ANGANWADI WORKERS (AWW)

Aug. 26, 2018

Union Finance Ministry has approved a hike in honorarium awarded to Anganwadi Workers following a proposal from the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The proposal now has to be approved by Union Cabinet.

About:

Anganwadi employees under the government’s ICDS programme are ‘honorary workers’ from the local community who come forward to render their services, on part time basis, in the area of child care and development.
Functions: They are responsible for providing supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-ups, pre-school non-formal education, and health and nutrition education to ICDS beneficiaries.
Present Status: There are nearly 28 lakh anganwadi workers and helpers in the country.

Honorarium:

As per the last revision in 2011, Union Government currently pays a monthly honorarium of ₹3,000 to anganwadi workers, ₹2,250 to workers at mini anganwadis and ₹1,500 to anganwadi helpers in the prescribed cost-sharing ratio with the States.
Apart from these, additional amount of honoraria are also paid by most of the State Governments / UT Administrations from their own resources.

Source : The Hindu