Parliament Question: Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Andhra Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5677 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2026 CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

5677. SHRI G M HARISH BALAYOGI:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the details of all Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes being implemented by the Ministry in Andhra Pradesh, scheme-wise;

(b) the number of beneficiaries (SC/ST/OBC) covered under the said schemes in the said State during the last three years, scheme-wise and district-wise, especially in Konaseema district;

(c) the details of the funds allocated, released/utilised under the said schemes in Andhra Pradesh during the last three years, scheme-wise, year-wise and district-wise;

(d) the details of infrastructure and institutional facilities created/strengthened under the said schemes in the said State during the said period, district-wise;

(e) the details of capacity building/training/awareness programmes conducted for Anganwadi workers, child protection personnel and other stakeholders in Andhra Pradesh, including number of personnel trained, district-wise, especially in the said district; and

(f) the details of the steps taken to strengthen implementation and outreach of women and child welfare schemes in the said State, particularly in the said district? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (f) Various schemes implemented by the Ministry of Women & Child Development for welfare of women and children all over the country, including in Andhra Pradesh, have been reviewed and clubbed into three Umbrella Missions, viz. (1) Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 for improving nutrition & health indicators (2) Mission Shakti, for safety, protection and empowerment of women; and (3) Mission Vatsalya, for protection, care and welfare of children in difficult circumstances. Details of the schemes are as under:(i) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0): In the 15th Finance Commission, components of nutritional support for children below the age of 6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers, Adolescent Girls (14 – 18 years); Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years]; Anganwadi infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadi, Poshan Abhiyaan and Scheme for Adolescent Girls have been reorganised under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0).

Under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, a package of six services are provided to the eligible beneficiaries i.e Supplementary Nutrition (SNP), Pre-school Non-Formal Education, Nutrition & Health Education, Immunization, Health Check-up, and Referral Services. Three of the six services, viz., Immunization, Health check-up and Referral Services are related to health and are provided through National Health Mission (NHM) & Public Health Infrastructure. Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 is a Centrally Sponsored scheme.

Central Government is responsible for the overall planning and policy under the scheme

whereas its day-to-day implementation falls under the ambit of State Government or UT administration.

Further, Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) was revised from 01.04.2022 onwards and was subsumed under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. The Scheme aims at providing nutritional support to Adolescent Girls (AGs) [14-18 years] for improving their health and nutritional status under the nutrition component and providing them IFA supplementation, Health check-up and Referral Service, Nutrition & Health Education and Skilling etc. under non-nutrition component of the Scheme. The targeted beneficiaries under the Scheme are AGs in the age group of 14 to 18 years in Aspirational Districts and all North Eastern States.

(ii) Mission Shakti: The ‘Mission Shakti’ aims at strengthening interventions for women safety, security and empowerment. It seeks to focus on proposing strategies for improving convergence across Ministries/ Departments and at different levels of governance. Mission Shakti comprises of two sub-schemes ‘Sambal’ and ‘Samarthya’ for safety and security of women and empowerment of women respectively.

The “Sambal” sub-scheme is for safety and security of women. It has the components of One Stop Centres (OSCs), Women Helpline (WHL), Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) and Nari Adalat. • One Stop Centres (OSCs)- One Stop Centre (OSC) provides integrated and immediate support and assistance under one roof to women affected by violence and those in distress, both in private and public spaces all across the country. It provides services like medical aid, legal aid and advice, temporary shelter, police assistance and psycho- social counselling to needy women.

• Women Helpline (WHL)- Women Helpline (WHL-181) provides 24-hour toll-free telecommunication services to support women in both emergency and non-emergency situations. It offers assistance to women affected by violence and provides information about government schemes and services all across the country.

• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP)- Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme was launched on 22nd January 2015 to help address Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of empowerment of girls and women over a life cycle continuum. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme has transformed from policy initiative into national 1movement by mobilizing various stakeholders, including government agencies, media civil society and general public.

• Nari Adalat- Nari Adalat scheme provides a platform for alternative grievance redressal for women at the gram panchayat level. The Adalats are mandated to help women in distress at the panchayat level in resolving smaller issues relating to domestic violence, and other gender-based violence by negotiation, mediation, and reconciliation with mutual consent for accessible justice.

The “Samarthya” sub scheme is for empowerment of women. It has the components of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Shakti Sadan, Sakhi Niwas, Palna and SANKALP:

Hub for Empowerment of Women (HEW). • Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)- The PMMVY is a Centrally Sponsored Maternity Benefit Scheme under which cash incentives of ₹5,000/- is

provided directly to the Bank/Post Office account of the beneficiary in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode for first child. The eligible beneficiaries receive the remaining cash incentive, as per approved norms towards maternity benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana after institutional delivery, so that on an average a woman gets ₹6,000/-. Cash incentive of ₹6,000/- is also provided under PMMVY to eligible beneficiaries for second child subject to the second child being a girl.

• Shakti Sadan- Under the overarching ‘Mission Shakti’, erstwhile schemes of ‘Swadhar Greh’ for women in difficult circumstances and ‘Ujjawala Home’ for Prevention of Trafficking, have been merged w. e. f. 01.04.2022 and known as ‘Shakti Sadan Scheme’, which is an Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home-for women in distressful situations including trafficked women. It aims at creating a safe and enabling environment for the women in such difficult situations, to enable them to overcome the adverse circumstances.

