Government receives demands at times from Anganwadi Workers/Unions etc. for increasing the honorarium. Government of India undertakes revision of the honorarium of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) from time to time and w.e.f. 01.10.2018 Govt. has enhanced honorarium of AWWs/AWHs. Also, performance linked incentive of ₹ 250/- per month to AWHs and ₹ 500/- per month for AWWs is paid. In addition to the honorarium and other incentives paid by the Government of India, the respective State/UTs also give monetary incentives to these workers.

 

Anganwadi Services is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented by States/UTs with the following objectives:-

 

1. To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group of 0-6 years;
2. To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child;
3. To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropouts;
4. To achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various departments to promote child development; and
5. To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education.

 

Under Anganwadi Services, a package of six services, namely, (i) Supplementary Nutrition; (ii) Pre-school Non-formal Education; (iii) Nutrition & Health Education; (iv) Immunization; (v) Health Check-up; and (vi) Referral Services has been provided to all eligible beneficiaries, namely, children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers through the platform of Anganwadi Centres across the country. Three of the services viz. Immunization, Health Check-up and Referral Services are related to health and are provided through NRHM & Public Health Infrastructure.

 

A total of 13,89,110 Anganwadi Centres are operational as on 30.06.2021. The details of the number of CDPOs, Supervisors, Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers is placed at Annexure-I.

 

Presently, the honorarium paid to AWWs and AWHs is:

 

AWWs at main-AWCs : ₹ 4,500/- per month

AWWs at mini-AWCs: ₹ 3,500/- per month and

AWHs : ₹ 2,250/- per month.

 

Annexure-I

 

Honorarium to Anganwadi Workers asked by Shri Naresh Bansal

                                                                                    (As on 30.06.2021)

S.No	State/ UT	CDPOs	Supervisors	AWWs	AWHs
1	Andhra Pradesh	257	1385	54011	45051
2	Arunachal Pradesh	98	249	6225	6225
3	Assam	146	2026	61014	55255
4	Bihar	407	2181	112048	103141
5	Chhattisgarh	144	1376	44356	42696
6	Goa	11	43	1154	1141
7	Gujarat	225	1703	51660	48589
8	Haryana	97	767	24610	23469
9	Himachal Pradesh	66	635	18667	17933
10	Jharkhand	85	766	37820	34323
11	Karnataka	163	1972	64417	59961
12	Kerala	244	1039	33115	32986
13	Madhya Pradesh	444	3140	95571	82015
14	Maharashtra	285	2731	104537	84289
15	Manipur	43	335	11318	9792
16	Meghalaya	38	185	5894	4627
17	Mizoram	27	90	2244	2244
18	Nagaland	60	159	3980	3980
19	Odisha	328	2428	71474	61380
20	Punjab	111	692	26001	22683
21	Rajasthan	165	1475	59228	52983
22	Sikkim	13	52	1284	1280
23	Tamil Nadu	279	1125	47264	41960
24	Telangana	149	802	34016	28438
25	Tripura	32	234	9911	9911
26	Uttar Pradesh	370	2826	163863	139756
27	Uttrakhand	58	435	19511	14286
28	West Bengal*	295	1291	107231	101563
29	A & N Islands	3	27	720	689
30	Chandigarh	3	12	439	446
31	Dadra & N Haveli and Daman & Diu	3	6	405	337
32	Delhi	37	363	10397	10740
33	Jammu & Kashmir	102	1025	27511	27601
34	Ladakh	5	39	1122	1111
35	Lakshadweep	0	2	74	85
36	Puducherry	5	0	843	841
	Total	4798	33616	1313935	1173807

* Available data as on 31 March 2021

 

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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