(a) whether the Government provide financial assistance to set up crèches for the children of working and sick mothers belonging to weaker sections of the society;
(b) if so, the number of organizations which were provided assistance for the purpose during each of the last three years; and
(c) the number of such organizations functioning in the country, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI S. B. MOOKHERJEE)
(a) & (b) Yes Sir. The number of organizations which were provided assistance for the purpose during each of the last three years is as follows:
Year No. of Organizations
1999-2000 528 2000-2001 528 2001-2002 591 2002-2003 381
(upto 30-11-2002)
Sl.No. Name of State/UT No. of Organisation
1 Andhra Pradesh 123 2 Arunachal Pradesh - 3 Assam 11 4 Bihar(including Jharkhand) 2 5 Delhi 4 6 Goa - 7 Gujarat 9 8 Haryana 15 9 Himachal Pradesh - 10 Karnataka 18 11 Kerala - 12 Madhya Pradesh (including Chhatisgarh) 27 13 Maharashtra 36 14 Manipur 7 15 Meghalaya - 16 Mizoram - 17 Nagaland - 18 Orissa 10 19 Punjab - 20 Rajasthan 2 21 Sikkim - 22 Tamilnadu 56 23 Tripura - 24 Uttar Pradesh 45 25 Uttaranchal 2 26 West Bengal 14 27 Andaman & Nicobar Islands - 28 Chandigarh - 29 Dadar & Nagar Haveli - 30 Daman & Diu - 31 Lakshadweep - 32 Pondicherry -
Total 381