• Sakhi Niwas- The Sakhi Niwas Scheme (Working Women Hostel) is a demand driven centrally sponsored scheme, under which funds are released directly to the States/UTs for implementation of the scheme and aims to promote availability of safe and conveniently located accommodation for working women in urban, semi-urban and even rural areas where employment opportunity for women exist.

• Palna- Palna Scheme is implemented with the aim of expanding the outreach of crèches to ensure that women everywhere have the opportunity to work and do not drop out from workforce because of care responsibilities. Palna aims to provide day-care crèche facilities to the children (06 months – 06 years).

• SANKALP: Hub for Empowerment of Women (HEW)- The SANKALP: HEW (Hub for Empowerment of Women) which functions as a Project Monitoring Unit

(PMU) for all components of Mission Shakti. It serves as a single window system to bridge the information and knowledge gap regarding schemes and facilities available for women as well as guide them to avail the benefits and entitlements.

(iii) Mission Vatsalya: Mission Vatsalya (erstwhile Child Protection Services Scheme (ICPS)) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) which is implemented through States/Union Territories (UTs) to deliver services for better outreach and protection for Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) and Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) which include 2Institutional Care and Non-Institutional Care in a mission mode with the objective to: (i) Support and sustain Children in difficult circumstances (ii) Develop context-based solutions for holistic development of children from varied backgrounds (iii) Provide scope for green field projects for encouraging innovative solutions (iv) Cement convergent action by gap funding, if required.

The scheme also provides for emergency outreach services (24x7) for children in difficult circumstances through Child Helpline (1098).

The details of district-wise beneficiaries or SC/ST/OBC beneficiaries are not maintained under the schemes of the Ministry. The details of beneficiaries covered under the schemes of the Ministry in Andhra Pradesh are annexed at Annexure-I.

Under the schemes of the Ministry, funds are released to the States and UTs for implementation of the scheme and funds are not directly released to the constituencies/ districts. The scheme- wise and year-wise details of the funds released under the schemes of the Ministry to the State of Andhra Pradesh during the last three years are annexed at Annexure-II.

The details of infrastructure and institutional facilities created/strengthened under the schemes

of the Ministry in Andhra Pradesh are as under: • Under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, two lakh selected AWCs (40,000 AWCs per year) are being strengthened and upgraded for improved nutrition delivery for stimulating the creative, social, emotional, cognitive and intellectual development of children under 6 years of age in convergence with education development programmes, providing / adding more services with better infrastructure including internet/wifi connectivity to be provided wherever possible through Bharat Net, LED screens, water purifier/installation of RO Machine and Early Childhood Care and Education with smart learning aids, audio-visual aids and child-friendly learning equipment’s, Art Work (Educational painting, practice board for children, information board) and wall painting (cleaning, sanding, repairing). A total of 9958 AWCs have been approved and a total of Rs 59.74 crore have been allocated for upgradation of AWCs into Saksham Anganwadis to the State of Andhra Pradesh.

• Under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN), a total of 2,500 Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) have been sanctioned for construction in Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) areas. A total of 192 AWCs have been approved and a total of Rs.23.04 crore have been allocated for construction of AWCs under PM JANMAN to the State of Andhra Pradesh.

• Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) launched by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) focusses on convergence, outreach and saturation in approximately, 63,843 villages. A total of 177 AWCs have been approved and a total of Rs 21.24 crore have been allocated for construction of AWCs under DAJGUA to the State of Andhra Pradesh.

The details of capacity building/training/awareness programmes conducted for Anganwadi workers, child protection personnel and other stakeholders in Andhra Pradesh are as under:

3S.No Financial Year Number of Participants Trained

1. 2022-23 178

2. 2023-24 341

3. 2024-25 1866 ***** 4Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (A) TO (F) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5677 FOR 27.03.2026 BY SHRI G M HARISH BALAYOGI REGARDING ‘CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES IN ANDHRA PRADESH’ Details of beneficiaries covered under the schemes of the Ministry in the State of Andhra Pradesh Mission Scheme Category Number of Beneficiaries Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 Pregnant Women 2,33,506 (as on 28.02.2026) Lactating Mothers 2,05,786 Children (0-6 years) 21,39,899 Adolescent Girls 7,847 Mission Vatsalya (FY 2024-25) Beneficiaries in 2,152 Institutional Care Beneficiaries in Non- 14,187 Institutional Care Mission One Stop Centre (as on Women assisted 47,313 Shakti 31.12.2025) Women Helpline Women assisted 22,523 (as on 28.02.2026) Pradhan Mantri Matru Beneficiaries paid 19,77,000 Vandana Yojana (as on 22.03.2026) Shakti Sadan (During the last Beneficiaries in Shakti 6,426 Three Years) Sadan Sakhi Niwas Beneficiaries in Sakhi 750 (FY 2024-25) Niwas 5Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (A) TO (F) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5677 FOR 27.03.2026 BY SHRI G M HARISH BALAYOGI REGARDING ‘CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES IN ANDHRA PRADESH’ Scheme-wise and year-wise details of funds released under the schemes of the Ministry to the State of Andhra Pradesh during the last three years (Rs. in crores) Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Mission Mission Poshan 2.0 Vatsalya Shakti Sl. Financial No. Year

1. 2022-23 827.79 36.78 79.94

2. 2023-24 705.68 25.01 76.57

3. 2024-25 645.73 44.03 50.50 ***** 6