Lok Sabha Question No. 42 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Job Security of Anganwadi Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY

## 42.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.42

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2017

## JOB SECURITY OF ANGANWADI WORKERS

- PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

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

- (a) Whether the Government intends to announce more welfare schemes for the job security of anganwadi workers of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government noticed that some States are reluctant to give more facilities to them; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken to increase their wages and other benefits?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF  WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) & ( b) Recently, the Government of India has approved the setting up of National Nutrition Mission (NNM) which provides an incentive of Rs.500/- p.m. to the Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) for using the Information Technology tools in their day-to-day functioning.  Besides, NNM also prescribes a scheme for giving cash awards to the teams comprising of ANM, ASHA, AWWs, etc. for achieving improved nutrition related indicators.  These components are over and above the welfare measures such as leave, insurance cover, promotion avenues, etc. already available to the AWWs.
- (c) & (d) The Government of India pays monthly honorarium to the AWWs and AWHs @ Rs.3000/and Rs.1500/- in the prescribed cost sharing ratio with the States/UTs.  The States/UTs are also paying additional honorarium to these functionaries from their own resources, as per the list enclosed .  There is a variation in the additional honorarium paid by different States/UTs.  Since the additional honorarium is paid  by  the  States/UTs  from  their  own  financial  resources,  Government  of  India  has  been  requesting them to increase the honorarium of these functionaries.  However, it is for the States/UTs to decide.

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Annexure to Lok Sabha USQ No. 42 for answer on 15.12.2017

| 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              | 6678                                                 | 3339                                                 |
| 11.      | Goa                | 3062-11937*                                          | 3000-6000                                            |
| 12.      | Gujarat            | 1750                                                 | 900                                                  |
| 13.      | Haryana            | 2500                                                 | 2250                                                 |
| 14.      | Himachal Pradesh   | 1450                                                 | 600                                                  |
| 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             | 2600                                                 | 1300                                                 |
| 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                                                 | 3000                                                 |
| 36.      | Tripura            | 2865                                                 | 1924                                                 |