Lok Sabha Question No. 433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-02
Subject: Social Audits under PM POSHAN
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Kesineni Sivanath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO433

ANSWERED ON- 02.02.2026

## Social Audits under PM POSHAN

433. Shri Kesineni Sivanath:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether States are advised to conduct social audits under the PM POSHAN scheme every year in the country;
- (b) if so, whether the Central Government monitors the social audits conducted by the States under the scheme;
- (c) if so, the number of social audit conducted during the last five years under the scheme, State-wise and year-wise;
- (d) the number of social audits conducted in the country particularly in Andhra Pradesh under the scheme from the year 2019 to 2024, district-wise and year-wise;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  introduce  mechanisms  to  monitor  social  auditing mechanisms of the States, if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether any incentives are being planned to be provided for States to conduct social audits; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (d): Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Scheme is one of the foremost rights  based  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme implemented in partnership with the States and Union Territories (UTs) for providing one hot cooked and nutritious meal to all children studying in Bal Vatika (just before class-I) and classes I to VIII of Government and Government-aided schools. The overall responsibility for providing hot cooked and nutritious meal to the eligible children lies with the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations.

As per the extant guidelines of the PM Poshan Scheme States/UTs are required to conduct Social Audit in all districts in at least 20 schools or 2% of the schools, whichever is higher for each district. The responsibility for taking action and ensuring compliance on the Social Audit findings rests with the State/ UTs.

The State/ UT-wise number of social audits conducted during last five years is at Annexure-I. Social audits conducted in Andhra Pradesh under the scheme from the year 2019 to 2024, district-wise and year-wise are at Annexure-II.

(e) to (g): The scheme also provides elaborate monitoring mechanism i.e. Empowered Committee under the Chairpersonship of Hon'ble Union Education Minister, Programme Approval Board (PAB) under the Chairpersonship of Secretary (DoSE&L), State Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee under the Chairpersonship of Chief Secretary, District level Steering-cum- Monitoring Committee under the  Chairpersonship  of  District  Collector.  The  PM  Poshan  Guidelines  provides  a  District  Level Committee under the Chairmanship of senior most Member of Parliament (MP) of the district to monitor the scheme on quarterly basis.

Programme Approval Board (PAB) of PM Poshan under the Chairpersonship of Secretary (DoSE&L) monitor the social audits conducted by each State/ UT in previous financial year and also approve the proposals of States/ UTs to conduct social audits in the current financial year as per the PM Poshan Guidelines. PAB also advise the States/ UTs to draw annual calendar of activities to conduct the Social Audit and share the Social Audit report and action taken report. Expenditures on Social Audit are met from the MME component of the Scheme.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (D)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  433  FOR  02.02.2026  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MP  SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH REGARDING SOCIAL AUDITS UNDER PM POSHAN.

