Parliament Question: Upgradation of Anganwadi Centres

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2025 UPGRADATION OF ANGANWADI CENTRES 2182. SMT. MALVIKA DEVI: Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state: (a) the number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) upgraded under the Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 scheme, State and district-wise including Kalahandi Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha; (b) the total number of AWCs which are functioning without pucca buildings, toilets or water supply in these regions; (c) the timeline for completing the infrastructure upgrade in the aspirational districts; and (d) the monitoring mechanism to ensure quality service delivery post-upgrade? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN & 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 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 infrastructure better than the conventional Anganwadi Centres by providing LED screens, water purifier/installation of RO Machine, Poshan Vatika, ECCE and BALA Paintings. 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 794 in Kalahandi District of Odisha. The State wise district wise details of approved AWCs for upgradation to Saksham AWCs including Kalahandi District of Odisha are placed at Annexure. The total number of AWCs functioning in Kalahandi District of Odisha are 2377 out of which 23 AWCs are functioning without pucca buildings, 6 are functioning without drinking water facility and 1254 are functioning without toilet as per data available on Poshan Tracker for June 2025. ***** 1Annexure STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA UN- STARRED QUESTION NO. 2182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2025 REGARDING “UPGRADATION OF ANGANWADI CENTRES” Sr.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 Latur 719 18 Mumbai Suburban 1 19 Maharashtra 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 35 Washim 389 Yavatmal 460 36 Total 14745 37 Anantapuram 185 38 Andhra Pradesh Alluri Sitarama Raju (Asr) 181 39 Annamayya 174 240 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 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 KADAPA 305 62 Total 9958 63 BAKSA 200 64 BARPETA 700 65 DARRANG 350 66 DHUBRI 425 67 GOALPARA 600 68 HAILAKANDI 100 69 UDALGURI 200 70 Biswanath 100 71 Bongaigaon 80 72 Cachar 66 73 Dibrugarh 174 74 Assam 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 35 386 Tinsukia 410 87 Jorhat 175 88 Lakhimpur 102 89 CHARAIDEO 30 90 Nalbari 113 91 SONITPURA 326 TITABOR 40 92 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 3 104 Lower Dibang Valley 2 Arunachal Pradesh 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 