whether any guidelines for setting up of 4 lakh Anganwadi Kendras across the country have been issued, if so, the details thereof;
(b) the number of Anganwadi Kendras inaugurated/operational so far under the said guidelines, if so, the details thereof , State-wise; and
(c) the number of children and women likely to be benefitted through the said Anganwadi Kendras?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) to(c) Government of India has approved 14 lakh Anganwadi Centres, including 2,13,859 AWCs and 77,102 Mini-AWCs and an additional provision of 20,000 Anganwadis-on-Demand (AoD). All the 14 lakh approved Anganwadi Centres/Mini-Anganwadi Centres have already been allocated to the State Governments/UT Administrations. The population norms adopted for Establishment/Setting up of Anganwadi Centres are as under :
Population / No. of AWCs Population/ No. of Mini-AWC
Rural/Urban Projects 400-800
800-1600
1600-2400
Thereafter in multiples of 800 1
2
3
1 150-400 1
Tribal/Riverine/Desert, Hilly and other difficult areas/Projects 300-800 1 150-300 1
The Anganwadi Services (under Umbrella ICDS Scheme) operates through a network of 7075 fully operational Projects and 13.81 lakh operational AWCs as on March, 2020. The services are currently provided to 855.05 lakh beneficiaries of which 686.30 lakh are children under six and 168.75 lakh are pregnant women & lactating mothers. 245.03 lakh children of 3-6 years are provided pre-school education of which 122.44 lakh are boys and 122.59 lakh are girls.
State-wise statement is at Annexure.
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Annexure to LOK SABHA Un-Starred Question No.2204 to be answered on 23.09.2020 regarding “Setting up of Anganwadi Kendras”
Anganwadi Centres Sanctioned and Operational under Anganwadi Services Scheme Quarter Ending March 2020
Sl. No State/Uts No. of ICDS Projects No. of Anganwadi Centres Beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition Beneficiaries of Pre-school Education
Sanctioned Operational Sanctioned Operational Children (6 months - 3 years) Children (3 - 6 years) Total Children (6 months - 6 years) Pregnant & lactating Mothers (P&LM) Total Beneficiaries (Children 6 mo-6 years plus P&LM) Boys (3 - 6 years) Girls (3 - 6 years) Total (3 - 6 years)
1 Andhra Pradesh 257 257 55607 55607 1454295 808217 2262512 623882 2886394 401832 404023 805855
2 Telangana 149 149 35700 35634 886611 489126 1375737 348093 1723830 240016 244473 484489
3 Arunachal Pradesh 98 98 6225 6225 74920 87120 162040 19547 181587 44381 42739 87120
4 Assam 231 231 62153 62153 1474028 1516344 2990372 594050 3584422 758103 760404 1518507
5 Bihar 544 544 115009 106953 2146832 2066101 4212933 950333 5163266 1061770 1090804 2152574
6 Chhattisgarh 220 220 52474 51455 1104071 837158 1941229 438445 2379674 384350 388171 772521
7 Goa 11 11 1262 1262 34627 18898 53525 14349 67874 9444 9454 18898
8 Gujarat 336 336 53029 53029 1678486 1422560 3101046 679577 3780623 622768 608899 1231667
9 Haryana 148 148 25962 25962 571669 269019 840688 265117 1105805 133717 135302 269019
10 Himachal Pradesh 78 78 18925 18925 234813 112938 347751 92055 439806 45087 46103 91190
11 Jammu & Kashmir 128 128 30765 28460 216552 142464 359016 85569 444585 117784 113567 231351
12 Jharkhand 224 224 38432 38432 1636742 1126959 2763701 734212 3497913 239972 232826 472798
13 Karnataka 204 204 65911 65911 2259883 1604606 3864489 800418 4664907 729887 713245 1443132
14 Kerala 258 258 33318 33244 478787 355192 833979 336874 1170853 184617 170575 355192
15 Madhya Pradesh 453 453 97135 97135 3188434 2927607 6116041 1393621 7509662 1577866 1584718 3162584
16 Maharashtra 553 553 110486 110219 3031446 2920858 5952304 1207504 7159808 770168 789833 1560001
17 Manipur 43 43 11510 11510 140013 169704 309717 50665 360382 85310 84394 169704
18 Meghalaya 41 41 5896 5896 202333 233715 436048 71635 507683 102142 99385 201527
19 Mizoram 27 27 2244 2244 34244 24731 58975 14195 73170 13336 13245 26581
20 Nagaland** 60 60 3980 3980 142063 145254 287317 50502 337819 73030 71222 144252
21 Odisha 338 338 74154 72587 1793896 1613775 3407671 719379 4127050 807209 806566 1613775
22 Punjab 155 155 27314 27295 450712 275487 726199 212266 938465 135455 132067 267522
23 Rajasthan 304 304 62010 61974 1725291 1025505 2750796 990855 3741651 515146 510359 1025505
24 Sikkim 13 13 1308 1308 11166 8295 19461 4638 24099 4196 4099 8295
25 Tamil Nadu 434 434 54439 54439 1849235 665218 2514453 703336 3217789 442671 665218 1107889
26 Tripura 56 56 10145 9911 143229 159995 303224 61275 364499 87554 86203 173757
27 Uttar Pradesh 897 897 190145 188229 8319496 4836430 13155926 3672183 16828109 2493334 2286187 4779521
28 Uttrakhand 105 105 20067 20067 437155 169677 606832 174260 781092 77558 78677 156235
29 West Bengal# 576 576 119481 116753 3311832 3009866 6321698 1418138 7739836 0 0 0
30 A & N Islands 5 5 720 720 7785 2789 10574 2393 12967 1398 1391 2789
31 Chandigarh* 3 3 450 450 23940 26918 50858 6247 57105 13901 13017 26918
32 Delhi* 95 95 10897 10897 296277 123933 420210 114531 534741 61273 62651 123924
33 Dadra & N Haveli 2 2 302 302 8835 10326 19161 6478 25639 5092 5234 10326
34 Daman & Diu 2 2 107 107 3472 2053 5525 3276 8801 1007 1046 2053
35 Ladakh 13 13 1173 1139 8623 9001 17624 4597 22221 1853 1761 3614
36 Lakshadweep 9 9 107 107 2706 996 3702 1119 4821 528 470 998
37 Puducherry 5 5 855 855 25234 1605 26839 9361 36200 963 642 1605
All India 7075 7075 1399697 1381376 39409733 29220440 68630173 16874975 85505148 12244718 12258970 24503688
* 253 AWCs and 50 AWCs are surrendered by NCTE of Delhi and Chnadigarh respectively.
** Information for the State of Nagaland as on 31-12-2019
# West Bengal Information that due to COVID-19 all AWCs could not run PSE for more than 21 days (PSE Bne. Nil)
*** Revised as on 16-07-2020