Parliament Question: Saksham Anganwadi Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 5684 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2026 SAKSHAM ANGANWADI SCHEME 5684. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL: Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the current status of implementation of the Saksham Anganwadi scheme as of February 2026 including the number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) upgraded or under upgradation, State-wise and district-wise including Uttar Pradesh; (b) the key focus areas in the transformation of AWCs into Saksham Anganwadis; (c) the total funds allocated, released and utilised for the upgradation of Anganwadi Centres district-wise for the state of Uttar Pradesh, along with delays if any, in fund utilization or implementation; and (d) the key administrative, infrastructural or logistical challenges encountered during the upgrading process and the corrective steps taken by the Government to resolve them? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR) (a) to (d): During the 15th Finance Commission cycle, 2 lakh Government owned Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) @ 40,000 AWCs per year are being strengthened and upgraded as Saksham Anganwadis for improved nutrition delivery and for early childhood care and development under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. Saksham Anganwadis are equipped with better infrastructure than the conventional Anganwadi Centres by providing LED screens, water purifier/installation of RO Machine, Poshan Vatika, ECCE and BALA Paintings etc. Prerequisites for an Anganwadi Centre to be considered for upgradation to Saksham Anagnwadi Centre includes Government owned building, availability of Electricity/power supply, drinking water facility, functional toilet and kitchen. As on date, a total of 2 Lakh AWCs have been approved for upgradation as Saksham AWCs including 23,697 AWCs to the State of Uttar Pradesh. The State wise, district wise details of approved AWCs for upgradation to Saksham AWCs including districts of Uttar Pradesh are placed at Annexure.Financial assistance of Rs. 1 Lakh per AWC with inter se flexibility amongst the components on prescribed cost sharing basis is provided for the upgradation. Under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, an amount of Rs. 142.18 Crore has been allocated to the State of Uttar Pradesh for upgradation of AWCs as Saksham Anganwadi Centres out of which an amount of Rs.117.22 Crore has been released. ***** 1Annexure STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA UN- STARRED QUESTION NO. 5684 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.20263 REGARDING “SAKSHAM ANGANWADI SCHEME” The State wise district wise details of approved AWCs for upgradation to Saksham AWCs: S.No. State/UTs District Total 1 Ahmednagar 495 2 Akola 64 3 Amravati 333 4 Beed 211 5 Bhandara 214 6 Buldana 101 7 Chandrapur 354 8 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 29 9 Dharashiv 121 10 Dhule 130 11 Gadchiroli 802 12 Gondia 185 13 Hingoli 156 14 Jalgaon 145 15 Jalna 62 16 Kolhapur 526 17 Maharashtra Latur 719 18 