(a) the details of the initiatives taken by this Ministry and its ancillary bodies for overall development of children in North-Eastern States and Union Territory of Ladakh; and
(b) the progress of these initiatives in terms of number of beneficiaries, allocation of funds and development of facilities in above mentioned States?
(a) to (b) Anganwadi Services (under Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0 Scheme) is one of the flagship programmes of the Government of India and represents one of the world’s largest and unique programmes for early childhood care and development. The beneficiaries under this scheme are children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers. The package of following six services is provided under the scheme:
i. Supplementary Nutrition (SNP)
ii. Pre-school Non-formal Education,
iii. Nutrition & Health Education,
iv. Immunization,
v. Health Check-up, and
vi. Referral Services
Three of the six services, viz., Immunization, Health check-up and Referral Services are related to health and are provided through NRHM & Public Health Infrastructure.
The Scheme is implemented through State Governments/UT Administrations across the country (including NE States and UT of Ladakh). The Government of India releases grants-in-aid to the States/UTs presently on the following cost sharing ratio between Centre and States/UTs:
Anganwadi Services (General) Salary* SNP
States/UTs with Legislature 60:40 25:75 50:50
NE/ Himalayan States/UT of J&K 90:10 90:10 90:10
UT without Legislature (including Ladakh) 100:0 100:0 100:0
*From 1st December, 2017, remuneration under Anganwadi Services Scheme is allowed only for selected staff of Anganwadi Services.
POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched on 8th March 2018 with an aim to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children under 6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner by adopting a synergised and result oriented approach. POSHAN Abhiyaan addresses malnutrition issues across the nation through components like ICT Application, Convergence, Community Mobilization, behavioural Change & Jan Andolan, Capacity Building, Incentives and Awards, and Innovations.
Under POSHAN Abhiyaan, Aanganwadi Workers (AWWs) are empowered with the provision of Smartphones and Growth Monitoring Devices (GMDs) procured through Government e-Market (GeM) for efficient service delivery.
The mobile application of POSHAN Abhiyaan digitizes and automates physical registers used by Aanganwadi workers. This saves the time of AWWs and AWHs, and improves the quality of their work while simultaneously allowing them real-time monitoring.
The number of beneficiaries under the Anganwadi Services in the NE States and UT of Ladakh are placed at Annexure-I. The status of funds released to States/UTs (NE States and UT of Ladakh) during 2020-21 and the current year under Anganwadi Services is placed at Annexure-II and fund released under POSHAN Abhiyaan (NE States and UT of Ladakh) is placed at Annexure-III. The status of smartphones procurement, GMDs procurement and funds released under POSHAN Abhiyaan to States/UTs (NE States and UT of Ladakh) as on 1st January 2022 is at Annexure IVA and IVB.
Anganwadi Services is an ongoing Scheme of Government of India. Revamping of Anganwadis is a continuous process for which various steps have been taken from time to time for improving the conditions of Anganwadi Centres across the country. Following measures have been taken for upgradation of facilities at Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) across the country (including North-Eastern States and Union Territory of Ladakh) :
(i) Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) have been provided with Smart Phones for efficient service delivery. Details of Smartphones given to AWWs in North-Eastern States and Union Territory of Ladakh is at Annexure-IVA.
(ii) Streamlined guidelines were issued on 13.01.2021, covering several aspects such as quality assurance, roles and responsibilities of duty holders, procedure for procurement, integrating AYUSH concepts and Data management and Monitoring through ‘Poshan Tracker’ for transparency, efficiency and accountability in delivery of Supplementary Nutrition. Smartphones have been provided to AWWs for data feeding in Poshan Tracker.
The Ministry is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme namely Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme under which support is provided to States and UT Governments for delivering services for children in need and difficult circumstances. The Child Care Institutions (CCIs) established under the CPS scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc. and covers both rural and urban children. The Ministry regularly engages with all State/UTs and has shared various advisories from time to time and guidelines for continued and uninterrupted delivery of services and also for effective implementation of the scheme.
