Lok Sabha Question No. 965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-05
Subject: Anganwadi Infrastructure and Human Resources
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri  Radhakrishna

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 965

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2025

## ANGANWADI INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES

## 965.     SHRI RADHAKRISHNA:

| Will the Minister of WOMENANDCHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:                                                                                                                                                                                          | Will the Minister of WOMENANDCHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | the details of AWCs , Mini-AWCs sanctioned, operational, State-wise, year-wise during the last five years;                                                                                                                                                   |
| (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | the number of AWCs approved, upgraded to Saksham Anganwadis, State and year-wise during the last five years;                                                                                                                                                 |
| (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | the number of AWCshaving pucca buildings, drinking water and toilet facilities and those without building, State- wise and year-wise for past five years;                                                                                                    |
| (d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | the details of sanctioned posts, actual strength and vacancies code-wise across ICDS, includingAWWs, AWHs, Supervisors, CDPOs, DSWOs, State-wise, year-wise during the said period;                                                                          |
| (e)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | whether it is a fact that sanctioned number of AWCsand ICDS personnel has not kept pace with the population growth in States; and                                                                                                                            |
| (f)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | if so, the reasons therefor and corrective measures taken by the Government thereon?                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMENANDCHILD DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                                                                                        | ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMENANDCHILD DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| (a) The State and UTwise details of sanctioned and operational Anganwadi Centres under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 are at Annexure I. (b) The State and UT wise details of AWCs approved and upgraded to Saksham Anganwadis are at Annexure II. | (a) The State and UTwise details of sanctioned and operational Anganwadi Centres under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 are at Annexure I. (b) The State and UT wise details of AWCs approved and upgraded to Saksham Anganwadis are at Annexure II. |

(e) and (f) To ensure effective delivery of services under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, Relocation guidelines have been issued requesting States and UTs to revisit and rationalize the location of AWCs as per their requirement so as to optimally serve the intended beneficiaries.

Under  PM-JANMAN  (Pradhan  Mantri  Janjati  Adivasi  Nyaya  Maha  Abhiyan),  in  PVTG (Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal  Groups)  Areas  2,500  Anganwadi  Centres  (AWCs)  have  been sanctioned for construction.

Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) launched by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs  (MoTA)  focusses  on  convergence,  outreach  and  saturation  in  approximately,  63,843 villages. Under DAGJUA, 875 AWCs have been sanctioned for construction.

Under VVP (Vibrant Village Programme) - Phase I, focusing on Northern border areas, 5 new AWCs in Arunachal Pradesh have also been sanctioned for construction.

Further,  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  scheme.  The Central Government is responsible for policy and planning and the State Governments and UT Administrations are responsible for day-to-day program implementation including recruitment for implementation of the scheme.

Through sustained  engagements and meetings at regular intervals,  States  and  UTs  have  been requested to optimize coverage of beneficiaries including child beneficiaries and ensure efficient implementation of the scheme.

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## Annexure I

## Statement  referred  to  in  Part  (a)  of  LS  Unstarred  Q.No.  965  for  answer  on  05.12.2025 regarding Anganwadi Infrastructure and Human Resources

State and UT wise details of sanctioned and operational AWCs:

|   S. No. | State/UTs                 |   Sanctioned AWCs |   Operational AWCs |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh            |             55969 |              55746 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh         |              6225 |               6225 |
|        3 | Assam                     |             62142 |              62093 |
|        4 | Bihar                     |            115097 |             115009 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh              |             52642 |              52510 |
|        6 | Goa                       |              1262 |               1261 |
|        7 | Gujarat                   |             53065 |              53065 |
|        8 | Haryana                   |             25962 |              25962 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh          |             18925 |              18925 |
|       10 | Jharkhand                 |             38957 |              38744 |
|       11 | Karnataka                 |             66098 |              66098 |
|       12 | Kerala                    |             33120 |              33120 |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh            |             97882 |              97806 |
|       14 | Maharashtra               |            110664 |             110629 |
|       15 | Manipur                   |             11585 |              11528 |
|       16 | Meghalaya                 |              6188 |               6162 |
|       17 | Mizoram                   |              2285 |               2244 |
|       18 | Nagaland                  |              3980 |               3980 |
|       19 | Odisha                    |             74223 |              74222 |
|       20 | Punjab                    |             27314 |              27314 |
|       21 | Rajasthan                 |             62196 |              61929 |
|       22 | Sikkim                    |              1308 |               1308 |
|       23 | Tamil Nadu                |             54481 |              54481 |
|       24 | Telangana                 |             35781 |              35781 |
|       25 | Tripura                   |             10474 |              10275 |
|       26 | Uttar Pradesh             |            190146 |             189736 |
|       27 | Uttarakhand               |             20070 |              20064 |
|       28 | West Bengal               |            119481 |             119481 |
|       29 | A &NIslands               |               720 |                720 |
|       30 | Chandigarh                |               450 |                450 |
|       31 | Dadra &NHaveli and Daman& |               405 |                405 |

|   32 | Delhi          |   10897 |   10897 |
|------|----------------|---------|---------|
|   33 | Jammu &Kashmir |   28426 |   28183 |
|   34 | Ladakh         |    1173 |    1172 |
|   35 | Lakshadweep    |      59 |      59 |
|   36 | Puducherry     |     855 |     855 |

