Smart Anganwadi Project
Anganwadi Services under Umbrella ICDS Scheme is one of the ongoing flagship programmes of the Government of India 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.
Under Anganwadi Services, a package of six services, namely, (i) Supplementary Nutrition; (ii) Pre-school Non-formal Education; (iii) Nutrition & Health Education; (iv) Immunization; (v) Health Check-up; and (vi) Referral Services is being provided to all eligible beneficiaries. Three of the six services, viz., immunization, health check-up and referral services, are related to health and are provided by NRHM & Public Health Infrastructure.
The Scheme operates through a network of 7075 fully operational Projects and 13.87 lakh AWCs as on March, 2021.
The list of non- functional Anganwadi Kendras State/ UT-wise is at Annexure-1. From time to time Ministry advises States/UTs to operationalize the Anganwadi centres which are non operational. Further, in various meetings, States/ UTs have been advised to expedite the operationalization of the non-functional AWCs for the benefit of the people.
Smart Anganwadi Project is an initiative of Government of Kerala for improving the service delivered at Anganwadi Centre for overall physical and mental development of children. The State has finalized 6 types of plans and estimates for the construction of Anganwadi Buildings on the basis of availability of land. It provides space for class rooms, dining hall, kitchen, store room, creative zone, indoor and outdoor play area. The funds have been provided by the State Government and LSGD Institutions.
The first Smart Anganwadi building in the State of Kerala is under construction in Thiruvananthapuram District under Thiruvananthapuram Urban II ICDS Project. The project cost for the same is Rs.44,94,518/-, for which sufficient funds have been provided by the State Government of Kerala. 80% of the construction of Anganwadi Building has been completed.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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Annexure I
| State/UT wise AWCs data as on March 2021 | ||||
| S. No. | State/UT | Sanctioned | Operational | Non Operational |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh # | 55607 | 55607 | 0 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 6225 | 6225 | 0 |
| 3 | Assam | 62153 | 62153 | 0 |
| 4 | Bihar | 115009 | 111468 | 3541 |
| 5 | Chhatisgarh | 52474 | 51583 | 891 |
| 6 | Goa # | 1262 | 1262 | 0 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 53029 | 53029 | 0 |
| 8 | Haryana | 25962 | 25962 | 0 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 18925 | 18925 | 0 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 38432 | 38432 | 0 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 65911 | 65911 | 0 |
| 12 | Kerala | 33318 | 33244 | 74 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 97135 | 97135 | 0 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 110486 | 110219 | 267 |
| 15 | Manipur # | 11510 | 11510 | 0 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | 5896 | 5896 | 0 |
| 17 | Mizoram | 2244 | 2244 | 0 |
| 18 | Nagaland | 3980 | 3980 | 0 |
| 19 | Odisha | 74154 | 72587 | 1567 |
| 20 | Punjab | 27314 | 27304 | 10 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 62010 | 61974 | 36 |
| 22 | Sikkim | 1308 | 1308 | 0 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 54439 | 54439 | 0 |
| 24 | Telangana # | 35700 | 35634 | 66 |
| 25 | Tripura | 10145 | 9911 | 234 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 190145 | 189309 | 836 |
| 27 | Uttrakhand | 20067 | 20067 | 0 |
| 28 | West Bengal # * | 119481 | 117076 | 2405 |
| 29 | A & N Islands | 720 | 720 | 0 |
| 30 | Chandigarh | 450 | 450 | 0 |
| 31 | Dadra & N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 409 | 409 | 0 |
| 32 | Delhi | 10897 | 10897 | 0 |
| 33 | Jammu & Kashmir | 30765 | 28460 | 2305 |
| 34 | Ladakh | 1173 | 1140 | 33 |
| 35 | Lakshadweep | 107 | 107 | 0 |
| 36 | Puducherry | 855 | 855 | 0 |
| Total | 1399697 | 1387432 | 12265 | |