Lok Sabha Question No. 4556 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-12
Subject: Beneficiaries under ICDS Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DINESH TRIVEDI, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4556

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2016

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER ICDS SCHEME

## 4556.  SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI;

SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA; SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

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

- (a) the number of women and children covered and benefited under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme specially from SCs and STs categories during each of the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  addressed  the  problem  of  slow  progress  in  improvement  of  malnutrition especially amongst women and children of SCs and STs categories and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has considered Public-Private-Partnership in ICDS and considered collaboration in Corporate Social Responsibility programmes and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether India has not been performing well in the World Rankings on malnutrition; and
- (e) If so, the reasons therefor along with the remedial measures taken in this regard ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI  KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) :    The number of pregnant women & lactating mother and children (6 months to 6 years)  benefitted under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme including SCs and STs categories during each of the last three years are as under:

## (Beneficiaries in lakhs)

| Year    | Number of beneficiaries of     | Number of beneficiaries of        | Number of beneficiaries of   | Number of beneficiaries of                              |
|---------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|         | Supplementary Nutrition        | Supplementary Nutrition           | Supplementary Nutrition      | Pre-school Education i.e. Children (3 years to 6 years) |
|         | Children (6 months to 6 years) | Pregnant Women & Lactating Mother | Total                        |                                                         |
| 2013-14 | 849.41                         | 195.68                            | 1045.09                      | 370.71                                                  |
| 2014-15 | 828.99                         | 193.34                            | 1022.33                      | 365.44                                                  |
| 2015-16 | 828.79                         | 192.52                            | 1021.31                      | 350.35                                                  |

State/ UT-wise details are given at Annex-I.

(b) to  (e):  Ministry  has  entered  into  an  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  with  M/s  Vedanta  for construction of 4,000 Anganwadi Centre buildings from their own resources under Corporate Social Responsibility programme  in  most  backward  districts  of  11  States  (Andhra  Pradesh,  Assam,  Bihar,  Chattisgarh,  Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh).

As  per  Human  Development  Report  2015  released  by  the  United  Nations  Development  Programme (UNDP), India has been placed at 130th position in the Human Development Index (HDI) among the 188 countries.

Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem. The important determinants are inadequate food, level of poverty leading to low purchasing power, poor socio-economic status of women, female illiteracy, high rate of population growth and low access of population to health education, safe drinking water,  environmental, sanitation, hygiene and other social causes.

The  Government  has  accorded  high  priority  to  the  issue  of  malnutrition  and  is  implementing  several schemes/  programmes  of  different  Ministries/  Departments  through  State  Governments/UT  Administrations  to address  one  or  other  aspect  related  to  Nutrition.  This  Ministry  is  implementing  Integrated  Child  Development Services (ICDS) Scheme, 'Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG)-'Sabla', and Indira  Gandhi  Matritva  Sahyog  Yojana  (IGMSY)  as  direct  targeted  interventions  to  address  the  problem  of malnutrition among women and children. Additionally, the Food and Nutrition Board of the Ministry, through its 43 regional  field  units,  is  engaged  in  conducting  training  programmes  in  nutrition,  in  addition  to  advocacy  towards generating  awareness  through  nutrition  education  programmes  on  the  importance  of  healthy  balanced  diets especially through the use of locally available foods, mass awareness campaigns and use of electronic and print media.

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## Number of Children (6 months to 6 years) and pregnant women & lactating mothers benefitted  under ICDS Scheme during last three years

