Lok Sabha Question No. 2279 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-29
Subject: Integrated Child Development Services Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, LADU KISHORE SWAIN, MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL, VINCENT H PALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2279

TO BE ANSWERED ON  29.07.2016

## INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SCHEME

- +2279    SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

SHRI LADU KISHORE SWAIN:

SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

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

- (a) the salient features of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme including the budgetary allocation made and expenditure incurred thereon and physical targets achieved during the 12 th  Five Year Plan, year-wise;
- (b) the factors hindering the effective implementation of scheme and the steps taken to address the issue;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to privatize/outsource the work under the scheme and expand it to all the districts of the country including SCs/STs and naxal dominated districts and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is any proposal to revise the unit costs of ICDS including Supplementing Nutrition Programme (SNP) and if so, the details and basis thereof; and
- (e) the  further  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  fill  the  gap  in  the  scheme  and  ensure  its  effective implementation?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  administering  the  Integrated  Child  Development  Services (ICDS) Scheme, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The scheme aims at holistic development of children below 6 years of age and pregnant women & lactating mothers by providing a package of six services comprising (i) Supplementary Nutrition;  (ii)  Pre-school  Non-Formal  Education;  (iii)  Nutrition  and  Health  Education;  (iv)  Immunization;  (v)  Health check-up; and (vi) Referral Services.

The ICDS Scheme started in 1975 was universalized in 2008-09 preceded by rapid expansion in the years 2005-06  to  2008-09  so  as  to  cover  all  habitations,  including  Scheduled  Castes/  Scheduled  Tribes  and  minority population, across the country with the approval of 7076 ICDS Projects and 14 lakh Anganwadi Centres.  Against 7076  sanctioned  Projects  and  14  lakh  sanctioned  Anganwadi  Centres,  7073  Projects  and  13.49  lakh  Anganwdi Centres are operational as on 31.03.2016. The services are currently being provided to 10.21 crore beneficiaries of which 8.29 crore are children under age of six years and 1.92 crore are pregnant women & lactating mothers. Preschool education is provided to 3.50 crore children of 3-6 years (1.79 crore boys and 1.71 crore girls).

## Status of Budget Allocation and Expenditure under ICDS Scheme for 12 th  Five Year Plan is given below: (Rupees in crores)

|   S. No | Year    | Budget Allocation (BE)   | Budget Allocation (RE)   | Expenditure   | Percentage w.r.t. RE   |
|---------|---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|------------------------|
|       1 | 2012-13 | 15,850.00                | 15,850.00                | 15701.50      | 99.06%                 |
|       2 | 2013-14 | 17,700.00                | 16,312.00                | 16,267.49     | 99.73%                 |
|       3 | 2014-15 | 18,195.00                | 16561.60                 | 16581.82 *    | 100.12%                |
|       4 | 2015-16 | 8335.77                  | 15483.77                 | 15438.93      | 99.71%                 |
|       5 | 2016-17 | 14000.00                 | -                        | 4198.68**     | 29.99%                 |

* This includes saving from other schemes during the year.

** As on 30.6.2016

Physical Achievement under ICDS with regard to Target during each year of the 12 th  Plan is Annexed .

(b) The universalisation of ICDS Scheme has been a mixed blessing. While adding the number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) and taking them to the door steps of children, it concomitantly brought in its wake, huge challenges in terms of resources as well as challenges of management, delivery of services with quality and standards, financial management, space for AWCs, human resource, issues of convergence, low focus on under three year children, ECCE, Strengthening training and capacity building monitoring, etc.  These have by and large been addressed in the restructuring and strengthening of ICDS in 2012.

(c) No, Madam.

(d) The  Government  has  realised  the  need  to  upwardly  revise  Supplementary  Nutrition  Cost  norm considering the fact that the last revision was made in 2012 and since then the prices of food and other components have increased.

(e) Convergence  with  various  line  Ministries/Departments  is  an  integral  part  of  ICDS.    There  has  been effective  convergence  with  Ministries  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare,  Rural  Development,  Panchayati  Raj,  Drinking Water  &  Sanitation,  etc.    The  convergence  is  ensured  through  meetings,  consultations,  and  by  issuing  joint guidelines.  Recently joint guidelines have been issued by Ministry of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Rural Development  and  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  for  construction  of  4  lakh  AWCs  across  the  country  .  The  5-tier monitoring & review mechanism developed by the Government has in-built convergence mechanism.

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Annexure

Annexure referred in reply to  Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 2279 for 29.07.2016 on Integrated Child Development Services Scheme

## Physical Achievement under ICDS with regard to Target during each year of the 12 th  Plan are as under :

There has been significant progress in the implementation of ICDS Scheme during XII Plan both, in terms of increase in number of operational projects and Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) and coverage of beneficiaries as indicated below:-

| Year    |   Target under TPP |   No. of operational projects | Target under TPP   |   No. of operational AWCs | No. of Supplementary nutrition beneficiaries [Children (6 months to 6 years) & P&LM]   | No. of pre-school education beneficiaries [Children (3-6 years)]   |
|---------|--------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2012-13 |               7000 |                          7025 | 13.40 lakhs        |                   1338732 | 956.12 lakh                                                                            | 353.29 lakh                                                        |
| 2013-14 |               7045 |                          7067 | 1352078            |                   1342146 | 1045.09 lakh                                                                           | 370.71 lakh                                                        |
| 2014-15 |               7075 |                          7072 | 1355979            |                   1346186 | 1022.33 lakh                                                                           | 365.44 lakh                                                        |
| 2015-16 |               7075 |                          7073 | 1400000            |                   1349563 | 1021.31 lakh                                                                           | 350.35 lakh                                                        |

- Note : 1.   States/ UTs are required to provide Supplementary Nutrition to all eligible children (6 months to 6 years) and  pregnant women & lactating mothers and pre-school education to all the eligible children (3-6 years), hence no targets are set.
2.      TPP : Restructured Twenty Point Programme 2006
- Note : 1.   States/ UTs are required to provide Supplementary Nutrition to all eligible children (6 months to 6 years) and  pregnant women & lactating mothers and pre-school education to all the eligible children (3-6 years), hence no targets are set.
2.      TPP : Restructured Twenty Point Programme 2006