State/ UT-wise number of social audits conducted during last five years

| S.No.   | States/UTs        | Number of Social Audits carried out   | Number of Social Audits carried out   | Number of Social Audits carried out   | Number of Social Audits carried out   | Number of Social Audits carried out   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | States/UTs        | 2020-21*                              | 2021-22                               | 2022-23                               | 2023-24                               | 2024-25                               |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                                     | 0                                     | 52                                    | 520                                   | 900                                   |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                     | 0                                     | 120                                   | 560                                   | 560                                   |
| 3       | Assam             | 0                                     | 447                                   | 1005                                  | 942                                   | 932                                   |
| 4       | Bihar             | 0                                     | 0                                     | 11                                    | 753                                   | 553                                   |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 0                                     | 28250                                 | 22251                                 | 36270                                 | 1097                                  |
| 6       | Goa               | 0                                     | 48                                    | 0                                     | 41                                    | 42                                    |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 0                                     | 60                                    | 194                                   | 323                                   | 11413                                 |
| 8       | Haryana           | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 60                                    |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                                     | 65                                    | 207                                   | 248                                   | 473                                   |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 0                                     | 6817                                  | 1031                                  | 1035                                  | 745                                   |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 0                                     | 93                                    | 1095                                  | 800                                   | 809                                   |
| 12      | Kerala            | 0                                     | 0                                     | 280                                   | 450                                   | 308                                   |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                                     | 45483                                 | 50462                                 | 2600                                  | 2600                                  |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 0                                     | 2523                                  | 1802                                  | 0                                     | 4278                                  |
| 15      | Manipur           | 0                                     | 5                                     | 20                                    | 20                                    | 100                                   |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 0                                     | 1415                                  | 306                                   | 213                                   | 280                                   |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 0                                     | 80                                    | 220                                   | 0                                     | 80                                    |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 0                                     | 40                                    | 16                                    | 32                                    | 21                                    |
| 19      | Odisha            | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 600                                   | 1080                                  |
| 20      | Punjab            | 0                                     | 120                                   | 0                                     | 238                                   | 540                                   |
| 21      | Rajasthan         | 0                                     | 50                                    | 2396                                  | 589                                   | 459                                   |
| 22      | Sikkim            | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 100                                   |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu        | 0                                     | 5                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 954                                   |
| 24      | Telangana         | 0                                     | 0                                     | 66                                    | 660                                   | 660                                   |
| 25      | Tripura           | 0                                     | 160                                   | 160                                   | 160                                   | 160                                   |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 1500                                  | 1575                                  | 2365                                  |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 0                                     | 143                                   | 162                                   | 146                                   | 284                                   |
| 28      | West Bengal       | 0                                     | 0                                     | 400                                   | 5405                                  | 5441                                  |
| 29      | A&N Islands       | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 65                                    |
| 30      | Chandigarh        | 0                                     | 26                                    | 21                                    | 20                                    | 25                                    |
| 31      | D&N and D &Diu    | 0                                     | 70                                    | 94                                    | 88                                    | 60                                    |
| 32      | Delhi             | 0                                     | 170                                   | 0                                     | 375                                   | 418                                   |
| 33      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0                                     | 270                                   | 18142                                 | 18142                                 | 400                                   |
| 34      | Ladakh            | 0                                     | 0                                     | 270                                   | 40                                    | 40                                    |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 0                                     | 0                                     | 10                                    | 0                                     | 7                                     |
| 36      | Puducherry        | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 293                                   |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (D)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  433  FOR  02.02.2026  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MP  SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH REGARDING SOCIAL AUDITS UNDER PM POSHAN.

Social audits conducted in Andhra Pradesh under the scheme from the year 2019 to 2024

## district-wise and year-wise

| S.No.   | Name of the District   |   2019-20* |   2020-21* |   2021-22* |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|---------|------------------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | SRIKAKULAM             |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        34 |
| 2       | MANYAM                 |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        26 |
| 3       | VIZIANAGARAM           |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        31 |
| 4       | VISAKHAPATNAM          |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        20 |
| 5       | ASR                    |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        57 |
| 6       | ANAKAPALLI             |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        33 |
| 7       | KAKINADA               |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        27 |
| 8       | EAST GODAVARI          |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        20 |
| 9       | KONASEEMA              |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        25 |
| 10      | ELURU                  |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        29 |
| 11      | WEST GODAVARI          |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        28 |
| 12      | KRISHNA                |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        27 |
| 13      | NTR                    |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        20 |
| 14      | GUNTUR                 |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        25 |
| 15      | PALNADU                |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        35 |
| 16      | BAPATLA                |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        28 |
| 17      | PRAKASAM               |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        41 |
| 18      | SPSR NELLORE           |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        61 |
| 19      | TIRUPATI               |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        31 |
| 20      | CHITTOOR               |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        47 |
| 21      | ANNAMAYYA              |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        43 |
| 22      | YSR KADAPA             |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        56 |
| 23      | SRI SATYASAI           |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        32 |
| 24      | ANANTHAPURAM           |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        36 |
| 25      | KURNOOL                |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        51 |
| 26      | NANDYAL                |          0 |          0 |          0 |         2 |        20 |        37 |
|         | TOTAL                  |          0 |          0 |          0 |        52 |       520 |       900 |