(a) whether work is being carried out under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in the country particularly in Shahjahanpur and Misrikh Parliamentary Constituencies of Uttar Pradesh;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of the central funds allocated and utilized during the said period along with the number of beneficiaries during each of the last three years?
(a) & (b) Under the Anganwadi Services scheme, a package of six services comprising Supplementary nutrition; pre-school non-formal education; nutrition and health education; immunization; health checkup; and referral services are provided to targeted beneficiaries i.e. all children below 6 years, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers. Three of the six services namely, Immunization, Health Check-up and Referral Services are delivered through Public Health Infrastructure under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
Anganwadi Services is a centrally-sponsored self selecting scheme implemented by all States/UTs through a network of 13.89 lakh operational Anganwadi Centres across the country, out of which 1,89,309 AWCs are currently operational in State of Uttar Pradesh as on 30.06.2021 providing services to 1,49,18,107 beneficiaries. Services under Anganwadi Scheme is being provided in all districts of Uttar Pradesh including in the Parliamentary constituencies of Shahjahanpur and Misrikh.
(c) Details of central share and the amount utilized by State of Uttar Pradesh under Anganwadi Services is as follows:
2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Amount Released Amount Utilized Amount Released Amount Utilized Amount Released Amount Utilized
202972.91 223244.06 236406.00 245280.88 198558.94 172436.98
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