       27 | Arunachal Pradesh |              154 |
|       28 | Manipur           |              308 |
|       29 | Meghalaya         |               75 |
|       30 | Mizoram           |              162 |
|       31 | Nagaland          |               33 |
|       32 | Tripura           |              131 |
|       33 | Sikkim            |              107 |

Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question                               No. 3427 for 18.12.2015

No. of creches (State/UT wise) being run by ICCW under RGNCS during the                       current year (2015-16)

| S.No.   | STATE/UT             |   No. of Creches |
|---------|----------------------|------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh       |              189 |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh    |               35 |
| 3.      | Assam                |              385 |
| 4.      | Bihar*               |              248 |
| 5.      | Chandigarh           |               21 |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh         |              365 |
| 7.      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |               30 |
| 8.      | Delhi C.C.           |               12 |
| 9.      | Gujarat              |              247 |
| 10.     | Haryana              |              272 |
| 11.     | Himachal Pradesh     |              119 |
| 12.     | J & K                |               85 |
| 13.     | Jharkhand            |              220 |
| 14.     | Karnataka            |              155 |
| 15.     | Kerala               |              260 |
| 16.     | Lakshadweep          |               13 |
| 17.     | M.P. (Pragati Manav) |              171 |
| 18.     | Maharashtra          |              330 |
| 19.     | Manipur              |              160 |
| 20.     | Meghalaya            |               45 |
| 21.     | Mizoram              |              100 |
| 22.     | Nagaland             |              130 |
| 23.     | Odisha               |               28 |
| 24.     | Pondicherry          |                1 |
| 25.     | Punjab               |              102 |
| 26.     | Rajasthan            |              200 |
| 27.     | Tamil Nadu           |               54 |
| 28.     | Tripura              |              125 |
| 29.     | Telangana            |              254 |
| 30.     | Uttar Pradesh        |              430 |
| 31.     | Uttarakhand          |               26 |
| 32.     | West Bengal C.C.     |              217 |
|         | TOTAL                |             5029 |

Approximately 150 creches in various States are in the process of restructuring.

## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3427 for 18.12.2015

## Details of funds released by CSWB (State/UT wise) under RGNCS for the current year

| S. No.      | STATE / UT        | Amount Released (Rs.)   |
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    | 40508508                |
| 2           | Andaman Nicobar   | 1144368                 |
| 3           | Bihar             | 3655620                 |
| 4           | Chandigarh        | 603972                  |
| 5           | Chattisgarh       | 25250268                |
| 6           | Delhi             | 4958928                 |
| 7           | Goa               | 921852                  |
| 8           | Gujarat           | 26903244                |
| 9           | Haryana           | 3687408                 |
| 10          | Himachal Pradesh  | 8685585                 |
| 11          | Jammu & Kashmir   | 21467496                |
| 12          | Jharkhand         | 18648960                |
| 13          | Karnataka         | 23014512                |
| 14          | Kerala            | 15946976                |
| 15          | Lakshadweep       | 0                       |
| 16          | Madhya Pradesh    | 63067392                |
| 17          | Maharashtra       | 67083276                |
| 18          | Odisha            | 17949624                |
| 19          | Puducherry        | 4905948                 |
| 20          | Punjab            | 3337740                 |
| 21          | Rajasthan         | 11899308                |
| 22          | Tamil Nadu        | 29202576                |
| 23          | Uttar Pradesh     | 43644924                |
| 24          | Uttarakhand       | 15003936                |
| 25          | West Bengal       | 27390660                |
| 26          | Assam             | 9377460                 |
| 27          | Arunachal Pradesh | 4895352                 |
| 28          | Manipur           | 9790704                 |
| 29          | Meghalaya         | 2384100                 |
| 30          | Mizoram           | 5149656                 |
| 31          | Nagaland          | 349668                  |
| 32          | Tripura           | 4164228                 |
| 33          | Sikkim            | 1133772                 |
| Grand Total |                   |                         |
|             |                   | 516128021               |

## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3427 for 18.12.2015

## Details of funds released by ICCW (State/UT wise) under RGNCS for the last 3 years and the current year

|          |                      | (Amount Released) (Rs.)   | (Amount Released) (Rs.)   | (Amount Released) (Rs.)   | (Amount Released) (Rs.)   |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. No . | STATE/UT             | 2012-13                   | 2013-14                   | 2014-15                   | 2015-16                   |
| 1        | ASSAM                | 158,58,680                | 138,98,420                | 196,65,099                | 122,41,912                |
| 2        | MANIPUR              | 64,77,688                 | 50,97,382                 | 77,89,696                 | 50,01,312                 |
| 3        | MIZORAM              | 48,03,520                 | 33,73,060                 | 49,44,800                 | 31,78,800                 |
| 4        | NAGALAND             | 59,33,760                 | 40,79,460                 | 62,69,280                 | 35,49,660                 |
| 5        | TRIPURA              | 59,52,528                 | 46,09,260                 | 64,63,452                 | 36,06,172                 |
| 6        | MEGHALAYA            | 18,54,300                 | 13,77,480                 | 24,28,550                 | 14,30,460                 |
| 7        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 19,77,920                 | 12,36,200                 | 10,87,856                 | 11,01,984                 |
| 8        | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 255,18,700                | 171,01,944                | 229,12,020                | 143,57,580                |
| 9        | BIHAR                | 131,39,040                |                           |                           |                           |
| 10       | CHATTISGARH          | 232,05,240                | 128,91,800                | 149,45,534                | 121,32,420                |
| 11       | PUNJAB               | 45,66,876                 | 32,49,440                 | 44,95,915                 | 32,49,440                 |
| 12       | DELHI                | 20,66,220                 | 14,90,484                 | 5,75,716                  | 2,54,304                  |
| 13       | GUJRAT               | 122,20,720                | 87,24,040                 | 143,51,736                | 75,33,756                 |
| 14       | HARYANA              | 201,85,380                | 138,45,440                | 156,83,780                | 84,48,544                 |
| 15       | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 45,98,664                 | 51,21,400                 | 12,60,924                 | 37,82,772                 |
| 16       | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | 4,23,840                  |                           |                           |                           |
| 17       | CHANDIGARH           | 11,12,580                 | 7,41,720                  |                           | 5,40,396                  |
| 18       | MAHARASHTRA          | 161,76,560                | 117,96,880                | 186,48,960                | 95,15,208                 |
| 19       | MADHYA PRADESH       | 55,00,090                 | 37,66,439                 | 79,08,576                 | 49,16,544                 |
| 20       | RAJASTHAN            | 89,99,536                 | 66,40,160                 | 110,98,526                | 57,00,648                 |
| 21       | TAMIL NADU           | 63,99,984                 | 32,84,760                 |                           | 16,91,828                 |
| 22       | JHARKHAND            | 42,24,272                 | 58,91,376                 | 104,98,040                | 37,47,452                 |
| 23       | UTTAR PRADESH        | 170,31,304                | 141,28,000                | 242,09,862                | 121,67,740                |
| 24       | KERALA               | 137,74,800                | 82,64,880                 | 145,28,484                | 72,68,856                 |
| 25       | LAKSHDWEEP           | 6,88,740                  | 4,59,160                  |                           | 2,64,900                  |
| 26       | ORISSA               | -                         | 20,48,009                 | 79,36,404                 |                           |
| 27       | PONDICHERRY          | 52,980                    | 35,320                    | 57,921                    | 35,320                    |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL          | 117,26,240                | 78,05,720                 | 138,49,346                | 60,89,168                 |
| 29       | DADAR & NAGAR HAVELI | 8,45,914                  | 9,18,320                  | 17,02,826                 | 9,53,640                  |
| 30       | JAMMU & KASHMIR      | 48,03,520                 | 30,02,200                 | 42,03,080                 | 18,01,320                 |
| 31       | KARNATAKA            | 104,90,040                | 60,22,060                 | 71,16,980                 | 49,27,140                 |
| 32       | UTTARAKHAND          | -                         |                           | 3,92,052                  | 7,73,508                  |
| 33       | MODEL CRECHES        | 2,59,375                  |                           |                           |                           |
|          | GRAND TOTAL          | 2508,69,019               | 1709,00,814               | 2450,25,415               | 1402,62,784               |