## Statement  referred  to  in  Part  (b)  of  LS  Unstarred  Q.No.  965  for  answer  on  05.12.2025 regarding Anganwadi Infrastructure and Human Resources

State and UT wise details of AWCs approved for upgradation and number of AWCS upgraded as Saksham Anganwadis:

|   Sl no. | State name        | Sanctioned during FY 2022-23   | Sanctioned during FY 2023-24   | Sanctioned during FY 2024-25   | Total sanctioned   | Progress of upgradation as on date   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh | 100                            | 0                              | 52                             | 152                | 152                                  |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 1,105                          | 1,763                          | 7,090                          | 9,958              | 9,958                                |
|        3 | Assam             | 3,963                          | 815                            | 629                            | 5,407              | 5,407                                |
|        4 | Chandigarh        | 0                              | 0                              | 69                             | 69                 | 69                                   |
|        5 | Ladakh            | 0                              | 0                              | 14                             | 14                 | 14                                   |
|        6 | Manipur           | 30                             | 0                              | 0                              | 30                 | 30                                   |
|        7 | Nagaland          | 100                            | 49                             | 0                              | 149                | 149                                  |
|        8 | Sikkim            | 100                            | 335                            | 0                              | 435                | 435                                  |
|        9 | Mizoram           | 100                            | 988                            | 512                            | 1,600              | 1,600                                |
|       10 | Karnataka         | 100                            | 178                            | 17,454                         | 17,732             | 17,454                               |
|       11 | Meghalaya         | 100                            | 8                              | 13                             | 121                | 119                                  |
|       12 | Tripura           | 200                            | 245                            | 29                             | 474                | 445                                  |
|       13 | Maharashtra       | 1,150                          | 589                            | 13,006                         | 14,745             | 13,046                               |
|       14 | Andaman & Nicobar | 0                              | 86                             | 54                             | 140                | 86                                   |
|       15 | Tamil Nadu        | 800                            | 5,590                          | 5,582                          | 11,972             | 6,345                                |
|       16 | Puducherry        | 0                              | 65                             | 70                             | 135                | 63                                   |
|       17 | Lakshadweep       | 0                              | 0                              | 18                             | 18                 | 8                                    |
|       18 | Kerala            | 250                            | 1,710                          | 2,192                          | 4,152              | 1,815                                |
|       19 | Uttarakhand       | 350                            | 213                            | 264                            | 827                | 350                                  |
|       20 | Chhattisgarh      | 4,750                          | 1,740                          | 5,000                          | 11,490             | 4,750                                |
|       21 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 86                             | 50                             | 202                            | 338                | 136                                  |
|       22 | West Bengal       | 4,750                          | 609                            | 0                              | 5,359              | 2,122                                |
|       23 | Uttar Pradesh     | 2,349                          | 17,845                         | 3,503                          | 23,697             | 8,232                                |
|       24 | Madhya Pradesh    | 2,220                          | 9,486                          | 12,956                         | 24,662             | 8,038                                |
|       25 | Bihar             | 3,566                          | 3,550                          | 4,413                          | 11,529             | 3,414                                |
|       26 | Odisha            | 6,000                          | 1,084                          | 5,056                          | 12,140             | 3,476                                |
|       27 | Telangana         | 500                            | 3,529                          | 979                            | 5,008              | 500                                  |
|       28 | Gujarat           | 1,250                          | 0                              | 11,897                         | 13,147             | 1,250                                |
|       29 | Rajasthan         | 213                            | 340                            | 2,961                          | 3,514              | 213                                  |
|       30 | Himachal Pradesh  | 100                            | 25                             | 905                            | 1,030              | 35                                   |
|       31 | Jharkhand         | 6,850                          | 0                              | 9,925                          | 16,775             | 507                                  |
|       32 | Haryana           | 10                             | 0                              | 2,794                          | 2,804              | 24                                   |
|       33 | Punjab            | 100                            | 0                              | 253                            | 353                | 2                                    |
|       34 | Goa               | 0                              | 24                             | 0                              | 24                 | 0                                    |

## Statement  referred  to  in  Part  (c)  of  LS  Unstarred  Q.No.  965  for  answer  on  05.12.2025 regarding Anganwadi Infrastructure and Human Resources

