Lok Sabha Question No. 3305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Anganwadi Sevikas
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3305

To BE ANSWERED ON 12.07.2019

## ANGANWADI SEVIKAS

## 3305.  SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) the total number of Anganwadi Sevikas and their distribution across the States;
- (b) the details of salaries and allowances payable and other terms of conditions of services, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether these Anganwadi Sevikas are being trained to provide efficient services and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the rate at which Sevika are being recruited in each State; and
- (e) the ratio of Sevikas to children in Anganwadis, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILDDEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) The  total  number  of  Anganwadi  Workers  and  Anganwadi  Helperssanctioned  in  the countryare1399697  and  1282847  respectively.  The  distribution  of  Anganwadi  Workers and Anganwadi Helpers across the States/UTs is given at Annexure-I .
- (b) The Anganwadi Services {under Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme} envisages the Anganwadi Workers & Helpers as honorary workers from local community who come forward to render their services, on part time basis, in the area of child care and development. Being honorary workers, they are paid monthly honoraria as decided by Government from time to time.

The  Government  of  India  has  recently  enhanced  the  honorarium  of  Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) at main-Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) from Rs. 3,000/- to Rs. 4,500/per month; AWWs at mini-AWCs from Rs. 2,250/- to Rs. 3,500/- per month; Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) from Rs 1,500/- to Rs. 2,250/- per month; and introduced performance linked  incentive  of  Rs.  250/-  per  month  to  AWHs,  effective  from  1st  October,  2018. Further, AWWs are allowed performance linked incentive of ₹ 500/- per month for using ICDS-CAS  under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan.In  addition  to  the  honorarium  paid  by  the Government of India, the respective State/UTs are giving monetary incentives to these workers out of their own resources as per details given at Annexure-II.

In addition, the AWWs and AWHs are also entitled for paid absence of 180 days of maternity  leave,  two  sets  of  uniform  per  year,  insurance  coverage  under  the  Pradhan Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  BimaYojana  (for  18-50  years  age  functionaries),  Pradhan  Mantri Suraksha  BimaYojana  (for  18-59  years  age  functionaries)  and  Anganwadi  Karyakart BimaYojana (for 51-59 years age functionaries)

- (c) The training is provided to the Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) at the Anganwadi Workers Training  Centres  (AWTCs) under ICDS Training Programme. AWWs are provided Job Training course for a duration of 26 working days. In case of back log, Induction training with a shorter duration of 5 working days is conducted for placing functionaries in to job prior  to  their  job  training.  Vertical  training  for  the  block  functionaries  is  conducted  in selected districts at the district level. Under the POSHAN Abhiyan, capacity building of Anganwadi  Workers  is  done  through  Incremental  Learning  Approach  (ILA)  having  21 training modules. The AWWs are oriented on one module in every 15 days. The e-ILA software is developed as a comprehensive training and evaluation web-based learning portal for the field workers. This is in addition to ongoing face-to-face ILA.
- (d) The rate of honorarium payable to these functionaries is given above.
- (e) Under the Anganwadi Services Scheme, Anganwadi Centres are sanctioned on the basis of population norms and each Anganwadi Centre has one Anganwadi Worker and one Anganwadi Helper. In case of mini Anganwadi only one Anganwadi worker is sanctioned.

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## Annexure-I

## STATEMENT  REFFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART(a) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.3305 FOR 12.07.2019

## STATUS  REPORT  OF  THE  SANCTIONED  AND  IN-POSITION    OF  ANGANWADI  WORKERS/ HELPERS UNDER ANGANWADI SERVICES SCHEME  AS ON  31 st  March 2019

