Lok Sabha Question No. 2086 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-11
Subject: Sabla Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2086 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2015

## SABLA SCHEME

## 2086.  SHRIMATI  KAMLA DEVI PAATLE :

Will the MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  implementing  Rajiv  Gandhi  Scheme  for  Empowerment  of Adolescent Girls-Sabla, if so, the details and salient features thereof;
- (b) the  funds  allocated/released  and  utilized  along  with  the  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the scheme during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received requests/proposals from States/UTs including Chhattisgarh  to  include  more  districts  under  the  said  scheme,  if  so,  the  details  thereof, State/UT-wise along with the reaction of the Government to extend the scheme;
- (d) whether the Government has reviewed or proposes to review the said scheme, if so, the details and outcome thereof;
- (e) whether the  Government  allocated/released  total  quantity  of  wheat  to  States/UTs  to  provide nutritional supplement under the scheme during 2015-16, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the time by which the same is likely to be released; and
- (f) the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  effective  implementation  of  the scheme?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)          Yes  Madam,  the  Government  is  implementing  Rajiv  Gandhi  Scheme  for  Empowerment  of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG)-'Sabla', a Centrally-sponsored scheme in 205 districts selected from all the States/UTs.  The scheme Sabla aims at empowering Adolescent Girls (AGs) (1118 years) through nutrition, health care and life skills education.

Scheme Sabla has two major components viz. Nutrition and Non Nutrition. Under the Nutrition component, the out of school AGs in the age group of 11-14 years attending AWCs and all girls in the age group of 14-18 years are provided Supplementary Nutrition containing 600 calories, 18-20 grams of protein and micronutrients, per day for 300 days in a year. The non-nutrition component addresses the developmental needs of adolescent girls . Under this component out of  school  adolescent  girls  of  11-18  years  are  being  provided  IFA  supplementation,  health check-up & referral services, nutrition & health education, ARSH counseling/guidance on family welfare, life skill education, guidance on accessing public services and vocational training (only 16-18 year old adolescent girls). It also  aims towards mainstreaming out of school AGs into formal/non formal education. Nearly 100 lakh adolescent girls per annum are expected to be benefitted under the scheme.

- (b) Statement indicating State/UT-wise funds allocated/released and utilized along with the number of beneficiaries under the scheme during each of the last three years and the current year is at Annexure-1 &2 respectively.
- (c ) The  Government  has  received  requests/proposals  from  the  State  Government  of  Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh to  include  more  districts  under  the  said  scheme,  these  States  have  been  informed  that  the budgetary allocation for the scheme Sabla for the 12 th  Plan Period is Rs.3650 crore, as such the scheme cannot be implemented in all the districts of the country.
- (d) The implementation of the schemes is reviewed from time to time as per details given below:-
- i. The  monitoring  and  supervision  mechanism  set  up  under  the  Integrated  Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is used for the scheme Sabla as well.
- ii. Performance of the scheme is reviewed on a quarterly/annual basis to identify gaps
- iii. Monitoring  committees  are  set  up  at  all  levels  (National,  State,  District,  Block  and Village  level)  to  take  stock  of  the  progress  of  the  scheme  as  also  strengthen  the coordination and convergence between concerned departments.

Based  on  the  review,  the  identified  gaps  are  communicated  to  the  States/UTs  for  taking corrective measures under the scheme.

- (e) State wise foodgrains (Wheat /Rice/ coarse grains) allocated under scheme Sabla in 2015-16 is at Annexure-3.
- (f) Review meetings/field visits are undertaken to ensure effective implementation of the scheme. The identified gaps are communicated to the States/UTs for taking corrective measures under the scheme.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha unstarred question No. 2086 for 11.12.2015 by Shrimati  Kamla  Devi Paatle regarding Sabla scheme.

