Lok Sabha Question No. 3389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-05
Subject: ISSNIP Projects
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAMLESH  PASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEPELOVEMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3389

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2016

## ISSNIP Projects

## 3389. SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN :

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

- (a) whether    the  Government  implements  the  ICDS  (Integrated  Child  Development  Services Scheme)    Systems  Strengthening  and  Nutrition  Improvement  Project  (ISSNIP)  with  financial assistance of the World Bank(WB)/International Development Association (IDA) to supplement ICDS programmes;
- (b) if so, details thereof indicating the districts selected thereunder and the criteria adopted therefor;
- (c) the financial assistance received from WB/IDA for the purpose alongwith the funds released to the States/UTs therefrom for the implementation of the project during the last three years and the current year, State/UT- wise; and
- (d) the manner in which the project is helpful in eradication of malnutrition from the country along with the success achieved thereby?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b)  Ministry of Women & Child Development is implementing the International Development Association  (IDA)  assisted  ICDS  Systems  Strengthening  and  Nutrition  Improvement  Project (ISSNIP) in 162 high malnutrition Districts of 08 (eight) States of the country. The list of the Districts covered under the project is at Annexure-I .  Most  of  these  districts  have  been  selected  through ranking of 548 districts for which nutritional status information was available from the second round of  District  Level  Household  Survey  (DLHS-2: 2002-04), using a composite index comprising two parameters, viz. ( i)  proportion of children below six years who are underweight, and (ii) anaemia level among pregnant women of age 15-44 years.
- (c)  International Development Association (IDA) has disbursed an amount of Rs.126.64 Crore under the project, so far. Release of funds to States during the last three years and the current year is at Annexure-II.
- (d)  The  project  aims  at  strengthening  the  ICDS  programme  framework  through  incorporating Information & Communication Technology enabled Real Time Monitoring (ICT-RTM), instituting the mechanism of capacity building of front line functionaries in Incremental Learning Approach and organising  Community  Based  Events  (CBE)  at  Aanganwadi  Centres  for  bringing  nutritional behaviour change in community. ICDS is one of the most important programmes in the country to address  the  issue  of  malnutrition  in  children  up  to  6  years  of  age  group,  pregnant  women  and lactating  mothers by providing nutrition and health services to the beneficiaries from Anganwadi platform. ISSNIP envisages strengthening the ICDS Service Delivery System for better nutritional outcomes.

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## ISSNIP - List of 162 Districts in States Selected under the Project

