The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme of
the Ministry of Women and Child Development is a centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented
through the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. The
responsibility to open an Anganwadi Centre (AWC) in
rural/urban/tribal/hilly areas including the far flung areas rests with the
States/UTs who assess their requirement on the basis
of the prescribed population norms and send the proposal to the Government of
India. The proposals received from the
States/UTs are, in turn, examined by the Government
of India and the new AWCs/Mini-AWCs demanded by the
States/UTs are sanctioned, if found, meeting the
criteria and subject to availability of AWCs/Mini-AWCs.
As on 31.1.2013, out of 14 lakh
approved AWCs [including 1,16,848
Mini-AWCs and 20,000 Anganwadi
on Demand (AoD)], 13,73,677 lakh
AWCs/Mini-AWCs have already been sanctioned to various
States/UTs as per the details are mentioned below. All
the 1,16,848 Mini-AWCs,
approved have been sanctioned to various States/UTs.
For the remaining AWCs, requests from various States/UTs have been received.Â
The names of these States/UTs with number of AWCs, including AoDs, requested
are Bihar (41188), Chhattisgarh (8), Haryana (512 Mini-AWCs), Jammu
& Kashmir (9826), Madhya Pradesh (2023 +208 AoDs),
Meghalaya (1), Mizoram
(264), Nagaland (525), Odisha
(3859), Puducherry (100), Rajasthan (1016), Sikkim (75), Tripura (540), Uttar
Pradesh (1034) and West Bengal (12121).
The requests received by the Government of India from the
people and public representatives for opening of AWCs
are forwarded to the States/UTs for taking necessary
action as per the extant population norms. The States/UTs
while formulating the proposals for opening of AWCs/Mini-AWCs
ought to consider these requests.
|
Sl. No.
|
State/UT
|
No.
of AWCs sanctioned by GOI
|
No.
of mini-AWCs sanctioned by GOI
|
Total
|
|
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
80481
|
10826
|
91307
|
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
6225
|
0
|
6225
|
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
56728
|
5425
|
62153
|
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
86528
|
5440
|
91968
|
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
55709
|
8681
|
64390
|
|
|
6
|
Goa
|
1262
|
0
|
1262
|
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
50552
|
1585
|
52137
|
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
25450
|
512
|
25962
|
|
|
9
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
18386
|
539
|
18925
|
|
|
10
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
29577
|
0
|
29577
|
|
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
35881
|
2551
|
38432
|
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
61187
|
3331
|
64518
|
|
|
13
|
Kerala
|
32986
|
129
|
33115
|
|
|
14
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
80160
|
12070
|
92230
|
|
|
15
|
Maharashtra
|
97475
|
13011
|
110486
|
|
|
16
|
Manipur
|
9958
|
1552
|
11510
|
|
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
3922
|
1234
|
5156
|
|
|
18
|
Mizoram
|
1980
|
0
|
1980
|
|
|
19
|
Nagaland
|
3515
|
0
|
3515
|
|
|
20
|
Orissa
|
62657
|
10216
|
72873
|
|
|
21
|
Punjab
|
25436
|
1220
|
26656
|
|
|
22
|
Rajasthan
|
54925
|
6204
|
61129
|
|
|
23
|
Sikkim
|
1233
|
0
|
1233
|
|
|
24
|
Tamil Nadu
|
50602
|
4940
|
55542
|
|
|
25
|
Tripura
|
9911
|
0
|
9911
|
|
|
26
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
165331
|
22186
|
187517
|
|
|
27
|
Uttrakhand
|
18039
|
5120
|
23159
|
|
|
28
|
West Bengal
|
117170
|
0
|
117170
|
|
|
29
|
A & N Islands
|
689
|
31
|
720
|
|
|
30
|
Chandigarh
|
500
|
0
|
500
|
|
|
31
|
Delhi
|
11150
|
0
|
11150
|
|
|
32
|
Dadra & N Haveli
|
233
|
34
|
267
|
|
|
33
|
Daman & Diu
|
107
|
0
|
107
|
|
|
34
|
Lakshadweep
|
96
|
11
|
107
|
|
|
35
|
Puducherry
|
788
|
0
|
788
|
|
|
|
All India
|
1256829
|
116848
|
1373677
|
|
This was stated by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development, in a
written reply to the Lok Sabha
today.
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MV