Lok Sabha Question No. 1967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-31
Subject: Scheme for Adolescent Girls
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1967**

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2015

**SCHEME FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS**

1967.	SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

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

(a)    	whether the Government has launched/proposes to launch any scheme to provide health check-ups, counseling for nutrition, personnel-hygiene management and skill development training to out-of-school adolescent girls including SC/ST girls;

(b)   	if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh; and

(c) 	the time by which the said scheme is likely to be launched?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

(SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

(a):    The ‘Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG)–‘Sabla’, a Centrally-sponsored scheme is being implemented in 205 districts across the country since 2010, which includes 15 districts viz. Sheopur, Rajgarh, Sidhi, Neemuch, Jhabua, Tikamgarh, Rewa, Bhind, Damoh, Indore, Sagar, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Betul, Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh.

Under the non-nutrition component of the scheme Sabla, services viz. Health check-ups, Nutrition & Health Education (NHE) including counseling on nutrition, health  & personnel-Hygiene management and skill development training etc. are provided to out of school  girls of 11-18 years (including SC/ST girls).

(b):	State/UT-wise details, including Madhya Pradesh, are at **Annexure-1.**

(c):	Question does not arise in view of (a).

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**Annexure-1**

**Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarreed Question No. 1967 for 31.07.2015 by Shri. R. Dhruva Narayana regarding scheme for adolescent girls. Coverage under the Scheme** ***Sabla*** **in the year 2014-15**

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | No. of beneficiaries covered   | No. of beneficiaries covered                                              | No. of beneficiaries covered   | No. of beneficiaries covered        |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | Health check Up & referrals    | Nutrition & Health Education (NHE) including Personnel Hygiene Management | Life Skill Education           | Vocational Training (16 - 18 years) |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 215199                         | 216947                                                                    | 141325                         | 1087                                |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 11442                          | 10010                                                                     | 6244                           | 1935                                |
| 3         | Assam               | 58498                          | 15680                                                                     | 15680                          | NR                                  |
| 4         | Bihar               | 554475                         | 298749                                                                    | 231097                         | 1646                                |
| 5         | Chattisgarh         | 121586                         | 179729                                                                    | 52732                          | 730                                 |
| 6         | Goa                 | 3003                           | 3157                                                                      | 1014                           | 103                                 |
| 7         | Gujarat             | NR                             | NR                                                                        | NR                             | NR                                  |
| 8         | Haryana             | 21637                          | 34272                                                                     | 25194                          | 1380                                |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    | 60327                          | 164146                                                                    | 25587                          | 178                                 |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir     | 45121                          | 45614                                                                     | 31763                          | 782                                 |
| 11        | Jharkhand           | NR                             | NR                                                                        | NR                             | NR                                  |
| 12        | Karnataka           | 226227                         | 376208                                                                    | 224675                         | 948                                 |
| 13        | Kerala              | 63620                          | 157684                                                                    | 79252                          | 472                                 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh      | 202500                         | 195200                                                                    | 195200                         | 659                                 |
| 15        | Maharashtra         | NR                             | 8975                                                                      | NR                             | NR                                  |
| 16        | Manipur             | 38621                          | 38621                                                                     | 38621                          | 0                                   |
| 17        | Meghalaya           | 48783                          | 83916                                                                     | 41386                          | 657                                 |
| 18        | Mizoram             | 7335                           | 16938                                                                     | 8671                           | 481                                 |
| 19        | Nagaland            | 27890                          | 27000                                                                     | 25000                          | 1140                                |
| 20        | Odisha              | 960851                         | 960851                                                                    | 960851                         | 8915                                |
| 21        | Punjab              | 141977                         | 58802                                                                     | 39915                          | 18707                               |
| 22        | Rajasthan           | 219338                         | 207848                                                                    | 151934                         | 10781                               |
| 23        | Sikkim              | 1600                           | 1338                                                                      | 890                            | 40                                  |
| 24        | Tamilnadu           | 391896                         | 4170                                                                      | 4170                           | 8340                                |
| 25        | Telangana           | NR                             | NR                                                                        | NR                             | NR                                  |
| 26        | Tripura             | 83160                          | 42425                                                                     | 42425                          | 637                                 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh       | 927980                         | 119700                                                                    | 119700                         | 0                                   |
| 28        | Uttaranchal         | NR                             | NR                                                                        | NR                             | NR                                  |
| 29        | West Bengal*        | 54664                          | 98842                                                                     | 20449                          | 5156                                |
| 30        | A & N Island        | 6275                           | 6362                                                                      | NR                             | NR                                  |
| 31        | Chandigarh          | 1870                           | 1882                                                                      | 1882                           | NR                                  |
| 32        | Daman & Diu         | 2249                           | 2249                                                                      | 2249                           | 617                                 |
| 33        | D & N Haveli        | NR                             | NR                                                                        | NR                             | NR                                  |
| 34        | Delhi               | 8052                           | 20400                                                                     | 21000                          | 264                                 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep         | NR                             | NR                                                                        | NR                             | NR                                  |
| 36        | Pondicherry         | 6866                           | 627                                                                       | 500                            | 100                                 |
|           | Total               | **4513042**                    | **3398342**                                                               | **2509406**                    | **65755**                           |