State-wise statement of funds released, number of CCIs and beneficiaries covered in the North-Eastern States and UT of Ladakh Under Child Protection Services Scheme during the last three years and current year is at Annexure-V.
Further, the Hon''ble Prime Minister has announced PM CARES for Children scheme to support children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian or adoptive parents due to COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme is accessible through an online portal i.e. "pmcaresforchildren.in". The applications of such children are uploaded on the portal by the respective State/ UT Governments.
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Annexure-I
Statement of AWCs sanctioned & Operational, SNP and PSE beneficiaries under ICDS as on 30.06 2021
Anganwadi Centres Sanctioned and Operational, SNP & PSE Beneficiaries under Anganwadi Services Scheme Quarter Ending 30 June, 2021
S. 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 Bene-ficiaries (children 6 mo-6 years plus P&LM) Boys (3 - 6 years) Girls (3 - 6 years) Total (3 - 6 years)
1 Arunachal Pradesh 98 98 6225 6225 74920 87120 162040 19547 181587 44381 42739 87120
2 Assam 231 230 62153 61715 1414719 1617562 3032281 504233 3536514 859315 758247 1617562
3 Manipur@ 43 43 11510 11510 152451 185439 337890 54302 392192 0 0 0
4 Meghalaya 41 41 5896 5896 202499 235494 437993 66983 504976 112302 109710 222012
5 Mizoram 27 27 2244 2244 50045 49601 99646 20772 120418 10956 10934 21890
6 Nagaland 60 60 3980 3980 186655 178991 365646 40850 406496 89732 89207 178939
7 Sikkim@ 13 13 1308 1308 12584 7369 19953 4776 24729 0 0 0
8 Tripura 56 56 10145 9911 152361 173494 325855 56692 382547 87423 86071 173494
9 Ladakh 13 13 1173 1140 9352 8898 18250 3289 21539 1660 1603 3263
@ Due to COVID-19 AWCs could not run Pre-school Education
Annexure-II
(Rupees in Lakhs)
Sl. No. State/UTs Fund released during 2020-21 under Anganwadi Services
SNP ICDS (GENERAL)
APIP Approved Funds released Funds Utilized APIP Approved Funds released Funds Utilized
1. ARUNACHAL
PRADESH 4001.44 3708.17 3767.99 11246.92 4420.82 2632.04
2. ASSAM 54495.86 54495.86 69759.55 63289.83 52880.27 52030.96
3. MANIPUR 8771.49 10697.3 6667.96 15507.42 6686.14 7993.14
4. MEGHALAYA 11707.34 11648.95 11224.55 6965.8 6044.17 6175.57
5. MIZORAM 2713.59 2288.18 2288.18 3874.83 5104.16 3580.04
6. NAGALAND 8233.04 8232.9 8233.04 6921.27 6688.44 6705.38
7. SIKKIM 606.45 336.42 517.57 2169.57 2093.06 2067.21
8. TRIPURA 8670.68 6503.02 7261.80 11488.99 8734.45 10334.73
9. LADAKH 554.23 554.23 554.23 1694.07 1885.98 1885.98
APIP- Annual Programme Implementation Plan
N/R-Not reported by State Government.
(Rupees in Lakhs)
Sl. No. State/UTs Fund released during 2021-22 under Anganwadi Services (as on 27.03.2022)
SNP ICDS (GENERAL)
APIP Approved Funds released APIP Approved Funds released
1. ARUNACHAL
PRADESH 3708.17 4725.67 12357.17 12357.17
2. ASSAM 54495.86 54495.86 69916.46 62230.33
3. MANIPUR 9101.98 4385.74 14303.27 7753.72
4. MEGHALAYA 11240.57 11051.14 7040.41 6281.68
5. MIZORAM 2288.18 1862.77 4096.69 3315.32
6. NAGALAND 8232.90 8232.75 7232.43 7232.43
7. SIKKIM 359.50 303.22 2312.77 1084.78
8. TRIPURA 7104.28 6883.37 12363.57 11789.10
9. LADAKH 133.65 277.12 1190.35 1190.35
SNP- Supplementary Nutrition Programme
APIP- Annual Programme Implementation Plan
Note: Utilization not due for Financial Year 2021-22.