West Siang 2 115 Total 152 116 ARARIA 275 117 AURANGABAD 365 118 BANKA 1002 119 BEGUSARAI 293 120 GAYA 1488 121 JAMUI 558 122 KATIHAR 427 123 Bihar KHAGARIA 183 124 MUZAFFARPUR 575 125 NAWADA 1017 126 PURNIA 372 127 SHEIKHPURA 141 128 SITAMARHI 223 129 Arwal 15 130 Bhagalpur 672 4131 Bhojpur 75 132 Buxar 192 133 Darbhanga 297 134 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 Kaimur 146 151 Total 11529 152 BASTAR 600 153 BIJAPUR 200 154 DANTEWADA 311 155 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 Chhattisgarh Dantewada 0 165 Gariaband 138 166 Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi (GPM) 4 167 Kabirdham 130 168 Kanker 0 169 Kondagaon 0 170 Korba 0 171 Korea 208 172 Mahasamund 629 173 Mohla Manpur Ambagarh Chowki 182 174 Narayanpur 0 175 Sukma 0 176 Surajpur 214 5177 Surguja 21 178 Balod 350 179 Balodabazar-Bhatapara 350 180 Bemetara 250 181 Bilaspur 450 182 Dhamtari 250 183 Durg 250 184 GARIYABAND 300 185 Gaurela Pendra Marwahi 50 186 Janjgir-Champa 250 187 Jashpur 500 188 Korea 0 189 Manendragarh-Chirimiri-Bharatpur 150 190 Mungeli 250 191 Raigarh 500 192 Raipur 250 193 Sakti 50 194 Sarangarh-Bilaigarh 150 Surguja 250 195 Total 11490 196 DAHOD 1570 197 NARMADA 511 198 AHMADABAD 525 199 AHMADABAD URBAN 412 200 AMRELI 219 201 ANAND 332 202 ARAVALLI 411 203 BANASKANTHA 718 204 BHARUCH 480 205 BHAVNAGAR 537 206 CHHOTA UDEPUR 565 207 DANGS 252 208 DEVBHUMI DWARKA 263 209 Gujarat GANDHINAGAR 596 210 GANDHINAGAR URBAN 49 211 JAMNAGAR 36 212 JAMNAGAR URBAN 59 213 KACHCHH 119 214 KHEDA 437 215 MAHESANA 512 216 MAHISAGAR 166 217 MORBI 51 218 PANCHMAHALS 693 219 PATAN 235 220 RAJKOT 20 221 RAJKOT URBAN 89 222 SABARKANTHA 996 6223 SURAT 226 224 SURAT URBAN 360 225 SURENDRANAGAR 298 226 TAPI 482 227 VADODARA 226 228 VADODARA URBAN 73 VALSAD 629 229 Total 13147 230 Ambala 159 231 Ateli 1 232 Bhiwani 200 233 Ch. Dadri 63 234 Faridabad 40 235 Fatehabad 217 236 Gurugram 118 237 Hisar 172 238 Jhajjar 112 239 Jind 167 240 KAITHAL 122 241 Kaithal R 8 242 Kanina 13 243 Karnal 181 244 Haryana KURUKSHETRA 141 245 Mahendragarh 146 246 Nuh 20 247 NNL-R 4 248 PALWAL 35 249 Panchkula 74 250 Panipat 58 251 Rewari 173 252 REWARI(JATUSANA) 7 253 ROHTAK 123 254 Sirsa 167 255 Sonipat 141 256 YNR 132 MEWAT 10 257 Total 2804 258 CHAMBA 100 259 Bilaspur 59 260 Hamirpur 91 261 kangra 37 262 Kullu 61 Himachal Pradesh 263 Lahaul & Spiti 5 264 Mandi 150 265 Shimla 93 266 Sirmaur 233 267 Solan 134 7268 Una 66 Kinnaur 1 269 Total 1030 270 BARAMULLA 43 271 KUPWARA 100 272 Anantnag 62 273 Bandipora 1 274 BUDGAM 35 275 Ganderbal 10 276 Kulgam 1 Jammu & Kashmir 277 Poonch 45 278 Pulwama 1 279 Rajouri 20 280 Ramban 1 281 Reasi 1 Udhampur 18 282 total 338 283 BOKARO 721 284 CHATRA 588 285 DUMKA 1204 286 EAST SINGHBUM 