State-wise funds released/utilised under Sabla in 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  |
| (1)       | (2)               | (3)       | (4)       | (5)       | (6)       | (7)       | (8)       | (9)       | (10)      |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 508.63    | 3213.92   | 1305.11   | 1456.75   | 805.48    | 1864.15   | 675.68    |           |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 135.26    | 135.26    | 116.83    | 67.63     | 120.94    | 95.29     | 0.00      |           |
| 3         | Assam             | 1987.42   | 1944.59   | 2311.46   | 1717.88   | 1042.63   | 749.91    | 0.00      |           |
| 4         | Bihar             | 1442.76   | 3114.7    | 3289.87   | 6541.17   | 6458.23   | 3838.03   | 875.28    |           |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 179.15    | 1853.69   | 1076.83   | 2779.55   | 4232.15   | 2833.08   | 1324.30   | 582.65    |
| 6         | Goa               | 135.36    | 137.19    | 130.56    | 138.28    | 225.68    | 225.68    | 123.91    | 123.91    |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 2625.6    | 3737.05   | 4707.3    | 2995.01   | 2270.3    | 0.00      | 0.00      |           |
| 8         | Haryana           | 455.38    | 563.68    | 269.66    | 629.31    | 792.09    | 836.00    | 409.03    | 144.77    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 595.68    | 797.79    | 574.95    | 599.67    | 583.71    | 626.76    | 370.81    | 30.01     |
| 10        | J& K              | 282.56    | 525.119   | 466.8     | 435.32    | 292.12    | 136.31    | 6.92      |           |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 1244.03   | 404.32    | 150.99    | 1334      | 944.5     | 0.00      | 0.00      |           |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 2438.8    | 3293.85   | 3118.78   | 4119.58   | 4345.49   | 3244.55   | 1398.23   | 607.36    |
| 13        | Kerala            | 852.56    | 861.29    | 1511.57   | 1468.62   | 802.45    | 1639.12   | 1023.23   | 0.00      |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 6623      | 7609.28   | 6554.02   | 7288.29   | 7395.74   | 6972.94   | 4439.31   | 3902.98   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 1550.81   | 5054.26   | 2797.64   | 2582.15   | 386.74    | 1970.85   | 783.04    |           |
| 16        | Manipur           | 121.23    | 26.6      | 53.2      | 60.43     | 21.15     | 108.84    | 36.22     |           |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 179.16    | 267.46    | 383.58    | 341.77    | 296.91    | 338.72    | 119.86    |           |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 84.94     | 84.94     | 111.15    | 103.46    | 96.37     | 101.25    | 32.20     | 11.62     |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 183.6     | 183.6     | 240.73    | 240.74    | 185.31    | 188.51    | 58.56     | 58.56     |
| 20        | Orissa            | 2404.9    | 3850.17   | 4003.62   | 3752.82   | 3528.36   | 3477.67   | 1125.43   |           |
| 21        | Punjab            | 538.53    | 447.34    | 0         | 20.21     | 0         | 934.70    | 814.70    |           |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 4031      | 4575.61   | 5163.67   | 5189.21   | 4301.48   | 5504.85   | 3233.15   |           |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 19.99     | 30.9      | 30.9      | 54.71     | 55.99     | 55.86     | 26.78     |           |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 2174.03   | 2519.75   | 3774.02   | 4661.01   | 4322.41   | 4205.15   | 2765.85   | 1943.28   |
| 25        | Telangana         |           |           |           |           | 1226.48   | 1226.48   | 1144.78   | 0.00      |
| 26        | Tripura           | 447.88    | 447.88    | 599.6     | 547.27    | 622.77    | 622.45    | 185.69    | 52.12     |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 12975.15  | 13812     | 13836.29  | 15120.3   | 14642.59  | 15803.12  | 6435.60   |           |
| 28        | Uttaranchal       | 333.23    | 0         | 0         | 110.19    | 243.19    | 87.27     | 0.00      |           |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 2621.14   | 1522.69   | 0         | 221.8     | 0         | 261.61    | 0.00      | 384.67    |
| 30        | A&N Islands       | 93.61     | 89.38     | 24.36     | 69.66     | 93.11     | 22.25     | 0.00      |           |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 0         | 11.08     | 5.7       | 11.35     | 7.78      | 6.42      | 4.68      | 2.56      |
| 32        | Daman & Diu       | 16.46     | 14.22     | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0.00      | 0.00      |           |
| 33        | D & NH            | 0         | 22.99     | 22.99     | 0         | 0         | 0.00      | 0.00      |           |
| 34        | Delhi             | 579.77    | 749.41    | 884.48    | 837.84    | 655.2     | 496.75    | 60.61     |           |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 0         | 0         | 3.52      | 0         | 0         | 0.00      | 4.01      |           |
| 36        | Pondicherry       | 28.59     | 25.47     | 16.26     | 19.37     | 24.02     | 24.01     | 8.93      |           |
|           | Total             | 47890.21  | 61927.4   | 57536.41  | 65515.4   | 61021.36  | 58498.58  | 27486.79  | 7844.49   |

## Annexure-2

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  unstarred  question  No.  2086  for 11.12.2015 by Shrimati  Kamla  Devi Paatle regarding Sabla scheme.