| Sl. No. State/UT                | 2013-14 Number of beneficiaries of   | 2013-14 Number of beneficiaries of   | 2013-14 Number of beneficiaries of               | 2013-14 Number of beneficiaries of           | 2014-15 Number of beneficiaries of   | 2014-15 Number of beneficiaries of   | 2014-15 Number of beneficiaries of                          | 2014-15 Number of beneficiaries of           | 2015-16 Number of beneficiaries of   | 2015-16 Number of beneficiaries of   | 2015-16 Number of beneficiaries of                          | 2015-16 Number of beneficiaries of           |
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|                                 | Supplementary Nutrition              | Supplementary Nutrition              | Supplementary Nutrition                          | Pre-school                                   | Supplementary Nutrition              | Supplementary Nutrition              | Supplementary Nutrition                                     | Pre-school                                   | Supplementary Nutrition              | Supplementary Nutrition              | Supplementary Nutrition                                     | Pre-school                                   |
|                                 | Children (6 months - 6 years)        | Pregnant & lactating Mothers (P&LM)  | Total Beneficiaries (Children 6 months - 6 years | Education i.e. Children (3 years to 6 years) | Children (6 months - 6 years)        | Pregnant & lactating Mothers (P&LM)  | Total Beneficiaries (Children 6 months - 6 years plus P&LM) | Education i.e. Children (3 years to 6 years) | Children (6 months - 6 years)        | Pregnant & lactating Mothers (P&LM)  | Total Beneficiaries (Children 6 months - 6 years plus P&LM) | Education i.e. Children (3 years to 6 years) |
| 1                               | 4580184                              | 1430658                              | 6010842                                          | 1737383                                      |                                      | 805143                               | 3188009                                                     | 941753                                       | 2631659                              | 728068                               | 3359727                                                     | 952957                                       |
| Andhra                          |                                      |                                      | plus P&LM)                                       |                                              | 2382866                              |                                      |                                                             |                                              |                                      |                                      |                                                             |                                              |
| Pradesh                         |                                      |                                      |                                                  |                                              |                                      |                                      |                                                             |                                              |                                      |                                      |                                                             |                                              |
| 2 Telangana 3 Arunachal Pradesh | 219308                               | 30829                                | 250137                                           | 112416                                       | 1691079 222956                       | 466985 30233                         | 2158064 253189                                              | 639138 113011                                | 1574455 226323                       | 419525 29757                         | 1993980 256080                                              | 320435 113933                                |
| 4 Assam                         | 3310885                              | 691237                               | 4002122                                          | 1801441                                      | 3310885                              | 691237                               | 4002122                                                     | 1801441                                      | 3310885                              | 691237                               | 4002122                                                     | 1801441                                      |
| 5 Bihar                         | 11156637                             | 1817672                              | 12974309                                         | 2388496                                      | 9967439                              | 1716981                              | 11684420                                                    | 2416088                                      | 9892618                              | 1662181                              | 11554799                                                    | 2331123                                      |
| 6 Chhattisgarh                  | 2055307                              | 493718                               | 2549025                                          | 880233                                       | 2055307                              | 493718                               | 2549025                                                     | 880233                                       | 2055307                              | 493718                               | 2549025 74572                                               | 880233                                       |
| 7 Goa                           | 58844                                | 15649                                | 74493                                            | 20462                                        | 57419                                | 15909                                | 73328                                                       | 20917                                        | 58719                                | 15853                                |                                                             | 21226                                        |
| 8 Gujarat                       | 2820891                              | 657889                               | 3478780                                          | 1403268                                      | 3185697                              | 757219                               | 3942916                                                     | 1580094                                      | 3269470                              | 809268                               | 4078738                                                     | 1505347                                      |
| 9 Haryana                       | 1106082                              | 328186                               | 1434268                                          | 374820                                       | 1105095                              | 316855                               | 1421950                                                     | 398895                                       | 996751                               | 287802                               | 1284553                                                     | 353511                                       |
| 10 Himachal Pradesh             | 445472                               | 103003                               | 548475                                           | 153417                                       | 458955                               | 102728                               | 561683                                                      | 149861                                       | 449511                               | 101161                               | 550672                                                      | 139275                                       |
| 11 Jammu & Kashmir              | 356434                               | 105028                               | 461462                                           | 297751                                       | 295039                               | 92021                                | 387060                                                      | 300126                                       | 295039                               | 92021                                | 387060                                                      | 300126                                       |
| 12 Jharkhand                    | 2675019                              | 740351                               | 3415370                                          | 1244046                                      | 2840711                              | 706032                               | 3546743                                                     | 1247550                                      | 2961485                              | 660264                               | 3621749                                                     | 1234533                                      |
| 13 Karnataka                    | 3882798                              | 973914                               | 4856712                                          | 1715764                                      | 3997286                              | 993802                               | 4991088                                                     | 1760253                                      | 3997286                              | 993802                               | 4991088                                                     | 1760253                                      |
| 14 Kerala                       | 857156                               | 170121                               | 1027277                                          | 442419                                       | 856427                               | 159801                               | 1016228                                                     | 444283                                       | 874831                               | 162595                               | 1037426                                                     | 442838                                       |
| 15 Madhya Pradesh               | 5974270                              | 1339496                              | 7313766                                          | 3199102                                      | 5935835                              | 1340084                              | 7275919                                                     | 3029398                                      | 5526328                              | 1470362                              | 6996690                                                     | 3104200                                      |
| 16 Maharashtra                  | 6126308                              | 1145606                              | 7271914                                          | 2991230                                      | 5983249                              | 1126895                              | 7110144                                                     | 2822502                                      | 5940882                              | 1105541                              | 7046423                                                     | 2823063                                      |
