The total number of Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helperssanctioned in the countryare1399697 and 1282847 respectively. The distribution of Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers across the States/UTs is given at Annexure-I.

The Anganwadi Services {under Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme} envisages the Anganwadi Workers & Helpers as honorary workers from local community who come forward to render their services, on part time basis, in the area of child care and development. Being honorary workers, they are paid monthly honoraria as decided by Government from time to time.

The Government of India has recently enhanced the honorarium of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) at main-Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) from Rs. 3,000/- to Rs. 4,500/- per month; AWWs at mini-AWCs from Rs. 2,250/- to Rs. 3,500/- per month; Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) from Rs 1,500/- to Rs. 2,250/- per month; and introduced performance linked incentive of Rs. 250/- per month to AWHs, effective from 1st October, 2018. Further, AWWs are allowed performance linked incentive of ₹ 500/- per month for using ICDS-CAS under POSHAN Abhiyaan.In addition to the honorarium paid by the Government of India, the respective State/UTs are giving monetary incentives to these workers out of their own resources as per details given at Annexure-II.

In addition, the AWWs and AWHs are also entitled for paid absence of 180 days of maternity leave, two sets of uniform per year, insurance coverage under the Pradhan MantriJeevanJyotiBimaYojana (for 18-50 years age functionaries), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha BimaYojana (for 18-59 years age functionaries) and AnganwadiKaryakartBimaYojana (for 51-59 years age functionaries)

The training is provided to the Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) at the Anganwadi Workers Training Centres (AWTCs) under ICDS Training Programme. AWWs are provided Job Training course for a duration of 26 working days. In case of back log, Induction training with a shorter duration of 5 working days is conducted for placing functionaries in to job prior to their job training. Vertical training for the block functionaries is conducted in selected districts at the district level. Under the POSHAN Abhiyan, capacity building of Anganwadi Workers is done through Incremental Learning Approach (ILA) having 21 training modules. The AWWs are oriented on one module in every 15 days. The e-ILA software is developed as a comprehensive training and evaluation web-based learning portal for the field workers. This is in addition to ongoing face-to-face ILA.

The rate of honorarium payable to these functionaries is given above.

Under the Anganwadi Services Scheme, Anganwadi Centres are sanctioned on the basis of population norms and each Anganwadi Centre has one Anganwadi Worker and one Anganwadi Helper. In case of mini Anganwadi only one Anganwadi worker is sanctioned.

 

			Annexure-I
Sl. No. State/UT No. of Anganwadi Workers No. of Anganwadi Helpers Sanctioned In-position Sanctioned In-position 1 Andhra Pradesh 55607 54101 48768 45650 2 Telangana 35700 30781 31711 29400 3 Arunachal Pradesh 6225 6225 6225 6225 4 Assam 62153 61038 56728 55949 5 Bihar 115009 95395 107894 87168 6 Chhattisgarh 52474 49968 46660 43590 7 Goa 1262 1235 1262 1239 8 Gujarat 53029 51595 51229 48710 9 Haryana 25962 25250 25450 24725 10 Himachal Pradesh 18925 18770 18386 18175 11 Jammu & Kashmir 31938 29599 31938 29599 12 Jharkhand 38432 37577 35881 34999 13 Karnataka 65911 64610 62580 59819 14 Kerala 33318 33115 33189 32986 15 Madhya Pradesh 97135 96028 84465 83183 16 Maharashtra 110486 94455 97475 90197 17 Manipur 11510 10274 9958 9497 18 Meghalaya 5896 5896 4630 4630 19 Mizoram 2244 2244 2244 2157 20 Nagaland 3980 3980 3980 3980 21 Odisha 74154 71424 63738 61623 22 Punjab 27314 26824 26074 25093 23 Rajasthan 62010 59451 55806 53243 24 Sikkim 1308 1308 1308 1308 25 Tamil Nadu 54439 49109 49499 43954 26 Tripura 10145 9911 10145 9911 27 Uttar Pradesh 190145 173518 167855 149409 28 Uttarakhand 20067 19347 14947 14186 29 West Bengal 119481 107603 119481 101196 30 A & N Islands 720 719 689 689 31 Chandigarh 450 450 450 450 32 Delhi 10897 9451 10897 10728 33 Dadra & N Haveli 302 302 247 233 34 Daman & Diu 107 102 107 102 35 Lakshadweep 107 107 96 96 36 Puducherry 855 855 855 855   Total  1399697 1302617 1282847 1184954

 

ANNEXURE-II

 

 

Statement indicating additional honorarium given by the States/UTs to AWWs/AWHs from their own resources (As on 14.06.2019)

S. No.	States/UTs	Additional honorarium given by States/UTs (In Rs.)
		Anganwadi Workers (AWW)		Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs)
	Andaman & Nicobar	3000	2500
	Andhra Pradesh	1200	700
	Arunachal Pradesh	Nil	Nil
	Assam	2000	1000
	Bihar	750	375
	Chandigarh	2000	1000
	Chhattisgarh	2000	1000
	Dadra Nagar Haveli	1000	600
	Daman & Diu	1000	600
	Delhi	6678	3339
	Goa	3062-11937*	3000-6000*
	Gujarat	3300	1700
	Haryana	7286-8429*	4215
	Himachal Pradesh	1750	900
	Jammu & Kashmir	600	340
	Jharkhand	1400	700
	Karnataka	5000	2500
	Kerala	2000	2000
	Lakshadweep	3000	2000
	Madhya Pradesh	7000	3500
	Maharashtra	2000	1000
	Manipur	100	50
	Meghalaya	Nil	Nil
	Odisha	1000	500
	Puducherry	600	300
	Punjab	2600	1300
	Rajasthan	1724-1736*	1065
	Sikkim	2225	1500
	Uttarakhand	3000	1500
	West Bengal	1300	1300
	Uttar Pradesh	1000	500
	Nagaland	Nil	Nil
	Mizoram	294-306*	150
	Tamil Nadu	6750 (that includes  pay-2500, GP-500, & DA-3750)	4275 (that includes  pay-1500, GP-400, & DA-2375)
	Telangana	10500	6000
	Tripura	2865	1924

 

*Depending on the qualification and /or number of years of service      

 

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, SmritiZubinIrani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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