State and UT wise details of pucca buildings and drinking water and toilet facilities at AWC:

| State/UT                         |   Pukka |   Drinking water connection |   Functional toilet |
|----------------------------------|---------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                   |   51504 |                       55460 |               49172 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                |     779 |                        4225 |                1602 |
| Assam                            |   45720 |                       52601 |               18850 |
| Bihar                            |   81588 |                      110987 |              104911 |
| Chhattisgarh                     |   46514 |                       43908 |               33962 |
| Goa                              |    1261 |                        1261 |                1260 |
| Gujarat                          |   50479 |                       52281 |               51427 |
| Haryana                          |   25509 |                       23670 |               21075 |
| Himachal Pradesh                 |   17346 |                       18746 |               18702 |
| Jharkhand                        |   34164 |                       34375 |               26380 |
| Karnataka                        |   59358 |                       66143 |               66740 |
| Kerala                           |   31794 |                       32218 |               33029 |
| Madhya Pradesh                   |   89126 |                       95530 |               76400 |
| Maharashtra                      |   96419 |                      101147 |               88506 |
| Manipur                          |    1236 |                       11240 |               10327 |
| Meghalaya                        |    5313 |                        4480 |                3450 |
| Mizoram                          |     614 |                        2226 |                2153 |
| Nagaland                         |    1558 |                        3523 |                2284 |
| Odisha                           |   72092 |                       74185 |               38604 |
| Punjab                           |   27150 |                       27314 |               24625 |
| Rajasthan                        |   60314 |                       52348 |               35373 |
| Sikkim                           |    1119 |                        1307 |                1308 |
| Tamil Nadu                       |   46956 |                       54481 |               53279 |
| Telangana                        |   30435 |                       30428 |               22896 |
| Tripura                          |    9194 |                        9127 |                7136 |
| Uttar Pradesh                    |  181526 |                      171828 |              153735 |
| Uttarakhand                      |   19923 |                       19960 |               18073 |
| West Bengal                      |   79260 |                       90928 |               76620 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands         |     642 |                         720 |                 719 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli - Daman &Diu |     401 |                         405 |                 405 |
| Delhi                            |   10878 |                       10897 |               10893 |
| J&K                              |   24919 |                       27919 |               27962 |
| Ladakh                           |     912 |                        1168 |                1151 |
| Lakshadweep                      |      51 |                          59 |                  59 |
| Puducherry                       |     822 |                         837 |                 826 |
| UT-Chandigarh                    |     450 |                         450 |                 450 |

Annexure IV

## Statement  referred  to  in  Part  (d)  of  LS  Unstarred  Q.No.  965  for  answer  on  05.12.2025 regarding Anganwadi Infrastructure and Human Resources

State and UT wise details of sanctioned posts, actual strength and vacancies of AWWs, AWHs, Supervisors and CDPOs:

