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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 of 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 centers 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 the Government of Kerala for improving the service delivered at Anganwadi Centre for the 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 the availability of land. It provides space for classrooms, dining hall, kitchen, storeroom, 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 the Anganwadi Building has been completed.

AS 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
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