Providing further details, she said 1,500 AWCCs were approved in Chhattisgarh, of which only 175 are operational.Similarly, 1,024 were sanctioned for Jharkhand, but none have been made functional. The same is the case with Odisha, where all 1,000 approved AWCCs remain non-operational.In Telangana, 1,033 were approved, but only eight are operational.According to official data, Chandigarh has the best implementation record, with 200 out of 210 sanctioned AWCCs fully functional.Haryana has the highest number of operational AWCCs at 297, followed by Mizoram and Chandigarh with 200 each. Other states where these centres are functional include Chhattisgarh (175), Karnataka (164), Nagaland (150), Tripura (94), Meghalaya (76), Bihar (65), and Uttarakhand (32).Thakur noted that under Palna, an annual target is set during Programme Approval Board (PAB) meetings with state governments and UT administrations.“It is emphasised that they send proposals for opening more Anganwadi-cum-crèches and operationalise them. Additionally, the ministry monitors the scheme’s implementation through meetings and virtual conferences with states and UTs at various levels,” she said.
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