Ministry of Women and Child Development
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HONORARIUM TO ANGANWADI WORKERS/HELPERS

Posted On: 22 JUL 2022 2:44PM by PIB Delhi

State/UT-wise number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) and workers/helpers/supervisors engaged therein, as on 31.03.2022, is annexed. Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) are paid monthly honorarium as decided by the Government from time to time. Presently, honorarium of AWWs at main-AWCs is ₹ 4,500/- per month; AWWs at mini-AWCs is ₹3,500/- per month; AWHs is ₹2,250/- per month. AWWs are paid a performance linked incentive of ₹ 500/- per month, while for AWHs the performance linked incentive is Rs 250/- per month.

In addition, States/UTs are also paying additional monetary incentives/honorarium to these functionaries from their own resources. Supervisors under Anganwadi Services are government employees, whose pay scales are decided from time to time by the concerned State Government/UT Administration.

In order to improve the working conditions of AWWs, Ministry of Women and Child Development has issued revised joint guidelines with Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, for construction of 4 lakh AWC buildings across the country under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in convergence with Anganwadi Services, under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. Under Swachhta Action Plan, grants are provided for drinking water facilities and for toilet facilities per AWC. Grants are also sanctioned for purchase of water filter, furniture, equipment, etc. Besides, AWWs have been provided with Smart Phones for efficient service delivery.

There have been sustained engagements with State Governments for review and improvement including recent interactions to discuss different implementation related issues such as Anganwadi Infrastructure, non-operationalisation of Anganwadi Centres, filling of vacancies of Anganwadi Services functionaries, smooth delivery of services to the beneficiaries etc. to strengthen the services.

Further streamlined guidelines were issued on 13.01.2021, covering several aspects such as quality assurance, roles and responsibilities of duty holders, procedure for procurement, integrating AYUSH concepts and Data management and Monitoring through ‘Poshan Tracker’ for transparency, efficiency and accountability in delivery of Supplementary Nutrition.

In addition, following benefits are also given to AWWs/AWHs:

i)     Leave: They have been allowed paid absence of 180 days of maternity leave and 20 paid annual leaves.

 

ii)    Award: In order to motivate the Anganwadi Workers and give recognition to good voluntary work, a Scheme of Award for AWWs/AWHs, comprising Rs.50,000/- cash award to AWWs and Rs.40,000/- cash award to AWHs was introduced.

 

iii)   Uniform: Government has made a provision for a set of two Uniforms (saree/suit per annum).

 

Government has received demands from Anganwadi Workers/Unions etc. for increasing the honorarium. However, the Government of India undertakes revision of the honorarium of AWWs and AWHs from time to time. With effect from 01.10.2018, the Government of India has enhanced the honorarium of AWWs/AWHs. Additional honorarium is paid by the States/UTs from their own financial resources.

AWWs/AWHs are covered under Social Security Insurance Schemes.

AWWs/AWHs who have been engaged with Covid-19 related tasks have been included in the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package for insurance cover of Rs.50 lakh subject to fulfilment of certain conditions prescribed for the coverage.

Also, State Governments/UT Administrations have been requested to encourage eligible AWWs/AWHs to get them enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan (PM-SYM) Pension Scheme on voluntary basis in order to get assured monthly pension on attaining the age of 60 years.

With respect to problems/issues faced by Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers, the same are taken up with concerned States/ UTs for appropriate action.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

 

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Annexure

 

State/UT-wise number of Anganwadi Centres and Wokers/Helpers/Supervisors engaged therein, as on 31.03.2022

 

S. No

State/UTs

No. of Anganwadi Centres

Supervisor

Anganwadi Workers

Anganwadi Helpers

Sanctioned

Operational

In-position

In-position

In-position

1

Andhra Pradesh

55607

55607

1302

54286

46112

2

Arunachal Pradesh

6225

6225

249

6225

6225

3

Assam

62153

61715

1984

60780

55287

4

Bihar

115009

112094

2077

112094

103141

5

Chhatisgarh

52474

51664

1294

49411

42408

6

Goa

1262

1262

47

1224

1209

7

Gujarat

53029

53029

1772

50143

46846

8

Haryana

25962

25962

707

24044

22161

9

Himachal Pradesh

18925

18925

636

18697

17916

10

Jharkhand

38432

38432

726

37895

35316

11

Karnataka

65911

65911

2005

64240

59080

12

Kerala

33318

33115

1151

33115

32986

13

Madhya Pradesh

97135

97135

3019

95860

82266

14

Maharashtra

110486

110410

2681

105964

83313

15

Manipur

11510

11510

286

11497

9952

16

Meghalaya

5896

5895

185

5892

4625

17

Mizoram

2244

2244

90

2244

2244

18

Nagaland

3980

3980

159

3980

3980

19

Odisha

74154

74096

2518

72917

62823

20

Punjab

27314

27305

753

25706

22401

21

Rajasthan

62010

61655

1392

59478

53180

22

Sikkim

1308

1308

52

1308

1308

23

Tamil Nadu

54439

54439

1506

45186

40110

24

Telangana

35700

35584

830

33874

28079

25

Tripura

10145

9911

207

9911

9911

26

Uttar Pradesh

190145

189430

2624

161960

137965

27

Uttrakhand

20067

20067

418

19478

14227

28

West Bengal

119481

119481

1179

105679

100521

29

A & N Islands

720

719

27

719

689

30

Chandigarh

450

450

18

450

447

31

Dadra & N Haveli and Daman & Diu

409

405

8

405

337

32

Delhi

10897

10896

370

10205

10491

33

Jammu & Kashmir

30765

28078

867

27511

27601

34

Ladakh

1173

1139

39

1129

1123

35

Lakshadweep

71

71

2

71

71

36

Puducherry

855

855

34

855

855

Total

1399661

1391004

33214

1314433

1167206

 

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