Lok Sabha Question No. 268 (STARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Facilities for Anganwadi Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO: 268

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## FACILITIES FOR ANGANWADI WORKERS

- *268:  SHRI D .K. SURESH

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

- (a) Whether  the  Government  has  received  any  representation  from  Anganwadi Workers unions demanding safety, insurance, risk allowance and fixed wage etc. and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  it  is  true  that  the  Parliamentary  Departmentally  Related  Standing Committee on Labour also recommended the same facilities for them and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) Whether the Government has taken necessary steps to meet the said demands, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI  SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a)  to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question No.268 by Shri D.K. Suresh to be answered on 06.08.2021 regarding 'Facilities for Anganwadi Workers'.

- (a) Yes, the Government  has received such representations. The details of representations  received  during  the  last  year  from  different  States/  UTs  are  Chhattisgarh  (3),  Delhi  (2),  Haryana  (2),  Himachal  Pradesh  (4),  Jammu  & Kashmir (1),  Jharkhand  (3),  Kerala  (1),  Madhya  Pradesh  (9),  Maharashtra  (1), Punjab (2), Rajasthan (5), Tamil Nadu  (1) and Uttar Pradesh (1).
- (b) The Standing Committee on Labour in its 25 th Report on the Unorganised Sector Workers' Social Security Bill recommended that the benefit of social security   proposed  under  the  Bill   should  also  be  extended  to   Anganwadi workers who are not covered by the existing laws relating to social security either in the organized or unorganized sector.
- (c) AWWs/AWHs  are covered under the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (life cover of ₹ 2.00 lakh   to AWWs/AWHs in the age group of 18 to 50 years); Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (₹ 2.00 lakh to AWWs/AWHs in the age group  of  18-59  years  in  case  of  accidental  death  or  permanent/full  disability and ₹ 1.00  lakh  in  case  of  partial  but  permanent  disability);  and Anganwadi Karyakarti  Bima  Yojana   (life  cover  of  ₹  30,000/-   to  AWWs/AWHs  in  the  age group of 51 to 59 years (during the period of their engagement).

State  Governments/UT  Administrations  have  been  requested  to  encourage eligible  AWWs/AWHs  to  get themselves  enrolled  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan (PM-SYM) Pension Scheme on voluntary basis in order to get assured monthly pension on attaining the age of 60 years.

Additionally, the Government of India has recently enhanced the honorarium of AWWs/AWHs apart from introducing performance linked incentive of 250/- per month to AWHs.  In addition to the honorarium and other incentives paid by the Government  of  India,  the  respective  States/UTs  are  also  giving  monetary incentives to these workers.

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