Mumbai Suburban 1 19 Nagpur 834 20 Nanded 80 21 Nandurbar 190 22 Nashik 493 23 Osmanabad 400 24 Palghar 617 25 Parbhani 53 26 Pune 1511 27 Raigad 759 28 Ratnagiri 701 29 Sangli 350 30 Satara 1482 31 Sindhudurg 399 32 Solapur 415 33 Thane 209 34 Wardha 755 235 Washim 389 36 Yavatmal 460 Total 14745 37 Anantapuram 185 38 Alluri Sitarama Raju (Asr) 181 39 Annamayya 174 40 Bapatla 261 41 Chittoor 814 42 East Godavari 704 43 Eluru 855 44 Guntur 204 45 Kakinada 488 46 Konaseema 340 47 Krishna 743 48 Kurnool 146 49 Nandyal 101 Andhra Pradesh 50 Ntr 440 51 Pvp Manyam 516 52 Palnadu 67 53 Prakasam 242 54 Spsr Nellore 401 55 Sri Sathya Sai 154 56 Srikakulam 153 57 Tirupati 475 58 West Godavari 489 59 Ysr Kadapa 720 60 Vishakhapatnam 400 61 Vizianagaram 400 62 Kadapa 305 Total 9958 63 Baksa 200 64 Barpeta 700 65 Darrang 350 66 Dhubri 425 67 Goalpara 600 68 Assam Hailakandi 100 69 Udalguri 200 70 Biswanath 100 71 Bongaigaon 80 72 Cachar 66 73 Dibrugarh 174 374 Golaghat 210 75 Hojai 75 76 Karbi- Anglong 86 77 Lakhimpur 100 78 Majuli 91 79 Morigaon 132 80 Nagaon 125 81 Kamrup 104 82 Kamrup Metro 191 83 Nalbari 15 84 Sivasagar 52 85 West Karbi Anglong 35 86 Tinsukia 410 87 Jorhat 175 88 Lakhimpur 102 89 Charaideo 30 90 Nalbari 113 91 Sonitpura 326 92 Titabor 40 Total 5407 93 Namsai 103 94 Anjaw 1 95 Changlang 4 96 East Kameng 4 97 East Siang 3 98 Kamle 1 99 Kra Dadi 1 100 Kurung Kumey 2 101 Lepararada 1 102 Lohit 1 103 Longding 3 Arunachal Pradesh 104 Lower Dibang Valley 2 105 Lower Siang 2 106 Lower Subansiri 2 107 Papum Pare 3 108 Shi Yomi 1 109 Siang 2 110 Tawang 3 111 Tirap 3 112 Upper Siang 2 113 Upper Subansiri 2 114 West Kameng 4 4115 West Siang 2 Total 152 116 Araria 275 117 Aurangabad 365 118 Banka 1002 119 Begusarai 293 120 Gaya 1488 121 Jamui 558 122 Katihar 427 123 Khagaria 183 124 Muzaffarpur 575 125 Nawada 1017 126 Purnia 372 127 Sheikhpura 141 128 Sitamarhi 223 129 Arwal 15 130 Bhagalpur 672 131 Bhojpur 75 132 Buxar 192 133 Darbhanga 297 134 Bihar East Champaran 90 135 Gopalganj 291 136 Jahanabad 261 137 Kishanganj 274 138 Lakhisarai 100 139 Madhepura 117 140 Muger 184 141 Nalanda 60 142 Rohtas 53 143 Saharsa 26 144 Samastipur 162 145 Saran 467 146 Sheohar 28 147 Siwan 711 148 Supaul 151 149 Vaishali 113 150 W.Champaran 125 151 Kaimur 146 Total 11529 152 Bastar 600 153 Chhattisgarh Bijapur 200 154 Dantewada 311 5155 Kanker 684 156 Kondagaon 523 157 Korba 777 158 Mahasamund 600 159 Narayanpur 103 160 Rajnandgaon 900 161 Sukma 291 162 Balrampur 361 163 Bastar 14 164 Gariaband 138 Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi 165 4 (Gpm) 166 Kabirdham 130 167 Korea 208 168 Mahasamund 629 Mohla Manpur Ambagarh 169 182 Chowki 170 Surajpur 214 171 Surguja 21 172 Balod 350 173 Balodabazar-Bhatapara 350 174 Bemetara 250 175 Bilaspur 450 176 Dhamtari 250 177 Durg 250 178 Gariyaband 300 179 Gaurela Pendra Marwahi 50 180 Janjgir-Champa 250 181 Jashpur 500 Manendragarh-Chirimiri- 182 150 Bharatpur 183 Mungeli 250 184 Raigarh 500 185 Raipur 250 186 Sakti 50 187 Sarangarh-Bilaigarh 150 188 Surguja 250 Total 11490 189 Dahod 1570 190 Gujarat Narmada 511 191 Ahmadabad 525 6192 Ahmadabad Urban 412 193 Amreli 219 194 Anand 332 195 