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | No. of Anganwadi Workers   | No. of Anganwadi Workers   | No. of Anganwadi Helpers   | No. of Anganwadi Helpers   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Sanctioned                 | In-position                | Sanctioned                 | In-position                |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 55607                      | 54101                      | 48768                      | 45650                      |
| 2         | Telangana         | 35700                      | 30781                      | 31711                      | 29400                      |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 6225                       | 6225                       | 6225                       | 6225                       |
| 4         | Assam             | 62153                      | 61038                      | 56728                      | 55949                      |
| 5         | Bihar             | 115009                     | 95395                      | 107894                     | 87168                      |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | 52474                      | 49968                      | 46660                      | 43590                      |
| 7         | Goa               | 1262                       | 1235                       | 1262                       | 1239                       |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 53029                      | 51595                      | 51229                      | 48710                      |
| 9         | Haryana           | 25962                      | 25250                      | 25450                      | 24725                      |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 18925                      | 18770                      | 18386                      | 18175                      |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 31938                      | 29599                      | 31938                      | 29599                      |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 38432                      | 37577                      | 35881                      | 34999                      |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 65911                      | 64610                      | 62580                      | 59819                      |
| 14        | Kerala            | 33318                      | 33115                      | 33189                      | 32986                      |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 97135                      | 96028                      | 84465                      | 83183                      |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 110486                     | 94455                      | 97475                      | 90197                      |
| 17        | Manipur           | 11510                      | 10274                      | 9958                       | 9497                       |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 5896                       | 5896                       | 4630                       | 4630                       |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 2244                       | 2244                       | 2244                       | 2157                       |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 3980                       | 3980                       | 3980                       | 3980                       |
| 21        | Odisha            | 74154                      | 71424                      | 63738                      | 61623                      |
| 22        | Punjab            | 27314                      | 26824                      | 26074                      | 25093                      |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 62010                      | 59451                      | 55806                      | 53243                      |
| 24        | Sikkim            | 1308                       | 1308                       | 1308                       | 1308                       |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 54439                      | 49109                      | 49499                      | 43954                      |
| 26        | Tripura           | 10145                      | 9911                       | 10145                      | 9911                       |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 190145                     | 173518                     | 167855                     | 149409                     |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 20067                      | 19347                      | 14947                      | 14186                      |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 119481                     | 107603                     | 119481                     | 101196                     |
| 30        | A & N Islands     | 720                        | 719                        | 689                        | 689                        |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 450                        | 450                        | 450                        | 450                        |
| 32        | Delhi             | 10897                      | 9451                       | 10897                      | 10728                      |
| 33        | Dadra & N Haveli  | 302                        | 302                        | 247                        | 233                        |
| 34        | Daman & Diu       | 107                        | 102                        | 107                        | 102                        |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 107                        | 107                        | 96                         | 96                         |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 855                        | 855                        | 855                        | 855                        |
|           | Total             | 1399697                    | 1302617                    | 1282847                    | 1184954                    |

## STATEMENT  REFERREDIN  REPLYTO  PART  (b)  of  LOK  SABHA  UN-STARRED  Q.No.  3305  for 12.07.2019

Statement  indicating  additional  honorarium  given  by  the  States/UTs  to  AWWs/AWHs  from  their  own resources (As on 14.06.2019)

| 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 Helpers (AWHs)                             |
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar  | 3000                                                 | 2500                                                 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh     | 1200                                                 | 700                                                  |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh  | Nil                                                  | Nil                                                  |
| 4.       | Assam              | 2000                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 5.       | Bihar              | 750                                                  | 375                                                  |
| 6.       | Chandigarh         | 2000                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh       | 2000                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 8.       | Dadra Nagar Haveli | 1000                                                 | 600                                                  |
| 9.       | Daman & Diu        | 1000                                                 | 600                                                  |
| 10.      | Delhi              | 6678                                                 | 3339                                                 |
| 11.      | Goa                | 3062-11937*                                          | 3000-6000*                                           |
| 12.      | Gujarat            | 3300                                                 | 1700                                                 |
| 13.      | Haryana            | 7286-8429*                                           | 4215                                                 |
| 14.      | Himachal Pradesh   | 1750                                                 | 900                                                  |
| 15.      | Jammu & Kashmir    | 600                                                  | 340                                                  |
| 16.      | Jharkhand          | 1400                                                 | 700                                                  |
| 17.      | Karnataka          | 5000                                                 | 2500                                                 |
| 18.      | Kerala             | 2000                                                 | 2000                                                 |
| 19.      | Lakshadweep        | 3000                                                 | 2000                                                 |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh     | 7000                                                 | 3500                                                 |
| 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            | 294-306*                                             | 150                                                  |
| 34.      | Tamil Nadu         | 6750 (that includes pay-2500, GP-500, & DA-3750)     | 4275 (that includes pay- 1500, GP-400, & DA-2375)    |
| 35.      | Telangana          | 10500                                                | 6000                                                 |
| 36.      | Tripura            | 2865                                                 | 1924                                                 |