(a) whether the Central Government is providing assistance both financial and organisational, to set up creches for children of working and sick mothers belonging to weaker sections of the society; and
(b) if so, the number of organisations and numbers of such centres provided with assistance during last three years State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI JAS KAUR MEENA)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) Details are at Annexure.
Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha
Unstarred Question No. 3745 for 8.4.2003.
State-wise details of organisations and number of creche
centres provided financial assistance during the last three years.
Sl. Name of 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 No. State No. No. No. of No. No. of No. of of of Organi- of Organi- Creches Organi- Crec- sations Crec- sation sations hes hes
1. Andhra Pradesh 107 1611 94 1845 47 1740
2. Arunachal Pradesh - 100 - 100 100
3. Assam 8 249 2 199 9 245
4. Bihar - 210 2 270 1 260
5. Delhi 4 231 3 229 3 229 6. Goa - 31 - 31 - 31
7 Gujarat 11 884 12 883 2 864
8. Haryana 15 475 14 468 4 591
9. Himachal Pradesh 2 490 2 490 - 480 10. Jammu & Kashmir - 153 - 153 - 153 11. Karnataka 13 641 9 616 8 636 12. Kerala - 643 - 643 643 13. Madhya Pradesh# 17 1364 15 1434 14 1405 14. Maharashtra 39 1301 24 1258 13 1287 15. Manipur 5 256 2 247 - 240 16. Meghalaya - 166 - 166 - 166 17. Mizoram - 143 - 143 - 143 18. Nagaland - 41 - 41 - 41 19. Orissa 30 716 29 731 2 631 20. Punjab 1 155 2 165 - 145 21. Rajasthan 7 385 5 367 1 350 22. Sikkim - 126 - 126 - 126 23. Tamilnadu 27 1046 18 1042 23 1068 24. Tripura - 169 - 169 - 169 25. UttarPradesh$ 46 894 43 862 33 955 26. West Bengal 9 779 5 743 14 1180 27. A&N Islands - 88 - 88 - 88 28. Chandigarh - 37 - 37 - 37 29. D&N Haveli - 9 - 9 - 9 30. Daman & Diu - - - - - - 31. Lakshadweep - 10 - 10 - 10
32. Pondicherry - 112 - 112 - 112
Total 341 13515 281 13677 174 14134
# Including Jharkhand. $ Including Uttaranchal.