The Government of India is implementing the Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, which focused on out of school adolescent girls in the age group of 11-14 years across the country. Under the Scheme, nutritional support is provided to Adolescent Girls wherein supplementary nutrition containing 600 calories, 18-20 grams of protein and micro-nutrients is provided for 300 days in a year.

Recently the Scheme for Adolescent Girls has been subsumed under Saksham Anganwadi & Mission Poshan 2.0. As adolescent girls in the age group 11-14 years are covered under Right to Education Act, 2009, the targeted beneficiaries under the revised scheme are adolescent girls in the age group of 14+ to 18 years in Aspirational Districts and North Eastern States. State/UT-wise details of funds released under SAG including Uttarakhand and other Himalayan states, is at Annexure-I.

Under SAG, the Anganwadi Worker undertakes home visits in her area, takes the help of PRIs, school teachers and other stakeholders to identify the beneficiaries.

State/UT-wise details of beneficiaries under SAG is at Annexure-II.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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ANNEXURE-I

State/UT-wise funds released under SAG during 2020-21 and 2021-22 (as on 17.03.2022)

(Rupees in Lakhs)

S No	State/UT	2020-21	2021-22
1	Andhra Pradesh	11.28	0
2	Arunachal Pradesh	1.11	0
3	Assam	1919.17	0
4	Bihar	2.94	0
5	Chattisgarh	121.13	158.73
6	Goa	0.02	0
7	Gujarat	870.58	641.68
8	Haryana	0	0
9	Himachal Pradesh	0	0
10	Jammu & Kashmir	23.04	0
11	Jharkhand	33.01	0
12	Karnataka	20.31	0
13	Kerala	1.61	2.04
14	Madhya Pradesh	213.75	0
15	Maharashtra	48.48	0
16	Manipur	9.12	0
17	Meghalaya	4.06	0
18	Mizoram	2.78	0
19	Nagaland	187.76	93.88
20	Odisha	29.69	96.54
21	Punjab	4.67	0
22	Rajasthan	58.94	0
23	Sikkim	0.04	0
24	Tamil Nadu	1.23	0
25	Telangana	29.69	0
26	Tripura	15.76	0
27	Uttar Pradesh	410.88	776.49
28	Uttarakhand	20.31	0
29	West Bengal	31.71	0
30	Andaman & Nicobar	0.02	0
31	Chandigarh	0.2	1.21
32	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	0.02	0
33	Delhi	8.73	19.7
34	Lakshdweep	0.01	0.14
35	Pondicherry	0.01	0
36	Ladakh	0	1.88
	TOTAL	4082.06	1792.29

 

 

 

ANNEXURE-II

State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries under SAG during 2020-21

 

S.No.	State/UT	2020-21
1	Andhra Pradesh	1092
2	Arunachal Pradesh	505
3	Assam	68545
4	Bihar	0
5	Chattisgarh	14618
6	Goa	2
7	Gujarat	70942
8	Haryana	3229
9	Himachal Pradesh	NI
10	Jammu & Kashmir	10736
11	Jharkhand	27800
12	Karnataka	NR
13	Kerala	107
14	Madhya Pradesh	15252
15	Maharashtra	15677
16	Manipur	3075
17	Meghalaya	598
18	Mizoram	1300
19	Nagaland	7320
20	Odisha	13082
21	Punjab	3926
22	Rajasthan	39420
23	Sikkim	21
24	Tamil Nadu	299
25	Telangana	NR
26	Tripura	386
27	Uttar Pradesh	204537
28	Uttarakhand	0
29	West Bengal	NR
30	Andaman & Nicobar	NI
31	Chandigarh	70
32	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	11
33	Delhi	749
34	Lakshdweep	10
35	Pondicherry	0
36	Ladakh	NR
	Total	503309

NR-Not Reported, NI-Not Implemented

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