Lok Sabha Question No. 5538 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-07
Subject: Increase in Honorarium of Anganwadi Workers/Helpers by States
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.5538

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.04.2017

## INCREASE IN HONORARIUM OF ANGANWADI WORKERS/HELPERS BY STATES

## 5538.   SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  several  State  Governments  have  not  increased  the  honorarium  of  Anganwadi workers and helpers in their States, so far;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reason therefor; and
- (c) the action taken or proposed to be taken by the Union Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE  IN THE MINISTRY OF  WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) to (c)    Government of India gives honorarium as per the rates fixed in the prescribed cost sharing ratio.  Besides, State Governments/UTs also provide additional honorarium to the Anganwadi  Workers/Helpers  from  their  own  resources.    A  list  containing  details  of additional honorarium paid by different States/UTs to the Anganwadi Workers/helpers is enclosed at Annex-I.

The Government of India from time to time has been requesting the State Governments/UT Administrations to pay additional honorarium to these workers from their own resources also.  However, the payment of additional honorarium by the State Governments to these workers is at their discretion.

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## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 5538 for 07.04.2017

Statement indicating additional monthly honorarium paid to AWWs/AWHs by the States/UTs from their own resources (as on 31.03.2017)

| S. No.   | States/UTs         | Additional honorarium given by States/UTs (In Rs.)   | Additional honorarium given by States/UTs (In Rs.)   |
|----------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States/UTs         | Anganwadi Workers (AWW)                              | Anganwadi Helper (AWH)                               |
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar  | 3000                                                 | 2500                                                 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh     | 1200                                                 | 700                                                  |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh  | Nil                                                  | Nil                                                  |
| 4.       | Assam              | 1000                                                 | 500                                                  |
| 5.       | Bihar              | 750                                                  | 375                                                  |
| 6.       | Chandigarh         | 2000                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh       | 1000                                                 | 500                                                  |
| 8.       | Dadra Nagar Heveli | 1000                                                 | 600                                                  |
| 9.       | Daman & Diu        | 1000                                                 | 600                                                  |
| 10.      | Delhi              | 2000                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 11.      | Goa                | 3062-11937*                                          | 3000-6000                                            |
| 12.      | Gujarat            | 1750                                                 | 900                                                  |
| 13.      | Haryana            | 2500                                                 | 2250                                                 |
| 14.      | Himachal Pradesh   | 300                                                  | 200                                                  |
| 15.      | Jammu & Kashmir    | 600                                                  | 340                                                  |
| 16.      | Jharkhand          | 1400                                                 | 700                                                  |
| 17.      | Karnataka          | 3000                                                 | 2000                                                 |
| 18.      | Kerala             | 2000                                                 | 2000                                                 |
| 19.      | Lakshdweep         | 1600                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh     | 2000                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 21.      | Maharashtra        | 2000                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 22.      | Manipur            | 100                                                  | 50                                                   |
| 23.      | Meghalaya          | Nil                                                  | Nil                                                  |
| 24.      | Odisha             | 1000                                                 | 500                                                  |
| 25.      | Puducherry         | 600                                                  | 300                                                  |
| 26.      | Punjab             | 2000                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 27.      | Rajasthan          | 1724-1736*                                           | 1065                                                 |
| 28.      | Sikkim             | 2225                                                 | 1500                                                 |
| 29.      | Uttarakhand        | 3000                                                 | 1500                                                 |
| 30.      | West Bengal        | 1300                                                 | 1300                                                 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh      | 1000                                                 | 500                                                  |
| 32.      | Nagaland           | Nil                                                  | Nil                                                  |
| 33.      | Mizoram            | Nil                                                  | Nil                                                  |
| 34.      | Tamilnadu          | 6750 (that includes pay-2500, GP-500, & DA-3750)     | 4275 (that includes pay-1500, GP-400, & DA-2375)     |
| 35.      | Telangana          | 4000 (w.e.f. 1.3.2015)                               | 3000 (w.e.f. 1.3.2015)                               |
| 36.      | Tripura            | 2865                                                 | 1924                                                 |