| 17 Manipur                      | 355176                               | 75010                                | 430186                                           | 179522                                       | 355176                               | 75010                                | 430186                                                      | 179522                                       | 355176                               | 75010                                | 430186                                                      | 179522                                       |
| 18 Meghalaya                    | 440775                               | 76332                                | 517107                                           | 180042                                       | 440399                               | 78538                                | 518937                                                      | 187563                                       | 468579                               | 86292                                | 554871                                                      | 205476                                       |
| 19 Mizoram                      | 81048                                | 22366                                | 103414                                           | 821049                                       | 77974                                | 20313                                | 98287                                                       | 934907                                       | 109179                               | 24388                                | 133567                                                      | 872588                                       |
| 20 Nagaland                     | 302049                               | 62680                                | 364729                                           | 139689                                       | 302940                               | 62508                                | 365448                                                      | 140325                                       | 292059                               | 56514                                | 348573                                                      | 146396                                       |
| 21 Odisha                       | 3910216                              | 817509                               | 4727725                                          | 1531740                                      | 3872777                              | 793324                               | 4666101                                                     | 1535738                                      | 3823385                              | 785918                               | 4609303                                                     | 1549474                                      |
| 22 Punjab                       | 1006705                              | 279728                               | 1286433                                          | 434586                                       | 937773                               | 261844                               | 1199617                                                     | 391036                                       | 945504                               | 259331                               | 1204835                                                     | 376458                                       |
| 23 Rajasthan                    | 3057502                              | 972494                               | 4029996                                          | 1100255                                      | 2868934                              | 892369                               | 3761303                                                     | 1088980                                      | 2781462                              | 881413                               | 3662875                                                     | 968244                                       |
| 24 Sikkim                       | 32995                                | 7087                                 | 40082                                            | 12072                                        | 23288                                | 4441                                 | 27729                                                       | 11671                                        | 25316                                | 5396                                 | 30712                                                       | 11487                                        |
| 25 Tamil Nadu                   | 2441337                              | 688683                               | 3130020                                          | 1104148                                      | 2452140                              | 670337                               | 3122477                                                     | 1108348                                      | 2452506                              | 655427                               | 3107933                                                     | 1019285 152204                               |
| 26 Tripura                      | 300257                               | 77381                                | 377638                                           | 155565                                       | 299116                               | 77264                                | 376380                                                      | 152204                                       | 299116                               | 77264                                | 376380                                                      |                                              |
| 27 Uttar Pradesh                | 18847563                             | 4694759                              | 23542322                                         | 8718333                                      | 18445336                             | 4853101                              | 23298437                                                    | 8309581                                      | 19126779                             | 4934881                              | 24061660                                                    | 7681641                                      |
| 28 Uttrakhand                   | 628209                               | 162115                               | 790324                                           | 247999                                       | 632102                               | 162684                               | 794786                                                      | 230615                                       | 684721                               | 181738                               | 866459                                                      | 217971                                       |
| 29 West Bengal 30 A & N Islands | 6894019 13970                        | 1387570 3635                         | 8281589 17605                                    | 3319384 4413                                 | 6871904 12550                        | 1374924 3277                         | 8246828 15827                                               | 3325069 3882                                 | 6631338 12781                        | 1333887 3157                         | 7965225 15938                                               | 3256562 3973                                 |
| 31 Chandigarh                   |                                      |                                      |                                                  |                                              | 55806                                |                                      |                                                             |                                              |                                      |                                      | 61511                                                       |                                              |
| 32 Delhi                        | 40616                                | 9336                                 | 49952                                            | 18184                                        |                                      | 10415                                | 66221                                                       | 29285                                        | 53188                                | 8323                                 |                                                             | 29052                                        |
| 33 Dadra & N Haveli             | 908176 18407                         | 173203 3076                          | 1081379                                          | 326612                                       | 846467                               | 162462                               | 1008929                                                     | 351177                                       | 697158                               | 144362                               | 841520                                                      | 262732                                       |
|                                 |                                      |                                      | 21483                                            | 9636                                         | 19725                                | 3177                                 | 22902                                                       | 10621                                        | 19379                                | 3209                                 | 22588                                                       | 10107                                        |
| 34 Daman & Diu                  | 4027                                 | 881                                  | 4908                                             | 1819                                         | 6308                                 | 1103                                 | 7411                                                        | 2643                                         | 6308                                 | 1103                                 | 7411                                                        | 2643                                         |
| 35 Lakshadweep                  | 4652                                 | 1666                                 | 6318                                             | 2292                                         | 4652                                 | 1666                                 | 6318                                                        | 2292                                         | 4652                                 | 1666                                 | 6318 38715                                                  | 2292 2285                                    |
| 36 Puducherry All India         | 27307 84940601                       | 9348 19568216                        | 36655 104508817                                  | 1398 37070986                                | 27812 82899424                       | 9205 19333605                        | 37017 102233029                                             | 2994 36543996                                | 28781 82878916                       | 9934 19252368                        | 102131284                                                   | 35034886                                     |

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