Aravalli 411 196 Banaskantha 718 197 Bharuch 480 198 Bhavnagar 537 199 Chhota Udepur 565 200 Dangs 252 201 Devbhumi Dwarka 263 202 Gandhinagar 596 203 Gandhinagar Urban 49 204 Jamnagar 36 205 Jamnagar Urban 59 206 Kachchh 119 207 Kheda 437 208 Mahesana 512 209 Mahisagar 166 210 Morbi 51 211 Panchmahals 693 212 Patan 235 213 Rajkot 20 214 Rajkot Urban 89 215 Sabarkantha 996 216 Surat 226 217 Surat Urban 360 218 Surendranagar 298 219 Tapi 482 220 Vadodara 226 221 Vadodara Urban 73 221 Valsad 629 Total 13147 222 Ambala 159 223 Ateli 1 224 Bhiwani 200 225 Ch. Dadri 63 226 Faridabad 40 Haryana 227 Fatehabad 217 228 Gurugram 118 229 Hisar 172 230 Jhajjar 112 231 Jind 167 7232 Kaithal 122 233 Kaithal R 8 234 Kanina 13 235 Karnal 181 236 Kurukshetra 141 237 Mahendragarh 146 238 Nuh 20 239 Nnl-R 4 240 Palwal 35 241 Panchkula 74 242 Panipat 58 243 Rewari 173 244 Rewari(Jatusana) 7 245 Rohtak 123 246 Sirsa 167 247 Sonipat 141 248 Ynr 132 249 Mewat 10 Total 2804 250 Chamba 100 251 Bilaspur 59 252 Hamirpur 91 253 Kangra 37 254 Kullu 61 255 Lahaul & Spiti 5 256 Himachal Pradesh Mandi 150 257 Shimla 93 258 Sirmaur 233 259 Solan 134 260 Una 66 261 Kinnaur 1 Total 1030 262 Baramulla 43 263 Kupwara 100 264 Anantnag 62 265 Bandipora 1 266 Budgam 35 Jammu & Kashmir 267 Ganderbal 10 268 Kulgam 1 269 Poonch 45 270 Pulwama 1 271 Rajouri 20 8272 Ramban 1 273 Reasi 1 274 Udhampur 18 Total 338 275 Bokaro 721 276 Chatra 588 277 Dumka 1204 278 East Singhbum 708 279 Garhwa 280 280 Giridih 1337 281 Godda 803 282 Gumla 1379 283 Hazaribagh 916 284 Khunti 476 285 Latehar 628 286 Lohardaga 524 287 Pakur 399 Jharkhand 288 Palamu 756 289 Ramgarh 518 290 Ranchi 767 291 Sahebganj 1138 292 Simdega 339 293 West Singhbhum 1016 294 Deoghar 582 295 Dhanbad 958 296 Jamtara 149 297 Koderma 289 298 Seraikella-Kharsawan 300 Total 16775 299 Raichur 220 300 Yadgir 171 301 Bellari 341 302 Bidar 122 303 Uttarakannada 256 304 Vijayapur 723 Karnataka 305 Bagalkote 340 306 Bangalore Rural 938 307 Belagavi 795 308 Bengaluru Urban 226 309 Chamarajanagara 290 310 Chikkaballapura 516 9311 Chikkamagaluru 266 312 Chitradurga 240 313 Dakshina Kannada 1384 314 Davanagere 637 315 Dharwad 71 316 Gadag 808 317 Hassan 701 318 Haveri 1483 319 Kalburgi 542 320 Kodagu 73 321 Kolar 655 322 Koppal 276 323 Mandya 515 324 Mysore 2458 325 Ramanagara 477 326 Shimoga 997 327 Tumkur 338 328 Udupi 135 329 Vijayanagara 738 Total 17732 330 Wayanad 685 331 Idukki 408 332 Kasaragod 257 333 Palakkad 502 334 Alappuzha 189 335 Ernakulam 246 336 Kannur 224 337 Kerala Kollam 169 338 Kottayam 201 339 Kozhikode 229 340 Malappuram 272 341 Pathanamthitta 163 342 Thiruvananthapuram 333 343 Thrissur 274 Total 4152 344 Barwani 1738 345 Chhatarpur 626 346 Damoh 523 347 Madhya Pradesh East Nimar 300 348 Guna 458 349 Rajgarh 860 350 Singrauli 700 10351 Vidisha 478 352 Agar Malwa 160 353 Alirajpur 271 354 Anuppur 180 355 Ashok Nagar 288 356 Balaghat 870 357 Betul 620 358 Bhind 446 359 Bhopal 419 360 Burhanpur 497 361 Chindwada 165 362 Datia 342 363 Dindori 485 364 Harda 242 365 Indore 540 366 Jabalpur 359 367 Jhabua 447 368 Katni 530 369 Khargone 432 370 Mandla 636 371 Mandsaur 556 372 Morena 353 373 Naramdapuram 90 