Ministry of Women and Child Development
Honorarium for Aanganwadi Workers
Posted On:
07 FEB 2020 4:40PM by PIB Delhi
The Central Government is providing honorarium of Rs 4,500/- per month toAnganwadi Workers (AWWs), Rs 3,500/- per month toAWWs at mini-AWCs andRs 2,250/- per monthto AnganwadiHelpers (AWHs). The Government is also providing performance linked incentive of Rs 250/- per month to AWHs effective from 1st October, 2018. AWWs are paid performance linked incentive of Rs 500/- per month for using ICDS-CAS (Common Application Software) under POSHAN Abhiyaan. In addition to this, most of the States/UTs are also providing monetary incentives to these workers out of their own resources.
Under the Anganwadi Services Scheme, the funding pattern between Centre and States/UTs is as under:
|
Category of States/UTs
|
Components
|
|
General
|
Salary
|
SNP
|
|
States/UTs with Legislature
|
60:40
|
25:75
|
50:50
|
|
NE/Himalayan States& UT of J&K
|
90:10
|
90:10
|
90:10
|
|
UT Without Legislature
|
100:0
|
100:0
|
100:0
|
Presently, there is no proposal under consideration to increase the honorarium of Anganwadi Workers.
AWWs/AWHs are honorary workers who come forward to render their services on payment of monthly honorarium. In view of the very nature of the role of Anganwadi Workers/Helpers, it is not feasible to declare them as regular/permanent employees. Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in a ruling of 07.12.2006 in Civil Appeal No. 4853-4957 of 1998 – State of Karnataka & Ors. vs. Ameerbi&Ors. has held that Anganwadi Workers/Helpers do not hold any civil post.
Out of 16 recommendations/observations made by the Dr. ChandreshKumari Committee, 14 recommendations have been implemented. Pursuant to the observations made by the Committee in its Sixteen Report, Ministry of Women & Child Development has furnished action taken report to the Committee.
State/UT-wise number of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) in the country isas under:
|
S no.
|
State/UT
|
Number of AWW
|
|
Sanctioned
|
In-position
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
55607
|
53942
|
|
2
|
Telangana
|
35700
|
34164
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
6225
|
6225
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
62153
|
60942
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
115009
|
105383
|
|
6
|
Chhattisgarh
|
52474
|
50030
|
|
7
|
Goa
|
1262
|
1198
|
|
8
|
Gujarat
|
53029
|
51524
|
|
9
|
Haryana
|
25962
|
25152
|
|
10
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
18925
|
18759
|
|
11
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
31938
|
29830
|
|
12
|
Jharkhand
|
38432
|
37821
|
|
13
|
Karnataka
|
65911
|
64440
|
|
14
|
Kerala
|
33318
|
33115
|
|
15
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
97135
|
96119
|
|
16
|
Maharashtra
|
110486
|
105592
|
|
17
|
Manipur
|
11510
|
11302
|
|
18
|
Meghalaya
|
5896
|
5879
|
|
19
|
Mizoram
|
2244
|
2244
|
|
20
|
Nagaland
|
3980
|
3980
|
|
21
|
Odisha
|
74154
|
70188
|
|
22
|
Punjab
|
27314
|
26652
|
|
23
|
Rajasthan
|
62010
|
61593
|
|
24
|
Sikkim
|
1308
|
1301
|
|
25
|
Tamil Nadu
|
54439
|
49182
|
|
26
|
Tripura
|
10145
|
9911
|
|
27
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
190145
|
171245
|
|
28
|
Uttarakhand
|
20067
|
19521
|
|
29
|
West Bengal
|
119481
|
107939
|
|
30
|
A & N Islands
|
720
|
719
|
|
31
|
Chandigarh
|
450
|
450
|
|
32
|
Delhi
|
10897
|
9353
|
|
33
|
Dadra & N Haveli
|
302
|
302
|
|
34
|
Daman & Diu
|
107
|
98
|
|
35
|
Lakshadweep
|
107
|
107
|
|
36
|
Puducherry
|
855
|
780
|
|
|
Total
|
1399697
|
1326982
|
(As on 30.09.2019)
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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