MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI KRISHNA TIRATH)
(a) & (b): Under the Strengthening and Restructuring of ICDS, Government has approved provision
of Construction of 2 lakh AWCs during the 12th Five Year Plan Period. The funding for this would be
provided @ Rs. 4.5 lakh per unit with the ratio of 75:25 between Centre and States except NER where
it will be 90:10. cost of the AWC buildings to be in accordance to the State Schedule of Rates (SOR).
Besides this, there are provision for allotment of funds from State resources as well as leverage of
funds under BRGF, MSDP, RIDF, IAP, Finance Commission, ACA, MLALAD and other similar schemes for
construction of AWC Buildings.
Recently, the Ministry of Rural Development has also included construction of AWCs in the list of
new works for extending activities permitted under MGNREGA. In this regard, a joint letter from
Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development & Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development has
been issued to all States/UTs for planning and implementation by concerned Departments in the States/
UTs to ensure the construction of AWCs in convergence with MGNREGA.
(c) to (e): During the course of discussion in the National Orientation and Information
Dissemination Conference on Restructured ICDS held on 12.01.2013 at New Delhi, the representative
of State Government of Madhya Pradesh has flagged the issue of unit cost of Construction of Anganwadi
Buildings and matter of MNREGA convergence. No formal reference is received so far from the
State Government.