## State-wise details of Nutrition Beneficiaries under Sabla

| S.No.   | States/UTs        | Nutrition Beneficiaries (as reported by States)   | Nutrition Beneficiaries (as reported by States)   | Nutrition Beneficiaries (as reported by States)   | Nutrition Beneficiaries (as reported by States)   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|         |                   | 2012-13                                           | 2013-14                                           | 2014-15                                           | 2015-16                                           |
| (1)     | (2)               | (3)                                               | (4)                                               | (5)                                               | (6)                                               |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 620533                                            | 655666                                            | 336485                                            |                                                   |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 8200                                              | 35576                                             | 10754                                             | 10570                                             |
| 3       | Assam             | 385276                                            | 399955                                            | 409954                                            |                                                   |
| 4       | Bihar             | 1305200                                           | 1649481                                           | 1818073                                           |                                                   |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 373906                                            | 411849                                            | 388513                                            | 379805                                            |
| 6       | Goa               | 32470                                             | 35922                                             | 33817                                             | 34392                                             |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 1299308                                           | 789038                                            |                                                   |                                                   |
| 8       | Haryana           | 145512                                            | 136934                                            | 150065                                            | 164803                                            |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 99205                                             | 100840                                            | 102496                                            | 102283                                            |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 47509                                             | 117120                                            | 66537                                             | 89062                                             |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 292190                                            | 430045                                            |                                                   |                                                   |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 460774                                            | 450688                                            | 379912                                            | 323946                                            |
| 13      | Kerala            | 238661                                            | 239781                                            | 216931                                            |                                                   |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 892666                                            | 897000                                            | 946000                                            | 982000                                            |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 752579                                            | 771586                                            | 771487                                            |                                                   |
| 16      | Manipur           | 34092                                             | 38119                                             | 38621                                             | 39055                                             |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 47105                                             | 53715                                             | 55870                                             | 57613                                             |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 21709                                             | 62012                                             | 50067                                             | 25268                                             |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 35000                                             | 27890                                             | 27890                                             | 27890                                             |
| 20      | Orissa            | 627265                                            | 627265                                            | 627265                                            |                                                   |
| 21      | Punjab            | 205163                                            | 161356                                            | 173554                                            |                                                   |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 643480                                            | 703220                                            | 625423                                            |                                                   |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 7306                                              | 9511                                              | 7661                                              |                                                   |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 396589                                            | 404020                                            | 404521                                            | 397183                                            |
| 25      | Telangana         |                                                   | New State                                         | NR                                                | 293193                                            |
| 26      | Tripura           | 81542                                             | 99876                                             | 73348                                             | 57050                                             |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1934000                                           | 1893000                                           | 2082000                                           | 2082000                                           |
| 28      | Uttaranchal       | 0                                                 |                                                   |                                                   | 0                                                 |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 291484                                            | 34414                                             | 0                                                 | 75131                                             |
| 30      | A&N Islands       | 9500                                              | 11000                                             | 11259                                             | 11536                                             |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 2033                                              | 2047                                              | 1908                                              | 1709                                              |
| 32      | Daman & Diu       | NR                                                | 2306                                              | 2325                                              | 2757                                              |
| 33      | D & NH            | 2209                                              |                                                   |                                                   |                                                   |
| 34      | Delhi             | 129202                                            | 126506                                            | 119817                                            |                                                   |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 2998                                              |                                                   |                                                   |                                                   |
| 36      | Pondicherry       | 4480                                              | 4500                                              | 3165                                              | 4500                                              |
|         | Total             | 11429146                                          | 11382238                                          | 10228911                                          | 4868553                                           |

Statement referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha unstarred question No. 2086 for 11.12.2015 by Shrimati  Kamla  Devi Paatle regarding Sabla scheme.

State wise food grains (Wheat /Rice/ coarse grains) allocated under scheme Sabla in 2015-16

| S.No.   | States/UTs        | Food Grains allocated in 2015-16 (in MTs)   | Food Grains allocated in 2015-16 (in MTs)   | Food Grains allocated in 2015-16 (in MTs)   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| (1)     | (2)               | (3)                                         | (4)                                         | (5)                                         |
|         |                   | Wheat                                       | Rice                                        | Maize                                       |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                                           | 2858.71                                     |                                             |
| 2       | Assam             | 0                                           | 4096.95                                     |                                             |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh      | 2860.17                                     | 0                                           |                                             |
| 4       | Goa*              | 0                                           | 382.5                                       |                                             |
| 5       | Gujarat           | 440.16                                      | 0                                           |                                             |
| 6       | Haryana           | 969.39                                      | 456.18                                      |                                             |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh  | 750                                         | 299.5                                       |                                             |
| 8       | J & K             | 0                                           | 854                                         |                                             |
| 9       | Karnataka         | 2059.25                                     | 2229                                        |                                             |
| 10      | Kerala            | 2598.5                                      | 0                                           |                                             |
| 11      | Madhya Pradesh    | 2301.8                                      | 3278.25                                     |                                             |
| 12      | Maharashtra       | 4938                                        | 0                                           |                                             |
| 13      | Manipur           | 0                                           | 439.5                                       |                                             |
| 14      | Nagaland          | 0                                           | 211.55                                      |                                             |
| 15      | Punjab            | 398.5                                       | 468.75                                      |                                             |
| 16      | Rajasthan         | 2168.67                                     | 0                                           |                                             |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu        | 2050.92                                     |                                             | 433.85                                      |
| 18      | Telangana         | 0                                           | 2631.22                                     |                                             |
| 19      | Tripura           | 0                                           | 578.78                                      |                                             |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh     | 7494                                        | 0                                           |                                             |
| 21      | West Bengal       | 5678.5                                      | 0                                           |                                             |
| 22      | Andaman & Nicobar | 0                                           | 42.31                                       |                                             |
| 23      | D & NH            | 15.37                                       |                                             |                                             |
| 24      | Pondicherry       | 0                                           | 15.37 50.62                                 |                                             |
|         | Total             | 34723.25                                    | 18893.2                                     | 433.85                                      |