Annexure-III
State/UT wise statement of funds released under POSHAN Abhiyaan
(Amount in ? lakh)
SN States/UTs Total Central Funds released till 01.01.2022
1 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2815.88
2 ASSAM 32948.67
3 LADAKH 118.768
4 MANIPUR 4389.99
5 MEGHALAYA 5073.386
6 MIZORAM 2575.03
7 NAGALAND 5263.99
8 SIKKIM 1370.98
9 TRIPURA 4135.95
Annexure IVA
STATUS REPORT OF SMARTPHONE PROCUREMENT
Sl. States/UTs Anganwadi Centre Total Required Available in State To be Procured
1 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 6225 6812 149 6663
2 ASSAM 61690 67410 67410 0
3 LADAKH 1173 1295 1300 0
4 MANIPUR 11510 12549 2600 9949
5 MEGHALAYA 5896 6428 3640 2788 (to be replaced)
6 MIZORAM 2244 2479 2479 0
7 NAGALAND 3980 4409 4409 0
8 SIKKIM 1308 1442 1442 0
9 TRIPURA 10145 10735 10735 0
Annexure IVB
Availability Status of Growth Monitoring Devices
Sl
States / UTs
GMD Required Infantometer Stadiometer Weighing Scale- Infant Weighing Scale- M&C
Held
(Already Available) To be procured Held
(Already Available) To be procured Held
Already Available) To be procured Held
(Already
Available) To be procured
1 Arunachal Pradesh 6225 6225 0 6225 0 6225 0 6225 0
2 ASSAM 61715 61715 0 61715 0 61715 0 61715 0
3 Ladakh 1173 1173 0 1173 0 1173 0 1173 0
4 Manipur 11510 11510 0 11510 0 11510 0 11510 0
5 Meghalaya 5896 5896 0 5896 0 5896 0 5896 0
6 Mizoram 2244 2244 0 2244 0 2244 0 2244 0
7 Nagaland 3980 3980 0 3980 0 3980 0 3980 0
8 Sikkim 1308 1308 0 1308 0 1308 0 1308 0
9 Tripura 10145 10406 0 10406 0 10406 0 10406 0
Annexure-V
I. State-wise statement of funds released to the North-Eastern States and UT of Ladakh Child Protection Scheme [CPS] during last 3 years and current year
(Rupees in lakh)
Sl. No. Name of the State 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Amount released Amount released Amount released Amount released
(as on 28.03.2022)
1) Arunachal Pradesh 37.63 1174.11 293.55 487.92
2 Assam 3379.63 3363.95 3159.17 864.04
3 Manipur 3866.99 3102.72 3468.9 3606.76
4 Meghalaya 2254.51 2241.71 2014.36 1005.70
5 Mizoram 2042.28 2530.43 2243.71 1957.58
6 Nagaland 1787.12 2085.95 2125.64 1842.69
7 Sikkim 379.25 662.51 612.81 807.59
8 Tripura 885.77 879.61 1075.65 977.46
9 Ladakh 153.18 126.17
Total 14633.18 16040.99 15146.97 11675.91
II. State-wise statement of number of CCIs and beneficiaries covered in the North-Eastern States and UT of Ladakh under Child Protection Services Scheme upto 28.03.2022
S. No. State Institutional Care [Homes] Open Shelters Specialised Adoption Agencies
No. Assisted Beneficiaries No. Assisted Beneficiaries No. Assisted Beneficiaries
1 Andhra Pradesh 72 2745 6 145 14 122
2 Arunachal Pradesh 5 185 0 0 1 10
3 Assam 42 1464 6 82 19 78
4 Manipur 54 1565 17 333 9 68
5 Meghalaya 44 807 4 160 4 8
6 Mizoram 43 969 0 0 7 49
7 Nagaland 37 642 3 113 4 15
8 Tripura 24 730 4 58 6 44
9 Ladakh*
* UT of Ladakh was part of Jammu & Kashmir till 2019-20.
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