374 Narsinghpur 328 375 Neemuch 326 376 Niwari 55 377 Raisen 294 378 Ratlam 506 379 Rewa 538 380 Sagar 447 381 Sehore 463 382 Seoni 587 383 Shahdol 793 384 Shajapur 242 385 Shivpuri 484 386 Sidhi 413 387 Tikamgarh 315 388 Ujjain 596 389 Umaria 201 390 Gwalior 254 391 Sheopur 192 392 Satna 294 11393 Panna 139 394 Dhar 431 395 Khandwa 479 396 Anooppur 230 397 Chindwara 414 398 Dewas 273 399 Khargon 0 400 Maihar 112 401 Mauganj 56 402 Morena 0 403 Narmadapuram 386 404 Niwadi 40 405 Padurna 103 406 Singhroli 60 Total 24662 407 Manipur Chandel 30 408 Ri Bhoi 107 409 North Goro Hills 1 Meghalaya 410 Umsning, Jirang 13 Total 151 411 Mamit 286 412 Lunglei 247 413 Saitual 120 414 Aizawl 274 415 Champhai 150 416 Khawzawl 18 417 Kolasib 134 Mizoram 418 Lawngtlai 153 419 Serchhip 97 420 Siaha 64 421 Hnahthial 30 422 Khawzawl District 26 423 Ngopa 1 Total 1600 424 Kiphire 107 425 Zunheboto 25 Nagaland 426 Noklak 17 Total 149 427 Balangir 719 428 Dhenkanal 779 Odisha 429 Gajapati 703 430 Kalahandi 794 12431 Kandhamal 865 432 Koraput 1136 433 Malkangiri 489 434 Nabarangpur 875 435 Nuapada 593 436 Rayagada 673 437 Bargarh 295 438 Keonjhar 53 439 Mayurbhanj 103 440 Nayagarh 255 441 Sambalpur 52 442 Sundargarh 24 443 Angul 53 444 Bhadak 25 445 Bhadrak 475 446 Bolangir 76 447 Cuttack 528 448 Ganjam 745 449 Jagatsinghpur 507 450 Jharsuguda 367 451 Khordha 484 452 Puri 374 453 Subarnapur 98 Total 12140 454 Firozepur 59 455 Moga 50 456 Amritsar 6 457 Gurdaspur 197 Punjab 458 Jalandhar 7 459 Kapurthala 9 460 Sangrur 25 Total 353 461 Baran 302 462 Dholpur 55 463 Karauli 6 464 Udaipur 106 465 Jodhpur 27 Rajasthan 466 Churu 342 467 Pratapgarh 103 468 Jhunjhunu 77 469 Ajmer 37 470 Alwar 24 13471 Anupgarh 23 472 Balotara 74 473 Banswara 49 474 Barmer 161 475 Beawar 55 476 Bharatpur 27 477 Bhilwara 41 478 Bikaner 120 479 Bundi 62 480 Chittorgarh 186 481 Dausa 41 482 Deeg 71 483 Didwana-Kuchaman 220 484 Dungarpur 234 485 Gangangar 20 486 Gangapur City 2 487 Hanumangarh 126 488 Jhalawar 210 489 Khairthal Tijara 7 490 Kota 23 491 Kotputli-Behror 28 492 Nagaur 63 493 Neemkathana 76 494 Pali 60 495 Phalodi 3 496 Salumbar 21 497 Sawai Madhopur 13 498 Sikar 88 499 Sirohi 86 500 Tonk 121 501 Rajsamand 124 Total 3514 502 West District 100 503 Soreng 25 504 Gangtok 106 505 Gyalshing 15 Sikkim 506 Mangan 75 507 Namchi 78 508 Pakyong 36 Total 435 509 Ramanathapuram 615 Tamil Nadu 510 Virudhunagar 585 14511 Ariyalur 346 512 Karur 248 513 Perambalur 143 514 Kallakurichi 223 515 Pudukkottai 310 516 Ranipet 88 517 Sivagangai 251 518 Tenkasi 164 519 Thrichirapalli 150 520 Tirunelveli 175 521 Thiruvannamalai 515 522 Vellore 224 523 Villupuram 219 524 Chengalpattu 123 525 Chennai 362 526 Coimbatore 357 527 Cuddalore 643 528 Dharmapuri 207 529 Dindigul 601 530 Erode 166 531 Kanchipuram 223 532 Kanniyakumari 255 533 Krishnagiri 317 534 Madurai 221 535 Nagapattinam 103 536 Namakkal 409 537 Salem 433 538 Thanjavur 298 539 The Nilgiris 233 540 Theni 213 541 Tirupathur 26 542 Thiruppur 161 543 Thiruvallur 542 544 Thiruvarur 422 545 Thoothukudi 280 546 Chengalpet 186 547 Dindugal 319 548 Kancheepuram 28 549 Mayiladuthurai 24 550 Nagapattinam 37 551 Thirunelveli 84 552 Thirupattur 