COVER HINDI - Ministry of Women and Child Development

Financial Progress: Against a revised allocation of
Rs.1906.84 crore (ICDS-III: Rs.1523.85 crore +
Udisha(Training of ICDS functionaries): Rs.383.00 crore),
an amount of Rs.1798.51 crore (94%) [ICDS-III: 1416.29
crore + Udisha: 382.22 crore] was released to the States/
UTs [including Central Project Monitoring Unit (CPMU)]
up to March 31, 2006. As on June 26, 2006, an amount of
US$ 213.74 million was disbursed by the World Bank
under the Project, against the available US$ 234.49 million
under the Credit. Statewise funds released under World
Bank assisted ICDS - III Projects during 2005-06 and 2007
- 2008 as on 31-12-2006 are given at Annexure XVIII .
Impact Evaluation: Endline surveys were conducted in
the original five States of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu during 2005 through
State-based research agencies to gauge the impact of the
Project in respect of its development objectives. The
Table 1: ICDS-III Project - Physical Progress in Civil Works
[As on March 31, 2006]
Project AWC Buildings CDPO Offices Handpumps
(@Rs.1.25 lakh: 75% GoI share) [@Rs.5 lakh: 100% GoI Share] [@ Rs.0.4 lakh: 100% GoI Share]
Sanctioned
Completed
% of Target
ICDS-III
(Original)*
14,121 12,830 90.86% 440 425 96.59% 5232 4,417 84.42%
ICDS-III
(Restructured)**
6,569 4,681 71.26% 57 44 77.19% 6674 3,719 55.72%
Model AWCs *** 4,489 2,219 49.43%
All Projects 25,179 19,730 78.36% 497 469 94.37% 11,906 8,136 68.34
*Sanctioned during 1999-2000 in five States of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
** Sanctioned in April 2003 in six States of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa & Uttaranchal
*** Sanctioned during 2003-04 & 2004-05 in 9 States/UTs, viz., West Bengal, Gujarat, Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab,
J & K, Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry, A & N Islands
Figure 1 below shows the State-wise percent age of
underweight (