Lok Sabha Question No. 1425 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Bal Swachhata Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION No.1425

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2016

## BAL SWACHHATA MISSION

1425.  SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched the Bal Swachhata Mission and if so, the details and salient features thereof;
- (b) the details of the funds, if any, allocated to the States under this mission since its inception;
- (c) whether the Government has carried out any awareness programmes under the Bal Swachhata Mission and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the progress made under this mission so far along with the mechanism adopted by the Government to monitor the progress hereunder?

## ANSWER

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

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- (a) to (d):  A  nationwide  programme  on  'Swachh  Bharat  Mission'  was  launched  on  October  2,  2014 focusing on cleanliness and hygiene in urban and rural areas.

Considering that children can play a crucial role in achieving Swachh Bharat by motivating them in keeping themselves and their homes, schools and surrounding clean and become ambassadors of cleanliness, 'Bal Swachhata Mission' was launched on 14 th November 2014.  Under this programme, children were required to  be  sensitized  and  involved  in  different  aspects  of  hygiene  and  safe  sanitation.    The  activities  on  the following themes were conducted from 14 th to 19 th November, 2014 at all AnganwadiCentres (AWCs) under the ICDS Scheme:

- i) Clean Anganwadis;
2. ii) Clean Surroundings e.g. Playgrounds;
3. iii) Clean Self (Personal Hygiene / Child Health);
4. iv) Clean Food;
- v) Clean Drinking Water; and
6. vi) Clean Toilets.

All States/UTs were asked to conduct the above activities at the AWCs in their respective State to create awareness about the above programme. The States/UTs, in turn, besides above, conducted various other  activities  such  as  sensitization  of  mothers  through  Mothers  Committee  meeting  and  Village Health and Nutrition Days on several aspects of sanitation, hand washing, etc.

- The above activities were conducted by the States/UTs by using the funds provided to them under the ICDS (General) by the Ministry of Women & Child Development.
- Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development  took  initiatives  to  provide  functional  toilets  through  ICDS scheme in each AWC.  State-wise details showing number of AWCs having water and toilet facilities as on 31.12.2015 is given at Annexure-I.

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Number of  Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)/ mini-AWCs   having drinking water and   toilet facilities as on 31.12.2015

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        |   No. of AWCs for which data is available for drinking water, toilet and kitchen |   Drinking Water | %AWCs having Drinking Water   |   Toilet | %AWCs having Toilet facility   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|----------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                                            54934 |            23997 | 43.68%                        |    20532 | 37.38%                         |
| 2         | Telangana         |                                                                            35467 |            14329 | 40.40%                        |     7593 | 21.41%                         |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                             6028 |             1775 | 29.45%                        |     3043 | 50.48%                         |
| 4         | Assam             |                                                                            58699 |            39085 | 66.59%                        |    29356 | 50.01%                         |
| 5         | Bihar             |                                                                            80211 |            18817 | 23.46%                        |     8051 | 10.04%                         |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      |                                                                            49909 |            17367 | 34.80%                        |    18491 | 37.05%                         |
| 7         | Goa               |                                                                             1262 |             1109 | 87.88%                        |      671 | 53.17%                         |
| 8         | Gujarat           |                                                                            50225 |            50225 | 100.00%                       |    31904 | 63.52%                         |
| 9         | Haryana           |                                                                            25962 |            12008 | 46.25%                        |    16137 | 62.16%                         |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                                            18580 |            16432 | 88.44%                        |    16564 | 89.15%                         |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                                                            28438 |            13057 | 45.91%                        |    13057 | 45.91%                         |
| 12        | Jharkhand         |                                                                            38432 |            25407 | 66.11%                        |    11689 | 30.41%                         |
| 13        | Karnataka         |                                                                            63376 |            25548 | 40.31%                        |    29329 | 46.28%                         |
| 14        | Kerala            |                                                                            33110 |            21850 | 65.99%                        |    20877 | 63.05%                         |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                                            91797 |            86464 | 94.19%                        |    43515 | 47.40%                         |
| 16        | Maharashtra       |                                                                            95170 |            59335 | 62.35%                        |    58553 | 61.52%                         |
| 17        | Manipur           |                                                                             9814 |             2418 | 24.64%                        |     3114 | 31.73%                         |
| 18        | Meghalaya         |                                                                             5156 |             4591 | 89.04%                        |     4302 | 83.44%                         |
| 19        | Mizoram           |                                                                             2244 |             1688 | 75.22%                        |     1792 | 79.86%                         |
| 20        | Nagaland          |                                                                             3455 |             3455 | 100.00%                       |     3455 | 100.00%                        |
| 21        | Odisha            |                                                                            70849 |            70849 | 100.00%                       |    32824 | 46.33%                         |
| 22        | Punjab            |                                                                            26656 |            26656 | 100.00%                       |    14147 | 53.07%                         |
| 23        | Rajasthan         |                                                                            61000 |            31000 | 50.82%                        |    16000 | 26.23%                         |
| 24        | Sikkim            |                                                                             1232 |              922 | 74.84%                        |     1079 | 87.58%                         |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        |                                                                            54439 |            44818 | 82.33%                        |    32576 | 59.84%                         |
| 26        | Tripura           |                                                                             9911 |             8691 | 87.69%                        |     7610 | 76.78%                         |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                                           187347 |           187347 | 100.00%                       |   125947 | 67.23%                         |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |                                                                            12807 |             5720 | 44.66%                        |    12807 | 100.00%                        |
| 29        | West Bengal       |                                                                            89247 |            63471 | 71.12%                        |    35993 | 40.33%                         |
| 30        | A &NIslands       |                                                                              710 |              498 | 70.14%                        |      407 | 57.32%                         |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |                                                                              500 |              500 | 100.00%                       |      500 | 100.00%                        |
| 32        | Delhi             |                                                                             6604 |             6604 | 100.00%                       |     6604 | 100.00%                        |
| 33        | Dadra &NHaveli    |                                                                              268 |              268 | 100.00%                       |      147 | 54.85%                         |
| 34        | Daman &Diu        |                                                                               97 |               97 | 100.00%                       |       94 | 96.91%                         |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |                                                                              107 |              107 | 100.00%                       |      107 | 100.00%                        |
| 36        | Puducherry        |                                                                              788 |              788 | 100.00%                       |      674 | 85.53%                         |
|           | Total             |                                                                          1274831 |           887293 | 69.60%                        |   629541 | 49.38%                         |