206 15553 Tiruppur 101 554 Trichy 136 Total 11972 555 Jayashankar Bhupalapally 50 Bhadradri 556 509 Kothagudem/Khammam 557 Komarambheem Asifabad 105 558 Adilabad 29 559 Bayyaram 47 560 Hanumakonda 65 561 Hyderabad 10 562 Jagityal 107 563 Jangaon 278 564 Jogulamba Gadwal 15 565 Kamareddy 226 566 Karimnagar 365 567 Mahabubnagar 130 568 Medak 130 569 Medchal Malkajgiri 948 Telangana 570 Mulugu 17 571 Nagarkurnool 51 572 Nalgonda 156 573 Narayanpet 232 574 Peddapally 66 575 Rajanna Siricilla 171 576 Rangareddy 176 577 Sangareddy 298 578 Siddipet 238 579 Suryapet 180 580 Vikarabad 90 581 Wanaparthy 153 582 Warangal 54 583 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 18 584 Mahabubabad 3 585 Mancherial 2 586 Nirmal 9 587 Nizamabad 80 Total 5008 588 Dhalai 200 Tripura 589 Gomati 14 16590 Khowai 17 591 Sepahijala 8 592 South Tripura 21 593 Unakoti 39 594 West Tripura 174 595 Sepahijala 1 Total 474 596 Bahraich 725 597 Balrampur 341 598 Chandauli 300 599 Chitrakoot 166 600 Fatehpur 652 601 Shravasti 150 602 Siddharth Nagar 258 603 Sonbhadra 363 604 Ambedkar Nagar 650 605 Amroha 408 606 Azamgarh 711 607 Aligarh 239 608 Auraiya 299 609 Ayodhya 417 610 Agra 212 611 Amethi 224 612 Baghpat 194 613 Uttar Pradesh Ballia 269 614 Banda 148 615 Barabanki 539 616 Bareilly 450 617 Basti 589 618 Bhadohi 50 619 Bijnor 1082 620 Bulandshahr 441 621 Buadaun 48 622 Chandaulli 198 623 Deoria 224 624 Etawah 341 625 Etah 145 626 Farrukhabad 142 627 Ghaziabad 206 628 Ghazipur 253 629 Gonda 328 630 Gorakhpur 373 17631 Hamirpur 245 632 Hapur 157 633 Hardoi 554 634 Hathras 33 635 Jalaun 255 636 Jhansi 352 637 Jaunpur 505 638 Kasganj 9 639 Kannauj 78 640 Kanpur Dehat 161 641 Kanpur Nagar 293 642 Kaushambi 519 643 Kheri 613 644 Kushinagar 133 645 Lucknow 310 646 Lalitpur 330 647 Maharajganj 398 648 Mainpuri 209 649 Mathura 43 650 Mau 173 651 Meerut 577 652 Mahoba 360 653 Moradabad 203 654 Muzaffarnagar 24 655 Mirzapur 82 656 Pilibhit 790 657 Prayagraj 346 658 Pratapgarh 128 659 Raibareli 343 660 Rampur 412 661 Sambhal 435 662 Sanr Kabir Nagar 114 663 Shrawasti 279 664 Saharanpur 96 665 Sitapur 141 666 Shahjanpur 533 667 Shamli 241 668 Unnao 324 669 Varanasi 418 670 Bahraich 143 671 Balrampur 16 672 Chitrakoot 37 18673 Fatehpur 20 674 Ferozabad 47 675 G.B Nagar 83 Total 23697 676 Haridwar 294 677 Udam Singh Nagar 270 678 Bageshwar 141 679 Almora 34 680 Dehradun 25 681 Uttarakhand Pauri Garhwal 1 682 Pithoragarah 20 683 Rudraprayag 1 684 T.G 5 685 U.S Nagar 36 Total 827 686 Birbhum 1300 687 Dinajpur Dakshin 700 688 Maldah 650 689 Murshidabad 1501 690 Nadia 600 691 Bankura 47 692 Uttar Dinajpur 9 693 Jhargram 2 694 Purulia 4 695 Cooch Behar 98 West Bengal 696 Darjeeling 1 697 Hooghly 30 698 Howrah 23 699 North 24 Parganas 30 700 Paschim Bardhaman 102 701 Paschim Medinipur 17 702 Purba Burdwan 104 703 Purba Medinipur 118 704 South 24 Parganas 23 Total 5359 705 N/M Andaman 58 706 Andaman & Nicobar 33 707 Nicobar South Andaman 49 Total 140 708 North Goa 10 709 Goa South Goa 14 Total 24 19710 Puducherry 118 711 Puducherry Karaikal 17 Total 135 712 Chandigarh Chandigarh 69 713 Kargil 12 714 Ladakh Leh 2 Total 14 715 Lakshadweep Lakshadweep 18 ****** 20