708 287 GARHWA 280 288 GIRIDIH 1337 289 GODDA 803 290 GUMLA 1379 291 HAZARIBAGH 916 292 KHUNTI 476 293 LATEHAR 628 294 LOHARDAGA 524 295 Jharkhand PAKUR 399 296 PALAMU 756 297 RAMGARH 518 298 RANCHI 767 299 SAHEBGANJ 1138 300 SIMDEGA 339 301 WEST SINGHBHUM 1016 302 Deoghar 582 303 Dhanbad 958 304 Jamtara 149 305 Koderma 289 Seraikella-Kharsawan 300 306 Total 16775 307 RAICHUR 220 308 YADGIR 171 309 Karnataka Bellari 341 310 Bidar 122 311 Uttarakannada 256 8312 Vijayapur 723 313 Bagalkote 340 314 Bangalore Rural 938 315 Belagavi 795 316 Bengaluru Urban 226 317 Chamarajanagara 290 318 Chikkaballapura 516 319 Chikkamagaluru 266 320 Chitradurga 240 321 Dakshina kannada 1384 322 Davanagere 637 323 Dharwad 71 324 Gadag 808 325 Hassan 701 326 Haveri 1483 327 Kalburgi 542 328 Kodagu 73 329 Kolar 655 330 koppal 276 331 Mandya 515 332 Mysore 2458 333 Ramanagara 477 334 Shimoga 997 335 Tumkur 338 336 Udupi 135 Vijayanagara 738 337 Total 17732 338 WAYANAD 685 339 Idukki 408 340 Kasaragod 257 341 Palakkad 502 342 Alappuzha 189 343 Ernakulam 246 344 Kannur 224 345 Kerala Kollam 169 346 Kottayam 201 347 Kozhikode 229 348 Malappuram 272 349 Pathanamthitta 163 350 Thiruvananthapuram 333 Thrissur 274 351 Total 4152 352 BARWANI 1738 353 CHHATARPUR 626 354 Madhya Pradesh DAMOH 523 355 EAST NIMAR 300 356 GUNA 458 9357 RAJGARH 860 358 SINGRAULI 700 359 VIDISHA 478 360 Agar Malwa 160 361 Alirajpur 271 362 Anuppur 180 363 Ashok Nagar 288 364 Balaghat 870 365 Betul 620 366 Bhind 446 367 Bhopal 419 368 Burhanpur 497 369 Chindwada 165 370 Datia 342 371 Dindori 485 372 Harda 242 373 Indore 540 374 Jabalpur 359 375 Jhabua 447 376 Katni 530 377 Khargone 432 378 Mandla 636 379 Mandsaur 556 380 Morena 353 381 Naramdapuram 90 382 Narsinghpur 328 383 Neemuch 326 384 Niwari 55 385 Raisen 294 386 Ratlam 506 387 Rewa 538 388 Sagar 447 389 Sehore 463 390 Seoni 587 391 Shahdol 793 392 Shajapur 242 393 Shivpuri 484 394 Sidhi 413 395 Tikamgarh 315 396 Ujjain 596 397 Umaria 201 398 Gwalior 254 399 Sheopur 192 400 Satna 294 401 Panna 139 402 Dhar 431 403 Khandwa 479 10404 Anooppur 230 405 Chindwara 414 406 Dewas 273 407 Khargon 0 408 Maihar 112 409 Mauganj 56 410 Morena 0 411 Narmadapuram 386 412 Niwadi 40 413 Padurna 103 Singhroli 60 414 Total 24662 415 MANIPUR CHANDEL 30 416 RI BHOI 107 417 North Goro Hills 1 Meghalaya Umsning, Jirang 13 418 Total 151 419 MAMIT 286 420 Lunglei 247 421 Mamit 0 422 Saitual 120 423 Aizawl 274 424 Champhai 150 425 Khawzawl 18 426 Kolasib 134 427 Lawngtlai 153 428 Serchhip 97 429 Siaha 64 430 Aizawl 0 431 MIZORAM Champhai 0 432 Hnahthial 30 433 Khawzawl 0 434 Khawzawl District 26 435 Kolasib 0 436 Lawngtlai 0 437 Lunglei 0 438 MAMIT 0 439 Ngopa 1 440 Saitual 0 441 Serchhip 0 Siaha 0 442 Total 1600 443 KIPHIRE 107 444 