A sum of Rs.164.57 crore released, to States/UTs for construction of sanitation facilities in AWCs

Ministry of Women and Child Development

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A sum of Rs.164.57 crore released, to States/UTs for construction of sanitation facilities in AWCs

Posted On: 09 DEC 2022 6:53PM by PIB Delhi

The number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) functioning in the country As on 30th June, 2022, State-wise is placed at Annexure-I.

The details of funds allocated to these centres during last three years are placed at Annexure-II.

The number of Anganwadi Kendras functioning in buildings without proper sanitation facilities is around 3.6 lakh. The cost of construction of sanitation facilities in AWCs were fixed at Rs 12000/- way back in 2017-18. This norm were not found sufficient for construction of a standard child friendly toilet in AWCs due to cost increase in last few years. The cost of the same has now been revised to Rs. 36000/-. The states have been seeking funds for toilet construction under the revised norms. A sum of Rs.164.57 crore has been released, to States/UTs for construction of sanitation facilities in AWCs.

ANNEXURE-I

The number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) functioning in the country, State-wise as on 30th June, 2022

S NO.

State/UT

No. of Functional Anganwadi Centres

1

Andhra Pradesh

55607

2

Arunachal Pradesh

6225

3

Assam

61715

4

Bihar

112094

5

Chhattisgarh

51664

6

Goa

1262

7

Gujarat

53029

8

Haryana

25962

9

Himachal Pradesh

18925

10

Jharkhand

38432

11

Karnataka

65911

12

Kerala

33115

13

Madhya Pradesh

97135

14

Maharashtra

110427

15

Manipur

11510

16

Meghalaya

5895

17

Mizoram

2244

18

Nagaland

3980

19

Odisha

74154

20

Punjab

27305

21

Rajasthan

61852

22

Sikkim

1308

23

Tamil Nadu

54439

24

Telangana

35700

25

Tripura

9931

26

Uttar Pradesh

189430

27

Uttarakhand

20067

28

West Bengal

119481

29

A & N Islands

719

30

Chandigarh

450

31

Dadra & N Haveli & Daman and Diu

405

32

Delhi

10897

33

Jammu & Kashmir

28078

34

Ladakh

1138

35

Lakshadweep

71

36

Puducherry

855

TOTAL

1391412

ANNEXURE-II

The details of the funds allocated to those centres during each of the last three years:

Sl. No.

State/UTs

Fund released under Anganwadi Services (Rs. in lakhs)

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

1

ANDHRA

69100.42

69281.1

74460.38

PRADESH

2

BIHAR

127888.7

127059.6

157443.1

3

CHHATTISGARH

48339.67

50434.13

60514.42

4

GOA

1559.15

2024.07

1083.56

5

GUJARAT

68684.12

61594.01

83343.97

6

HARYANA

18029.66

18113.67

17303.35

7

JHARKHAND

43355.99

45784.76

35297.77

8

KARNATAKA

76966.72

68641.75

100370.2

9

KERALA

32140.86

31991.6

38797.67

10

MADHYA

121491.9

122037.6

108546.9

PRADESH

11

MAHARASHTRA

133136.2

118783.2

171338.9

12

ODISHA

85993.04

84652.26

93659.57

13

PUNJAB

20144.35

17029.04

38351.68

14

RAJASTHAN

58453.75

63125.61

68264.63

15

TAMIL NADU

64868.45

61071.19

65538.13

16

TELANGANA

45841.08

39931.03

48232.68

17

UTTAR PRADESH

236406

198558.9

239978.6

18

WEST BENGAL

116399.8

104720.9

66835.22

19

DELHI

13293.2

10087.07

13291

20

PUDUCHERRY

489.43

424.39

277.8

21

HIMACHAL

25181.85

25552.07

24798.74

PRADESH

22

JAMMU &

31999.86

28902.02

40573.74

KASHMIR

23

UTTARAKHAND

30309.77

32450.25

35365.25

24

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

1190.78

1525.44

1452.18

25

CHANDIGARH

1347.93

1227.33

1407.78

26

DADAR &

573.81

901.54

933.39

NAGAR HAVELI

27

DAMAN & DIU

267.58

28

LADAKH

0

2299.04

1467.47

29

LAKSHADWEEP

132.51

204.43

210.23

30

ARUNACHAL

12430.77

8191.64

17082.84

PRADESH

31

ASSAM

121893

108068.4

131989.9

32

MANIPUR

16157.52

17383.44

22892.04

33

MEGHALAYA

18484.66

17693.12

17332.82

34

MIZORAM

4814.39

7421.38

5178.09

35

NAGALAND

15370.48

14921.34

15465.18

36

SIKKIM

2023.9

2429.48

2573.06

37

TRIPURA

16615.07

15237.47

18672.47

Total

1681376.37

1579754.27

1820324.71

This information was given by the Union Minister for Women & Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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