Question : ENTITLEMENT OF RATION FOR ANGANWADI WORKERS



(a) the monetary value of snakes given to each child in Anganwadi scheme;

(b) the total amount yearly allocated and spent;

(c) whether any circular has been issued listing item-wise and quantity-wise ration entitlements of each Anganwadi and the quantity thereof;

(d) the scoring point established to qualify for BPL identity;

(e) whether due publicity would be given to instructions of circular to make all the concerned aware; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA)

(a),(b),(c),(d),(e)&(f) The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme aims at a holistic development of children (0-6 years) and expectant and nursing mothers from disadvantaged sections. It is a Centrally-sponsored Scheme in which the Central Government is responsible for programme planing and operating costs and the State Governments are responsible for implementing the Scheme and for providing supplementary nutrition out of the States’ resources.

The nature and type of food provided as supplementary nutrition varies from State to State. The State Governments have, however, been requested to ensure that supplementary nutrition is provided to all ICDS beneficiaries as per the prescribed nutrition norms of the Scheme.

The budget allocation and expenditure for 2001-02 and budget allocation for 2002-03, as reported by the States is given in the statement anexed.

Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2364 for 17.12.2003 by Shri Bishnu Pada Ray regarding entitlement of ration for Anganwadi Workers

(Rs., lakh)	2001-02 2002-03
Sl. State/UT	Budget &	Budget
No.	Provision Expenditure Provision on	supplementary on nutrition supplementary nutrition	Budget Expenditure	Provision 1 Andhra Pradesh 6166.58 6113.58 6732.63 2 Arunachal Pr. 1146.00 1146.00 1146 3 Assam 4482.47 3646.53 3500 4 Bihar NA 549.99 NA 5 Chhattisgarh 2620.54 1758.27 4097.4 6 Goa 66.95 66.02 78 7 Gujarat 11839.55 6641.90 15215.03 8 Haryana 3147.55 3147.55 4137.73 9 Himachal Pr. 980.00 980.00 1090 10 Jammu & Kashmir 1000.00 9898.88 1000 11 Jharkhand 450.00 158.85 599.32 12 Karnataka 11350.95 8110.17 10228.15 13 Kerala NA 3057.08 NA 14 Madhya Pradesh 7685.00 6957.95 7713 15 Maharashtra 16343.21 15799.78 21355.19 16 Manipur 0.00 0.00 50 17 Meghalaya 25.58 25.58 28.40 18 Mizoram 0.00 0.00 20 19 Nagaland 0.00 0.00 0 20 Orissa 3400.96 1930.59 4248.78 21 Punjab 100.00 2.94 0 22 Rajasthan 1365.22 1304.30 5100 23 Sikkim 0.00 0.00 29 24 Tamil Nadu 5976.85 3146.80 5592.36 25 Tripura 1111.31 197.19 298 26 Uttar Pradesh 14646.14 7998.44 15110.01 27 Uttaranchal 1244.00 183.00 1378.38 28 West Bengal 9846.08 8313.27 8298.31 29 A & N Islands 220.00 151.86 248 30 Chandigarh 84.05 84.05 100 31 Delhi 2303.65 2282.80 2136 32 Dadra & N Haveli 48.00 11.71 NA 33 Daman & Diu 27.00 27.00 36.7 34 Lakshadweep 43.00 28.96 42.5 35 Pondicherry 380.10 378.36 413 India -> 108100.74 94099.40 120021.89	NA - Not Available