Zunheboto 25 Nagaland Noklak 17 445 Total 149 11446 Balangir 719 447 Dhenkanal 779 448 Gajapati 703 449 Kalahandi 794 450 Kandhamal 865 451 Koraput 1136 452 Malkangiri 489 453 Nabarangpur 875 454 Nuapada 593 455 Rayagada 673 456 Bargarh 295 457 Keonjhar 53 458 Mayurbhanj 103 459 Nayagarh 255 460 Odisha Nuapada 0 461 Sambalpur 52 462 Sundargarh 24 463 Angul 53 464 Bhadak 25 465 Bhadrak 475 466 Bolangir 76 467 Cuttack 528 468 Ganjam 745 469 Jagatsinghpur 507 470 Jharsuguda 367 471 Khordha 484 472 Puri 374 473 Subarnapur 98 474 Total 12140 475 FIROZEPUR 59 476 MOGA 50 477 Amritsar 6 478 Gurdaspur 197 PUNJAB 479 Jalandhar 7 480 Kapurthala 9 SANGRUR 25 481 Total 353 482 BARAN 302 483 DHOLPUR 55 484 KARAULI 6 485 Udaipur 106 486 Jodhpur 27 Rajasthan 487 Churu 342 488 Pratapgarh 103 489 Jhunjhunu 77 490 Ajmer 37 491 ALWAR 24 12492 Anupgarh 23 493 BALOTARA 74 494 Banswara 49 495 Barmer 161 496 Beawar 55 497 BHARATPUR 27 498 Bhilwara 41 499 BIKANER 120 500 BUNDI 62 501 CHITTORGARH 186 502 DAUSA 41 503 Deeg 71 504 DIDWANA-KUCHAMAN 220 505 Dungarpur 234 506 GANGANGAR 20 507 GANGAPUR CITY 2 508 HANUMANGARH 126 509 Jhalawar 210 510 KHAIRTHAL TIJARA 7 511 KOTA 23 512 KOTPUTLI-BEHROR 28 513 Nagaur 63 514 Neemkathana 76 515 pali 60 516 PHALODI 3 517 SALUMBAR 21 518 SAWAI MADHOPUR 13 519 SIKAR 88 520 SIROHI 86 TONK 121 Rajsamand 124 521 Total 3514 523 WEST DISTRICT 100 524 Soreng 25 525 Gangtok 106 526 Gyalshing 15 Sikkim 527 Mangan 75 528 Namchi 78 Pakyong 36 529 Total 435 530 RAMANATHAPURAM 615 531 VIRUDHUNAGAR 585 532 Ariyalur 346 533 Tamil Nadu Karur 248 534 Perambalur 143 535 Kallakurichi 223 536 Pudukkottai 310 13537 Ranipet 88 538 Sivagangai 251 539 Tenkasi 164 540 Thrichirapalli 150 541 Tirunelveli 175 542 Thiruvannamalai 515 543 Vellore 224 544 Villupuram 219 545 Chengalpattu 123 546 Chennai 362 547 Coimbatore 357 548 Cuddalore 643 549 Dharmapuri 207 550 Dindigul 601 551 Erode 166 552 Kanchipuram 223 553 Kanniyakumari 255 554 Krishnagiri 317 555 Madurai 221 556 Nagapattinam 103 557 Namakkal 409 558 Salem 433 559 Thanjavur 298 560 The Nilgiris 233 561 Theni 213 562 Tirupathur 26 563 Thiruppur 161 564 Thiruvallur 542 565 Thiruvarur 422 566 Thoothukudi 280 567 Chengalpet 186 568 Dindugal 319 569 Kancheepuram 28 570 Mayiladuthurai 24 571 Nagapattinam 37 572 Thirunelveli 84 573 Thirupattur 206 574 Tiruppur 101 Trichy 136 575 Total 11972 576 JAYASHANKAR BHUPALAPALLY 50 577 BHADRADRI KOTHAGUDEM/KHAMMAM 509 578 KOMARAMBHEEM ASIFABAD 105 579 Telangana Adilabad 29 580 Bayyaram 47 581 Hanumakonda 65 582 Hyderabad 10 14583 Jagityal 107 584 Jangaon 278 585 Jogulamba Gadwal 15 586 Kamareddy 226 587 Karimnagar 365 588 Mahabubnagar 130 589 Medak 130 590 Medchal Malkajgiri 948 591 Mulugu 17 592 Nagarkurnool 51 593 Nalgonda 156 594 