| S. No.   | AP (10)       | Bihar (19)         | Chhattisgarh (11)   | Jharkhand (12)     | Madhya Pradesh (30)   | Maharashtra (20)   | Rajasthan (19)   | Uttar Pradesh (41)   |
|----------|---------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------------|
| 1.       | Anantpur      | Samastipur         | Mahasamund          | Kodarma            | Jhabua                | Wardha             | Sirohi           | Baghpat              |
| 2.       | Chittoor      | Madhubani          | Korba               | Dumka              | Alirajpur             | Nandurbar          | Sawai Madhopur   | Farrukhbad           |
| 3.       | Cudapadh      | Purvi Champaran    | Durg                | Giridih            | East Nimar            | Buldana            | Kota             | Moradabad            |
| 4.       | East Godavari | Vaishali           | Kawardha            | Pashchim Singhbhum | Shivpuri              | Nanded             | Rajsamand        | Unnao                |
| 5.       | Kurnool       | Pashchim Champaran | Jashpur             | Dhanbad            | Guna                  | Gadchiroli         | Baran            | Meerut               |
| 6.       | Prakasam      | Madhepura          | Kanker              | Chatra             | Panna                 | Chandrapur         | Jhunjhunun       | Banda                |
| 7.       | Vizianagaram  | Muzaffarpur        | Dantewada           | Garhwa             | Katni                 | Jalgaon            | Jodhpur          | Muzaffarnagar        |
| 8.       | Srikakulam    | Munger             | Bijapur             | Godda              | Dewas                 | Washin             | Karauli          | Bulandshahar         |
| 9.       | Visakhapatnam | Sitamarhi          | Bastar              | Lohardaga          | Neemuch               | Ahmadnagar         | Dhaulpur         | Kaushambi            |
| 10.      | West Godavari | Darbhanga          | Narayanpur          | Latehar            | Mandsaur              | Parbhani           | Barmer           | Chitrakoot           |
| 11.      |               | Supaul             | Raipur              | Pakur              | Ratlam                | Dhule              | Tonk             | Etawah               |
| 12.      |               | Jamui              |                     | Palamu             | Barwani               | Bid                | Alwar            | Auraiya              |
| 13.      |               | Purnia             |                     |                    | Vidisha               | Amravati           | Chittaurgarh     | Kushinagar           |
| 14.      |               | Gopalganj          |                     |                    | Chhindwara            | Jalna              | Dungarpur        | Jyotiba Phule Nagar  |
| 15.      |               | Lakhisarai         |                     |                    | Rajgharh              | Nagpur             | Udaipur          | Sant Ravidas Nagar   |
| 16.      |               | Saharsa            |                     |                    | Dindori               | Sangi              | Churu            | Ghaziabad            |
| 17.      |               | Bhagalpur          |                     |                    | Shajapur              | Mumbai             | Jaipur           | Mahoba               |
| 18.      |               | Buxar              |                     |                    | Bhind                 | Hingoli            | Ajmer            | Hamirpur             |
| 19.      |               | Jahandabad         |                     |                    | Morena                | Nashik             | Dausa            | Kanpur Dehat         |
| 20.      |               |                    |                     |                    | Ujjain                | Gondiya            |                  | Azamgarh             |
| 21.      |               |                    |                     |                    | Jabalpur              |                    |                  | Mainpuri             |
| 22.      |               |                    |                     |                    | West Nimar            |                    |                  | Ghazipur             |
| 23.      |               |                    |                     |                    | Umaria                |                    |                  | Hathras              |
| 24.      |               |                    |                     |                    | Sheopur               |                    |                  | Barabanki            |
| 25.      |               |                    |                     |                    | Datia                 |                    |                  | Aligarh              |
| 26.      |               |                    |                     |                    | Indore                |                    |                  | Mau                  |
| 27.      |               |                    |                     |                    | Sidhi                 |                    |                  | Faizabad             |
| 28.      |               |                    |                     |                    | Singhroli             |                    |                  | Sidhharthnagar       |
| 29.      |               |                    |                     |                    | Damoh                 |                    |                  | Allahabad            |
| 30.      |               |                    |                     |                    | Tikamgarh             |                    |                  | Rampur               |
| 31.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  | Chandauli            |
| 32.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  | Jhansi               |
| 33.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  | Rae Barelli          |
| 34.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  | Sant Kabir           |
| 35.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  |                      |
|          |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  | Lucknow              |
| 36.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  | Pilibhit             |
| 37.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  | Kanpur Nagar         |
| 38.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  |                      |
| 39.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  | Fatehpur Shahjanpur  |
| 40.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  | Hardoi               |
| 41.      |               |                    |                     |                    |                       |                    |                  |                      |

## Annexure-I

## ISSNIP - Release of funds to States

## Annexure-II

(Amount in Rs. Lakh)

| State          | 2013-14   | 2014-15   |   2015-16 | 2016-17   |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh | 1232.12   | 1291.46   |       348 | 1759.77   |
| Bihar          | 2,620.00  | 552.95    |       398 |           |
| Chhattisgarh   | 730.82    | 403.52    |       264 | 1721.21   |
| Jharkhand      | 1,668.00  | 291.42    |       180 |           |
| Madhya Pradesh | 911.37    | 2096.12   |       398 |           |
| Maharashtra    | 1,339.00  | 1538.71   |       552 |           |
| Rajasthan      | 440.43    | 594.81    |       338 |           |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 1,926.00  | 753.04    |       761 |           |
| Total          | 10,867.74 | 7,522.03  |      3239 | 3480.98   |