ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILDDEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) & (b) State/UT-wise number of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) across the country is at Annexure-I. The Anganwadi Services under Umbrella ICDS Scheme envisages Anganwadi Workers & Helpers as honorary workers from local community who come forward to render their services, on part time basis, in the area of child care and development. In addition, all issues pertaining to implementation of scheme including appointment/recruitment of Anganwadi Staff rests with the concerned State/UT. As per norms, one post of Anganwadi Worker and one post of Anganwadi Helper is sanctioned for main Anganwadi Centre (AWC). For mini AWC only one post of AWW is sanctioned.
(c) POSHAN Abhiyaan focuses on building the capacity of front-line ICDS functionaries in effective and consistent manner by using Incremental Learning Approach (ILA). Under ILA, functionaries are being trained on thematic modules following the cascade of training of State Resource Group (SRG), District Resource Groups (DRGs) and Block Resource Groups (BRGs). Total 21 training modules are there as part of ILA. States/UTs are rolling out ILA Modules as per the guidelines. A digital version of ILA i.e. e-ILA has also been developed and rolled out. 9.94 lakh field functionaries have received training in ILA modules so far. Total 3.32 lakh field functionaries have completed e-ILA modules.
(d) State/UT-wise allocation of foodgrains made during last three years under Wheat Based Nutrition Programme at NFSA rates for Supplementary Nutrition Program is at Annexure-II.
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Annexure-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4440 FOR 20.03.2020 REGARDING CAPACITY BUILDING OF ANGANWADI WORKERS ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL GANDHI
State/UT-wise sanctioned, in-position and vacant position of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) as on 31st December, 2019
S. No. State/UT No. of AWWs No. of AWHs
Sanctioned In-
position Vacant Sanctioned In-
position Vacant
1 Andhra Pradesh* 55607 53942 1665 48768 45421 3347
2 Telangana 35700 34117 1583 31711 29026 2685
3 Arunachal Pradesh 6225 6225 0 6225 6225 0
4 Assam* 62153 60942 1211 56728 55908 820
5 Bihar 115009 106953 8056 107894 92544 15350
6 Chhattisgarh 52474 50030 2444 46660 43647 3013
7 Goa 1262 1185 77 1262 1203 59
8 Gujarat 53029 51524 1505 51229 48752 2477
9 Haryana 25962 25042 920 25450 24403 1047
10 Himachal Pradesh* 18925 18759 166 18386 18096 290
11 Jammu & Kashmir 30765 28697 2068 30765 28786 1979
12 Jharkhand 38432 37821 611 35881 35202 679
13 Karnataka 65911 64519 1392 62580 60098 2482
14 Kerala 33318 33115 203 33189 32986 203
15 Madhya Pradesh 97135 96236 899 84465 83520 945
16 Maharashtra 110486 105592 4894 97475 89940 7535
17 Manipur 11510 11302 208 9958 9797 161
18 Meghalaya 5896 5883 13 4630 4613 17
19 Mizoram 2244 2244 0 2244 2244 0
20 Nagaland 3980 3980 0 3980 3980 0
21 Odisha 74154 71393 2761 63738 60520 3218
22 Punjab 27314 27285 29 26074 23507 2567
23 Rajasthan 62010 59550 2460 55806 52748 3058
24 Sikkim 1308 1296 12 1308 1293 15
25 Tamil Nadu* 54439 49182 5257 49499 43763 5736
26 Tripura 10145 9911 234 10145 9911 234
27 Uttar Pradesh* 190145 171245 18900 167855 147824 20031
28 Uttarakhand 20067 19526 541 14947 14341 606
29 West Bengal 119481 108059 11422 119481 100787 18694
30 A & N Islands 720 719 1 689 689 0
31 Chandigarh 450 450 0 450 450 0
32 Delhi 10897 9990 907 10897 10737 160
33 Dadra & N Haveli 302 302 0 247 235 12
34 Daman & Diu 107 102 5 107 102 5
35 Ladakh 1173 1133 40 1173 1129 44
36 Lakshadweep 107 107 0 96 96 0
37 Puducherry* 855 780 75 855 768 87
Total 13,99,697 13,29,138 70,559 12,82,847 11,85,291 97,556
* Information up to September, 2019
Annexure-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4440 FOR 20.03.2020 REGARDING CAPACITY BUILDING OF ANGANWADI WORKERS ASKED BY SHRI RAHUL GANDHI
State/UT-wise details of food-grains allocated under Wheat Based Nutrition Programme during last 3 years
(In MTs)
S. No. States/UTs 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Wheat Rice Wheat Rice Wheat Rice
1 Andhra Pradesh 0 108814 16960 67559 20000 72000
2 Arunchal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bihar 0 89187 0 40000 0 24000
4 Chhattisgarh 53355 30502 50688 28624 56000 32000
5 Goa 37 3784 36 3872 28 3600
6 Assam 4000 58078 0 0 0 15667
7 Gujarat 59336 12108 56812 11892 64000 16000
8 Haryana 28916 8586 24000 7000 20000 7200
9 Himachal Pradesh 9825 5440 9712 6268 9600 4400
10 Jammu & Kashmir 0 19500 0 10000 0 10000
11 Jharkhand 38278 30532 36297 9791 40000 12800
12 Karnataka 89692 69532 90780 75504 60000 68000
13 Kerala 7680 5521 7680 5520 7340 6000
14 Madhya Pradesh 147292 54420 124000 40000 117550 40000
15 Maharashtra 128268 32076 100000 20000 93558 31446
16 Orissa 86931 40668 84692 41584 64000 40000
17 Punjab 13160 9330 7000 5900 8000 4800
18 Rajasthan 19188 0 0 0 0 0
19 Tamil Nadu 55425 32207 34772 32212 50896 28000
20 Telangana 20985 39029 20708 33056 22000 32000
21 Uttar Pradesh 175356 19920 138760 23856 160967 40607
22 West Bengal 0 184406 0 80000 0 109522
23 Andaman & Nicobar 0 234 0 100 0 210
24 Daman & Diu 0 0 17 17 100 120
25 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 78 186 156 188 175 180
26 Lakshadweep 0 122 0 60 0 60
27 Manipur 0 19560 0 20704 20000
28 Mizoram 2240 1708 1696 2000 1400 2400
29 Nagaland 0 16244 0 16244 0 20000
30 Sikkim 500 0 434 0 600 0
31 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Tripura 0 8448 0 12532 0 9080
Total 9,40,542 9,00,142
8,05,200
5,94,485 7,96,214 6,50,092
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