Narayanpet 232 595 Peddapally 66 596 Rajanna Siricilla 171 597 Rangareddy 176 598 Sangareddy 298 599 Siddipet 238 600 Suryapet 180 601 Vikarabad 90 602 Wanaparthy 153 603 Warangal 54 604 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 18 605 Mahabubabad 3 606 Mancherial 2 607 Nirmal 9 Nizamabad 80 608 Total 5008 609 DHALAI 200 610 Gomati 14 611 Khowai 17 612 Sepahijala 8 613 TRIPURA South Tripura 21 614 Unakoti 39 615 West Tripura 174 Sepahijala 1 616 Total 474 617 BAHRAICH 725 618 BALRAMPUR 341 619 CHANDAULI 300 620 CHITRAKOOT 166 621 FATEHPUR 652 622 UTTAR PRADESH SHRAVASTI 150 623 SIDDHARTH NAGAR 258 624 SONBHADRA 363 625 Ambedkar Nagar 650 626 Amroha 408 627 Azamgarh 711 15628 Aligarh 239 629 Auraiya 299 630 Ayodhya 417 631 Agra 212 632 Amethi 224 633 Baghpat 194 634 Ballia 269 635 Banda 148 636 Barabanki 539 637 Bareilly 450 638 Basti 589 639 Bhadohi 50 640 Bijnor 1082 641 Bulandshahr 441 642 Buadaun 48 643 Chandaulli 198 644 Deoria 224 645 Etawah 341 646 Etah 145 647 Farrukhabad 142 648 Ghaziabad 206 649 Ghazipur 253 650 Gonda 328 651 Gorakhpur 373 652 Hamirpur 245 653 Hapur 157 654 Hardoi 554 655 Hathras 33 656 Jalaun 255 657 Jhansi 352 658 Jaunpur 505 659 Kasganj 9 660 Kannauj 78 661 Kanpur Dehat 161 662 Kanpur Nagar 293 663 Kaushambi 519 664 Kheri 613 665 Kushinagar 133 666 Lucknow 310 667 Lalitpur 330 668 Maharajganj 398 669 Mainpuri 209 670 Mathura 43 671 Mau 173 672 Meerut 577 673 Mahoba 360 674 Moradabad 203 16675 Muzaffarnagar 24 676 Mirzapur 82 677 Pilibhit 790 678 Prayagraj 346 679 Pratapgarh 128 680 Raibareli 343 681 Rampur 412 682 Sambhal 435 683 Sanr Kabir Nagar 114 684 Shrawasti 279 685 Saharanpur 96 686 Sitapur 141 687 Shahjanpur 533 688 Shamli 241 689 Unnao 324 690 Varanasi 418 691 Bahraich 143 692 Balrampur 16 693 Chitrakoot 37 694 FATEHPUR 20 695 FEROZABAD 47 G.B Nagar 83 696 Total 23697 697 HARIDWAR 294 698 UDAM SINGH NAGAR 270 699 Bageshwar 141 700 ALMORA 34 701 DEHRADUN 25 702 Uttarakhand Pauri Garhwal 1 703 Pithoragarah 20 704 Rudraprayag 1 705 T.G 5 U.S NAGAR 36 706 Total 827 707 BIRBHUM 1300 708 DINAJPUR DAKSHIN 700 709 MALDAH 650 710 MURSHIDABAD 1501 711 NADIA 600 712 Bankura 47 713 West Bengal Uttar Dinajpur 9 714 Jhargram 2 715 Purulia 4 716 Cooch Behar 98 717 Darjeeling 1 718 Hooghly 30 719 Howrah 23 17720 North 24 Parganas 30 721 Paschim Bardhaman 102 722 Paschim Medinipur 17 723 Purba Burdwan 104 724 Purba Medinipur 118 South 24 Parganas 23 725 Total 5359 726 N/M ANDAMAN 58 727 NICOBAR 33 Andaman & Nicobar South Andaman 49 728 Total 140 729 North Goa 10 Goa South Goa 14 730 Total 24 731 Puducherry 118 Puducherry Karaikal 17 732 Total 135 733 Chandigarh Chandigarh 69 734 Kargil 12 Ladakh Leh 2 735 Total 14 736 Lakshadweep Lakshadweep 18 GRAND TOTAL 200000 ***** 18