Parliament Question: Fund Utilisation under ICDS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3408 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2026 FUND UTILISATION UNDER ICDS

3408. SHRI G KUMAR NAIK:

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

(a) the details of funds allocated, released/utilised under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) during the period from 2004-05 to 2024-25, year-wise and State/UT-wise;

(b) whether States/UTs have contributed their prescribed/obligated share under the applicable funding pattern of the said Scheme during the said period, if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the expenditure incurred by each State/UT under the said Scheme during the said period, State/UT-wise and year-wise;

(d) whether any State/UT has incurred expenditure in excess of its prescribed/obligated share under the said Scheme, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and year-wise; and

(e) whether the Government has undertaken any assessment of the reasons for this excess expenditure incurred since 2015-16, if so, the details thereof, year-wise ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (e) Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 is an ongoing scheme where continuous revamping and restructuring is undertaken for successful implementation of the scheme and to provide benefits to the end beneficiaries in an efficient manner. In the 15th Finance Commission

(FC), various components such as (i) nutritional support for children from 6 months to the age of 6 years, pregnant women and lactating mother and Adolescent Girls; (ii) Early Childhood Care and Education and (iii) Anganwadi infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadi have been reorganised under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0.

Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 is a Centrally Sponsored scheme being implemented from 2021-22. The implementation of the scheme falls under the ambit of State Governments and UTs administrations. Under the Mission, the Government of India releases grants-in-aid to the States/UTs on the following cost-sharing ratio between Centre and States/UTs:Components under Anganwadi Services General Salary SNP & SAG States/UTs with Legislature 60:40 NA 50:50 NE/Himalayan States (including J&K) 90:10 90:10 90:10 UT Without Legislature 100:0 NA 100:0 In addition, States and UTs are also paying additional monetary incentives and top-ups under General and SNP Components from their own resources which vary from State-to-State. State and UT wise details of funds released under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26 are placed at Annexure.

Under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, earlier funds were released through SNA module. In the SNA module, subsequent grant was released only after the State/UT had contributed their prescribed/obligated share under the applicable funding pattern of the said Scheme. Now, Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 has been onboarded on SNA SPARSH from 01.11.2025 which works on ´just in time´ method.

*****Annexure STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q.NO. 3408 FOR ANSWER ON 07.08.2026 REGARDING FUND UTILISATION UNDER ICDS (Rs in crore) Fund released and utilised under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 from F.Y.

2021-22 to F.Y.2025-26 SN Name of the 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 State/UT Funds Fund Funds Fund Funds Fund Funds Fund Funds released utilised released utilised released utilised released utilised released 1 Andaman 19.71 13.36 3.85 5.17 12.15 11.06 9.63 9.21 8.10 and Nicobar Islands 2 Andhra 744.60 749.91 827.79 721.45 705.68 734.52 645.73 641.23 759.76 Pradesh 3 Arunachal 170.83 230.77 137.78 145.74 162.06 139.34 102.61 99.58 118.5 Pradesh 4 Assam 1319.90 1432.19 1651.63 1717.00 2233.31 2804.16 2482.34 2605.14 1548.67 5 Bihar 1574.43 1608.02 1740.09 1586.61 1859.29 1703.55 2262.92 1659.24 905.43 6 Chandigarh 15.32 23.09 33.10 33.10 19.79 19.26 14.56 14.31 9.87 7 Chhattisgarh 606.73 522.72 668.96 571.80 579.46 664.31 733.30 730.29 518.22 8 Dadra & 9.33 9.56 5.80 5.80 11.97 11.57 9.13 9.07 5.92 Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 9 Delhi 133.11 125.52 182.77 142.84 161.81 135.31 160.41 152.34 150.21 10 Goa 10.84 12.92 14.71 16.83 13.95 12.22 13.44 11.52 19.74 11 Gujarat 839.86 757.92 912.64 552.30 1126.80 658.81 601.32 598.35 699.13 12 Haryana 173.03 146.99 195.25 150.24 225.78 183.94 232.69 212.49 67.12 13 Himachal 247.99 386.68 270.24 247.76 301.09 146.69 313.07 311.04 328.59 Pradesh 14 Jammu & 405.74 704.57 479.01 416.23 530.88 595.21 662.79 634.78 401.62 Kashmir 15 Jharkhand 352.98 183.30 430.91 596.03 664.30 560.25 496.95 465.21 429.26 16 Karnataka 1003.70 984.62 765.87 885.65 912.96 729.26 886.85 875.36 863.64 17 Kerala 388.23 397.98 444.98 325.43 306.64 359.22 435.74 429.54 283.81 18 Ladakh 14.70 14.67 18.79 18.79 19.62 18.06 18.89 18.49 16.41 19 Lakshadweep 2.11 2.73 0.44 0.44 2.88 2.73 1.35 1.24 0.82 20 Madhya 1085.47 1055.83 1011.57 1038.67 1123.11 1048.42 1144.54 1123.54 937.45 Pradesh 21 Maharashtra 1713.39 1609.02 1646.17 1589.97 1699.52 1219.66 1368.84 1354.26 1405.45 22 Manipur 228.92 177.28 135.95 167.74 201.28 224.68 342.87 316.82 199.99 23 Meghalaya 173.33 177.86 192.39 200.24 269.69 193.30 137.93 135.26 182.04 24 Mizoram 59.32 61.57 42.81 46.65 100.27 72.19 55.29 54.26 52.6925 Nagaland 159.80 160.21 199.30 190.47 262.91 209.24 147.01 146.32 146.29 26 Odisha 1065.98 871.20 923.92 884.92 968.80 891.06 948.16 906.51 911.27 27 Puducherry 2.78 6.13 0.12 6.68 4.48 8.35 3.68 3.65 4.02 28 Punjab 383.52 177.94 75.31 247.25 307.87 220.55 265.48 262.45 190.73 29 Rajasthan 682.65 771.64 974.02 936.17 1091.96 880.87 741.85 735.82 843.51 30 Sikkim 25.73 24.59 20.33 24.09 33.49 23.77 18.07 18.02 18.21 31 Tamil Nadu 655.38 681.28 766.81 741.30 880.79 662.40 638.47 632.41 636.6 32 Telangana 482.33 479.30 550.69 503.33 507.87 522.99 430.76 419.75 209.2 33 Tripura 186.72 171.66 150.52 186.55 244.22 211.20 153.41 145.25 154.73 34 Uttar Pradesh 2407.55 2341.91 2721.87 2622.64 2668.69 2510.27 2694.62 2498.26 2145.42 35 Uttarakhand 353.65 336.03 425.84 364.77 288.24 426.34 216.33 207.52 271.05 36 West Bengal 668.35 1378.31 1227.59 1455.89 1237.56 1522.40 1513.80 1497.52 1333.9 Total 18368.01 18789.28* 19849.82 19346.54 21741.17 20337.16 20904.83 19936.05 16777.37 * includes expenditure from previous years balances.

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