Lok Sabha Question No. 1621 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Schemes for Anganwadi Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Soni, Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar, Vijay Baghel, Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1621

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2022

## SCHEMES FOR ANGANWADI WORKERS

1621.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  implementing  any  scheme  for  the  Anganwadi Workers and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is implementing/ proposes to implement any scheme such as granting smart phone/tablet to Anganwadi Workers, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  manner  in  which  smart  phones/tablets  are  likely  to  be  beneficial  for Anganwadi Workers/Assistants;
- (d) the number of smart phones/tablets granted to Anganwadi Workers under the above said scheme so far, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  constituted  any  Committee  for  the  review  of different kinds of benefits including honorarium provided to the staff working in Anganwadi Kendras and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  Anganwadi Services is one of the flagship programmes of the Government of India providing early childhood care and development of the beneficiaries i.e children in the age  group  of  0-6  years,  pregnant  women  and  lactating  mothers  through  a  large network of Anganwadi workers (AWW) and Helpers (AWH). The following benefits are being provided to the Anganwadi Workers and Helpers:
-  The AWWs and AWHs are paid fixed honorarium per month as decided by the Government from time to time. The Government has enhanced the honorarium w.e.f.  01.10.2018  to AWWs from ₹ 3,000/- to ₹ 4,500/- per month; AWWs at mini-AWCs from ₹ 2,250/- to ₹ 3,500/- per month; AWHs from ₹ 1,500/- to ₹ 2,250/- per month; and introduced performance linked incentive of ₹ 250/- per month to AWHs and @ ₹ 500/- per month to AWWs.
-  In  addition  to  the  honorarium  paid  by  the  Government  of  India,  most  of  the States/UTs  are  also  giving  monetary  incentives  to  these  workers  out  of  their own resources.
-  Leave: AWWs/AWHs are allowed paid absence of 180 days of maternity leave and 20 days annual leave.
-  Award:     In  order  to  motivate  AWWs/and  give  recognition  to  good  voluntary work, a Scheme of Award for AWWs has been introduced, both at the National and State level. The Award comprises Rs.50,000/- cash and a Citation to AWW and Rs.40,000/- to AWHs.
-  Uniform: Government has made a provision for a set of two Uniform (saree/suit per annum @ Rs.500/- each).
-  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.
-  Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) Insurance Scheme for Health Care  Workers  fighting  COVID-19  with  personal  accident  cover  of  Rs.  50 Lakh  has also been extended to Anganwadi Workers/Helpers who may have been in  direct  contact  and  care  of  COVID-19  patients  and  may  be  at  risk  of being impacted by this, subject to fulfillment of the certain conditions.

(b)   to  (d)  Under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan,  Aanganwadi  workers  (AWWs)  have  been technologically  empowered  with  the  provision  of  smartphones  procured  through Government  e-Market  (GeM)  for  efficient  service  delivery.  A  total  of  11.03  lakhs Smartphones  have  been  procured  by  States/UTs  which  includes  the  State  of Chhattisgarh. The State/UT wise details of Smartphones procured is at Annexure I .

The mobile application of POSHAN Abhiyaan digitizes and automates physical registers used by Aanganwadi workers. This saves the time of AWWs and AWHs, and improves  the  quality  of  their  work  while  simultaneously  allowing  them  real-time monitoring.

(e) At present, no Committee has been constituted for the review of different kinds of benefits including honorarium provided to the staff working in Anganwadi Kendras.

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## Annexure I

Statement referred in Part (b) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No 1621 for answer  on  11.02.2022  by  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SONI:  SHRI  VIVEK  NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR: SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL: SHRI ARUN SAO: regarding Schemes for Anganwadi workers

## STATUS REPORT OF SMARTPHONE PROCUREMENT:

| Sl.   | States/UTs                   |   Available in State/UT |
|-------|------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1     | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS    |                     795 |
| 2     | ANDHRA PRADESH               |                   61005 |
| 3     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH            |                     149 |
| 4     | ASSAM                        |                   67410 |
| 5     | BIHAR                        |                  121174 |
| 6     | CHANDIGARH                   |                     496 |
| 7     | CHHATTISGARH                 |                   29942 |
| 8     | D & N HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU |                     444 |
| 9     | DELHI                        |                   11500 |
| 10    | GOA                          |                    1413 |
| 11    | GUJARAT                      |                   58261 |
| 12    | HARYANA                      |                       0 |
| 13    | HIMACHAL PRADESH             |                   20725 |
| 14    | JAMMU & KASHMIR              |                   31174 |
| 15    | JHARKHAND                    |                   12399 |
| 16    | KARNATAKA                    |                   72049 |
| 17    | KERALA                       |                   36435 |
| 18    | LADAKH                       |                    1300 |
| 19    | LAKSHADWEEP                  |                      80 |
| 20    | MADHYA PRADESH               |                   27817 |
| 21    | MAHARASHTRA                  |                  120685 |
| 22    | MANIPUR                      |                    2600 |
| 23    | MEGHALAYA                    |                    3640 |
| 24    | MIZORAM                      |                    2479 |
| 25    | NAGALAND                     |                    4409 |
| 26    | ODISHA                       |                   81165 |
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY                   |                     939 |
| 28    | PUNJAB                       |                       0 |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN                    |                   22887 |
| 30    | SIKKIM                       |                    1442 |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU                   |                   59488 |
| 32    | TELANGANA                    |                   38984 |
| 33    | TRIPURA                      |                   10735 |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH                |                  177916 |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAND                  |                   21809 |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL                  |                       0 |
| TOTAL |                              |                 1103746 |

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