Lok Sabha Question No. 921 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Honorarium for Aanganwadi Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Vijay Baghel, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.921 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## HONORARIUM FOR AANGANWADI WORKERS

## † 921.  SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

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

- (a) the number of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of salary and honorarium being paid by the Government to the AWWs along with the prescribed fund sharing ratio between Centre and States;
- (c) whether the Government  is contemplating to increase the honorarium of Anganwadi workers and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether the Government proposes to appoint these AWWs as permanent employees and if so, the details thereof along with the eligibility criteria prescribed for such appointments;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  implement  the  recommendations  of  the Parliamentary Committee constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. ChandreshKumari; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  time  by  which  these  recommendations  are likely to be implemented and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) State/UT-wise number of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) in the country isannexed.
- (b) Currently, Government is providing honorarium to Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) @ ₹ 4,500/- per month; AWWs at mini-AWCs @ ₹ 3,500/- per month; and Anganwadi Helpers  (AWHs)@  ₹  2,250/-  per  month.  The  Government  is  also  providing performance  linked  incentive  of  ₹  250/-  per  month  to  AWHs  effective  from  1 st October, 2018. AWWs are paid performance linked incentive of ₹ 500/- per month for using ICDS-CAS (Common Application Software) under POSHAN Abhiyaan. In addition to this, most of the States/UTs are also providing monetary incentives to these workers out of their own resources.

Under the Anganwadi Services Scheme, the funding pattern between Centre and States/UTs is as under:

| Category of States/UTs         | Components   | Components   | Components   |
|--------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|                                | General      | Salary       | SNP          |
| States/UTs with Legislature    | 60:40        | 25:75        | 50:50        |
| NE/Himalayan States& UT of J&K | 90:10        | 90:10        | 90:10        |
| UT Without Legislature         | 100:0        | 100:0        | 100:0        |

- (c) Presently, there is no proposal under consideration to increase the honorarium of Anganwadi Workers.
- (d) AWWs/AWHs are honorary workers who come forward to render their services on payment  of  monthly  honorarium.  In  view  of  the  very  nature  of  the  role  of Anganwadi Workers/Helpers, it is not feasible to declare them as regular/permanent  employees.  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  of  India  in  a  ruling  of 07.12.2006 in Civil Appeal No. 4853-4957 of 1998 - State of Karnataka & Ors. vs. Ameerbi&Ors.  has  held  that  Anganwadi  Workers/Helpers  do  not  hold  any  civil post.
- (e)  &  (f)  Out  of  16  recommendations/observations  made  by  the  Dr.  ChandreshKumari Committee,  14  recommendations  have  been  implemented.  Pursuant  to  the observations made by the Committee in its Sixteen Report, Ministry of Women & Child Development has furnished action taken report to the Committee.

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## Annexure

STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.  921  FOR  07.02.2020  REGARDING  HONOURARIUM  FOR  ANGANWADI  WORKERS ASKED BY  SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA, SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL AND SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR

## State/UT-wise details of sanctioned and In-position number of AWWs

| S no.   | State/UT          | Number of AWW   | Number of AWW   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| S no.   | State/UT          | Sanctioned      | In-position     |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 55607           | 53942           |
| 2       | Telangana         | 35700           | 34164           |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | 6225            | 6225            |
| 4       | Assam             | 62153           | 60942           |
| 5       | Bihar             | 115009          | 105383          |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 52474           | 50030           |
| 7       | Goa               | 1262            | 1198            |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 53029           | 51524           |
| 9       | Haryana           | 25962           | 25152           |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 18925           | 18759           |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 31938           | 29830           |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 38432           | 37821           |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 65911           | 64440           |
| 14      | Kerala            | 33318           | 33115           |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 97135           | 96119           |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 110486          | 105592          |
| 17      | Manipur           | 11510           | 11302           |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 5896            | 5879            |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 2244            | 2244            |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 3980            | 3980            |
| 21      | Odisha            | 74154           | 70188           |
| 22      | Punjab            | 27314           | 26652           |
| 23      | Rajasthan         | 62010           | 61593           |
| 24      | Sikkim            | 1308            | 1301            |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        | 54439           | 49182           |
| 26      | Tripura           | 10145           | 9911            |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 190145          | 171245          |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       | 20067           | 19521           |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 119481          | 107939          |
| 30      | A & N Islands     | 720             | 719             |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 450             | 450             |
| 32      | Delhi             | 10897           | 9353            |
| 33      | Dadra& N Haveli   | 302             | 302             |
| 34      | Daman& Diu        | 107             | 98              |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 107             | 107             |
| 36      | Puducherry        | 855             | 780             |
| Total   | Total             | 1399697         | 1326982         |