| S. No   | State             | CDPO       | CDPO         | CDPO   | Supervisor   | Supervisor   | Supervisor   | AWW        | AWW          | AWW    | AWH        | AWH          | AWH    |
|---------|-------------------|------------|--------------|--------|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------|------------|--------------|--------|
| S. No   | State             | Sanctioned | In- Position | Vacant | Sanctioned   | In- Position | Vacant       | Sanctioned | In- Position | Vacant | Sanctioned | In- Position | Vacant |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 257        | 205          | 52     | 1951         | 1537         | 698          | 55969      | 54944        | 1025   | 55969      | 47356        | 8613   |
| 2       | Bihar             | 544        | 389          | 155    | 4210         | 2803         | 1407         | 115097     | 110161       | 4936   | 115097     | 99990        | 15107  |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh      | 220        | 191          | 29     | 1866         | 1706         | 160          | 52642      | 52002        | 640    | 52642      | 50359        | 2283   |
| 4       | Gujarat           | 336        | 158          | 178    | 2122         | 1705         | 417          | 53065      | 50277        | 2788   | 53065      | 48897        | 4168   |
| 5       | Haryana           | 148        | 59           | 89     | 1016         | 890          | 126          | 25962      | 23194        | 2768   | 25450      | 20716        | 4734   |
| 6       | Himachal Pradesh  | 78         | 47           | 31     | 757          | 597          | 160          | 18925      | 18580        | 345    | 18925      | 17759        | 1166   |
| 7       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 128        | 97           | 31     | 1137         | 951          | 186          | 28426      | 28082        | 344    | 28426      | 27972        | 454    |
| 8       | Jharkhand         | 224        | 56           | 168    | 1344         | 667          | 677          | 38,957     | 37812        | 1145   | 38957      | 36510        | 2447   |
| 9       | Karnataka         | 204        | 162          | 42     | 2503         | 1776         | 727          | 66098      | 66098        | 0      | 66098      | 59298        | 6800   |
| 10      | Kerala            | 258        | 256          | 2      | 1327         | 1238         | 89           | 33120      | 33051        | 69     | 33120      | 33066        | 54     |
| 11      | Madhya Pradesh    | 453        | 295          | 158    | 3379         | 2749         | 1136         | 97882      | 95058        | 2824   | 97882      | 79598        | 18284  |
| 12      | Maharashtra       | 553        | 233          | 320    | 3899         | 2496         | 1403         | 110664     | 108560       | 2104   | 110664     | 104527       | 6137   |
| 13      | Odisha            | 338        | 325          | 13     | 2922         | 1984         | 566          | 74223      | 73475        | 748    | 74223      | 71964        | 2259   |
| 14      | Punjab            | 155        | 86           | 69     | 1046         | 630          | 416          | 27314      | 25343        | 1971   | 27314      | 23239        | 4075   |
| 15      | Rajasthan         | 304        | 235          | 69     | 2232         | 1460         | 772          | 62196      | 60625        | 1571   | 62196      | 59308        | 2888   |
| 16      | Tamil Nadu        | 434        | 255          | 179    | 1980         | 1168         | 614          | 54,481     | 43940        | 10541  | 49541      | 34663        | 14878  |
| 17      | Telangana         | 149        | 149          | 0      | 1440         | 1250         | 190          | 35781      | 32782        | 2999   | 35781      | 23506        | 12275  |
| 18      | Uttar Pradesh     | 897        | 614          | 283    | 6643         | 1783         | 4860         | 190146     | 182348       | 7798   | 190116     | 128811       | 61305  |
| 19      | Uttarakhand       | 105        | 95           | 10     | 597          | 454          | 143          | 20070      | 19778        | 292    | 20070      | 17658        | 2412   |
| 20      | West Bengal       | 576        | 242          | 334    | 4779         | 2472         | 2307         | 119481     | 105210       | 14271  | 119481     | 95750        | 23731  |
| 21      | Arunachal Pradesh | 98         | 84           | 14     | 263          | 205          | 58           | 6225       | 6225         | 0      | 6225       | 6225         | 0      |
| 22      | Assam             | 230        | 210          | 20     | 2269         | 1917         | 363          | 62142      | 59801        | 2341   | 62135      | 52911        | 9224   |
| 23      | Manipur           | 43         | 36           | 7      | 391          | 370          | 21           | 11585      | 10747        | 838    | 11585      | 9231         | 2354   |
| 24      | Meghalaya         | 41         | 33           | 8      | 222          | 219          | 3            | 6188       | 6153         | 35     | 6188       | 6119         | 69     |
| 25      | Mizoram           | 27         | 27           | 0      | 90           | 90           | 0            | 2285       | 2244         | 41     | 2285       | 2244         | 41     |
| 26      | Nagaland          | 60         | 60           | 0      | 167          | 167          | 0            | 3980       | 3980         | 0      | 3980       | 3980         | 0      |
| 27      | Sikkim            | 13         | 13           | 0      | 58           | 58           | 0            | 1308       | 1308         | 0      | 1308       | 1308         | 0      |
| 28      | Tripura           | 57         | 44           | 13     | 436          | 335          | 101          | 10474      | 10275        | 199    | 10474      | 10275        | 199    |
| 29      | Andaman & Nicobar | 5          | 5            | 0      | 28           | 26           | 2            | 720        | 720          | 0      | 720        | 719          | 1      |
| 30      | Goa               | 11         | 11           | 0      | 50           | 50           | 0            | 1262       | 1240         | 22     | 1262       | 1191         | 71     |
| 31      | Puducherry        | 5          | 0            | 0      | 34           | 0            | 34           | 855        | 582          | 273    | 855        | 696          | 159    |
| 32      | Chandigarh        | 3          | 3            | 1      | 18           | 18           | 0            | 450        | 435          | 15     | 450        | 439          | 11     |
| 33      | Ladakh            | 13         | 0            | 13     | 42           | 34           | 9            | 1173       | 1163         | 10     | 1173       | 1153         | 20     |

|   34 | Delhi                              |   95 |   46 |   49 |   432 |   307 |   125 |   10897 |   10488 |   409 |   10897 |   10833 |   64 |
|------|------------------------------------|------|------|------|-------|-------|-------|---------|---------|-------|---------|---------|------|
|   35 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |    4 |    2 |    2 |    17 |    10 |     7 |     405 |     404 |     1 |     405 |     397 |    8 |
|   36 | Lakshadweep                        |    9 |    0 |    9 |     4 |     0 |     4 |      59 |      58 |     1 |      59 |      56 |    3 |