Lok Sabha Question No. 4010 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Salary to Anganwadi Teachers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 4010

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## SALARY TO ANGANWADI TEACHERS

4010:  SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

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

- (a) the  State  which  pays  the  highest  salary  to  the  Anganwadi  teachers  in  the country;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  provide  equal  salaries  to  all Anganwadi teachers at par with the highest paying State and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the share of the salary of these Anganwadi teachers contributed by the Union Government?

## ANSWER

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

- a.  Statement indicating the additional honorarium given by State/ UTs from their own resources to Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) is placed at Annexure I.
- b.  There is no proposal under consideration.
- c.  The prescribed cost sharing ratio between Central and State Governments for the Honorarium given to Anganwadi workers and helpers is as under : States/ UTs with Legislature - 60:40 NE / Himalayan States (including J&K) - 90: 10 UT without legislature- 100:0

This  is  applicable  to  all  States/UTs.   Government  releases  funds  to  the States/UTs as per the prescribed cost sharing ratio

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## Annexure I

Statement referred to in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No.4010 for answer on 24.03.2023 regarding Salary to Anganwadi Teachers:

(As on 31.12.2022)

| 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                     | 7000                                                 | 4750                                                 |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                  | Nil                                                  | Nil                                                  |
| 4.       | Assam                              | 2000                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 5.       | Bihar                              | 1450                                                 | 725                                                  |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                         | 3600                                                 | 1800                                                 |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh                       | 2000                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 8.       | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 1000                                                 | 600                                                  |
| 9.       | Delhi                              | 5178                                                 | 2589                                                 |
| 10.      | Goa                                | 5500-13500*                                          | 3750-6750*                                           |
| 11.      | Gujarat                            | 5500                                                 | 3250                                                 |
| 12.      | Haryana                            | 6901-8161*                                           | 4531                                                 |
| 13.      | Himachal Pradesh                   | 4600                                                 | 2450                                                 |
| 14.      | Jammu & Kashmir                    | 600                                                  | 340                                                  |
| 15.      | Jharkhand                          | 5000                                                 | 2500                                                 |
| 16.      | Karnataka                          | 6500-7000*                                           | 4000-4500*                                           |
| 17.      | Kerala                             | 2000                                                 | 2000                                                 |
| 18.      | Lakshadweep                        | 5500                                                 | 4750                                                 |
| 19.      | Madhya Pradesh                     | 5500                                                 | 2750                                                 |
| 20.      | Maharashtra                        | 3825                                                 | 2175                                                 |
| 21.      | Manipur                            | 1000                                                 | 600                                                  |
| 22.      | Meghalaya                          | 1500                                                 | 1000                                                 |
| 23.      | Odisha                             | 3000                                                 | 1500                                                 |
| 24.      | Puducherry                         | 600                                                  | 300                                                  |
| 25.      | Punjab                             | 5000                                                 | 2850                                                 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan                          | 3891-4030*                                           | 2640                                                 |
| 27.      | Sikkim                             | 2225                                                 | 1500                                                 |
| 28.      | Uttarakhand                        | 4800                                                 | 3000                                                 |
| 29.      | West Bengal                        | 3750                                                 | 4050                                                 |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh                      | 1500                                                 | 750                                                  |
| 31.      | Nagaland                           | Nil                                                  | Nil                                                  |
| 32.      | Mizoram                            | 450                                                  | 500                                                  |
| 33.      | Tamil nadu                         | 3200-19700*                                          | 1850-10250*                                          |
| 34.      | Telangana                          | 9150                                                 | 5550                                                 |
| 35.      | Tripura                            | 150-5346*                                            | 93-3518*                                             |

36.

Ladakh

1300

650

* Depending on the qualification and/or number of years of service ******