States and UTs are encouraged by the Government of India to develop kitchen gardens at the Anganwadi Centre premises to provide healthy food for children.

 

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 honorarium 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 1^st October, 2018. AWWs are paid Rs. 500/- per month under POSHAN Abhiyaan for using ICDS-CAS. Besides this, many States/UTs are also giving additional honorarium to Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers out of their own resources for any additional work assigned to them. Statement indicating additional honorarium paid by States/UTs to AWWs/AWHs is placed at Annexure-I.

Under the Social Security benefits, Anganwadi Workers (AWWs)/ Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) in the age group of 18-50 years are covered under Pradhan MantriJeevanJyotiBimaYojana (PMJJBY) providing life cover of ₹ 2.00 Lakh, those in the age group of 18-59 years are covered under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha BimaYojana (PMSBY) for accidental cover of ₹ 2.00 Lakh / ₹ 1.00 Lakh and those in the age group of 51-59 years (closed group as on 01.06.2017) are covered with the modified AnganwadiKaryakartiBimaYojana (AKBY) for life cover of ₹ 30,000/-. The AWWs/AWHs are also provided Female Critical Illness benefits of ₹ 20,000/- on diagnosis of identified illness and scholarships to their children studying in 9th to 12th Standard (including ITI courses). These social security benefits to AWWs/AWHs are being provided in association with the LIC.

AWWs and AWHs are also entitled for Supplementary Nutrition under the Anganwadi Services Scheme. The scale of nutrition is the same as that for Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers.

POSHAN Abhiyaan empowers the frontline functionaries i.e. Anganwadi Workers and Lady Supervisors by providing them with smart phones. ICDS-Common Application Software /(ICDS-CAS) have been developed under POSHAN Abhiyaan which enables data capture, ensures assigned service delivery and prompts for interventions wherever required. It enables collection of information on ICDS service delivery interventions and its impact on nutrition outcomes in beneficiaries.

This data/information is then available on web-based ICDS-CAS dashboard on a near real time basis, for monitoring, to the supervisory staff at Block, District, State and National level for action and decision making at their end. The dashboard displays data and provides reports on various programme areas to the administrative officers to interpret and use the information for improving service delivery. As on 17.11.2019, 5,26,869 Anganwadi Workers are using the ICDS-CAS Application across 36 States/UTs as per details in Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

S. No.	States/UTs	Additional honorarium given by States/UTs (In Rs.)
		Anganwadi Workers (AWW)	Anganwadi Helper (AWH)
	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	6000	3750
	Tripura	2865	1924

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

                                                Annexure- II

S. No.	Name of State/UT	Number of Anganwadi covered through ICDS-CAS Application (as on 17.11.2019)
	A &  N Islands	713
	Andhra Pradesh	55585
	Arunachal Pradesh	0
	Assam	4262
	Bihar	50271
	Chandigarh	450
	Chhattisgarh	10473
	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	303
	Daman and Diu	102
	Delhi	8775
	Goa	821
	Gujarat	52923
	Haryana	0
	Himachal Pradesh	18861
	Jammu and Kashmir	0
	Jharkhand	11115
	Karnataka	0
	Kerala	8905
	Lakshadweep	0
	Madhya Pradesh	27811
	Maharashtra	109611
	Manipur	0
	Meghalaya	5797
	Mizoram	2244
	Nagaland	3647
	Odisha	0
	Puducherry	848
	Punjab	0
	Rajasthan	20753
	Sikkim	821
	Tamil Nadu	54400
	Telangana	11157
	Tripura	0
	Uttar Pradesh	51787
	Uttarakhand	14434
	West Bengal	0
	Total	5,26,869

 

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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