Anganwadi is a type of rural mother and child care centre. They were started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to combat child hunger and malnutrition. The services provided by the anganwadi are supplementary nutrition, non-formal pre-school education, growth monitoring, immunization monitoring, health check-ups and health and nutrition education classes. The main beneficiaries of the programme are children below six years of age, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers. The LGs are expected to manage the regular functioning of the anganwadi. 212 Anganwadis were constructed by the local bodies utilising KLGSDP assistance of Rs. 7,92,95,205/- across Kerala.

District Number Total amount spent (in Rs.)
Thiruvananthapuram 19 5998065.00
Kollam 18 7688697.00
Pathanamthitta 10 4145983.00
Alappuzha 10 1948331.00
Kottayam 19 3625003.00
Idukki 7 1044162.00
Ernakulam 13 3856644.00
Thrissur 18 8417420.00
Palakkad 30 17490132.00
Malappuram 30 11293235.00
Kozhikode 15 7190785.00
Wayanad 9 3528408.00
Kannur 12 2410696.00
Kasaragod 2 657644.00
Total 212 79295205.00

The management of Lower Primary (LP) and Upper Primary (UP) schools functioning in rural areas is vested with the respective GPs. Municipalities manage all government schools in the respective area across all sections from LP to Higher Secondary. The infrastructure and facilities like class room space and furniture, learning materials, computer lab, library books, drinking water, urinal/toilet and facilities for arts, sports and games were not sufficient. But with the intervention of KLGSDP, these facilities had improved to a great extend. Local Governments were able to construct / renovate 120 educational institutions with the financial assistance of KLGSDP. An amount of Rs. 5,90,98,383/- were utilised by KLGSDP for educational sector.

District Number Total amount spent
Thiruvananthapuram 16 9779921
Kollam 17 2563376
Pathanamthitta 2 259191
Alappuzha 5 3757624
Kottayam 4 945188
Idukki 1 367758
Ernakulam 15 4450994
Thrissur 6 2888928
Palakkad 9 6479702
Malappuram 30 23428005
Kozhikode 5 432606
Wayanad
Kannur 3 2196295
Kasaragod 7 1548795
Total 120 59098383

The decentralisation process in Kerala not only transferred administrative power from the state government to the local governments (LGs), but also brought in participatory planning into the process. It also devolved a much larger quantum of funds to LGs through statutory and formula based transfer. At present, the LGs in the state have several functions and are responsible for delivering services by institutions which have been transferred to them. The state has been undertaking several initiatives in the past to improve the capacity of LGs. However, institutionalization of systems and good practices is a continuous challenge. KLGSDP was conceived on the realisation that there is a need to further improve the quality of services provided by the LGs and the institutions transferred to them. An amount of Rs.6,20,59,624/- were utilised by KLGSDP for renovating the front offices of Grama Panchayats and Municipalities

District No. of front offices renovated Expenditure
Thiruvananthapuram 0 0
Kollam 24 10393728
Pathanamthitta 8 2983941
Alappuzha 31 11407644
Kottayam 0 0
Idukki 24 13150225
Ernakulam 0 0
Thrissur 47 18866007
Palakkad 7 1876419
Malappuram 7 1625036
Kozhikode 2 200113
Wayanad 2 268095
Kannur 4 1288416
Kasaragod 0 0
Total 156 62059624

KLGSDP aimed to improve the quality of lives of the people of Kerala by raising the level of service delivery of GPs and Municipalities in the state. The project was conceived on the realisation that there is a need to improve the quality of services provided by the LGs and the institutions transferred to them like schools, health care institutions and anganwadis. Kerala has been undertaking several initiatives in the past to improve the capacity of LGs. However, institutionalization of systems and good practices is a continuous challenge. The World Bank funded KLGSDP was expected to address some of these challenges and issues related to governance at the local level. There were about 173 projects (hospitals renovated / constructed) utilising KLGSDP funds of Rs.10,55,63,577/-.

District No. of Hospitals constructed / renovated Total Cost
Thiruvananthapuram 19 10589204
Kollam 13 7683183
Pathanamthitta 7 4556915
Alappuzha 12 7802330
Kottayam 8 3186472
Idukki 9 8348209
Ernakulam 20 9357456
Thrissur 13 5118839
Palakkad 19 12356553
Malappuram 17 9765736
Kozhikode 6 2410838
Wayanad 9 8699037
Kannur 17 12544112
Kasaragod 4 3144693
Total 173 105563577
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