Lok Sabha Question No. 1149 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Representation of Anganwadi Workers Union
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramesh Chandra Majhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO: 1149

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2021

## REPRESENTATION OF ANGANWADI WORKERS UNION

## 1149:  SHRI RAMESH CHANDRA MAJHI

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) Government  has received  representations  from  States/UTs  of  Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Punjab,  Rajasthan,  Tamil  Nadu,  Uttar  Pradesh  and Uttarakhand.
- (b) The Standing Committee on Labour in its 25 th Report on the Unorganized 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 being honorary workers are paid a monthly honorarium as decided by  the  Government  from  time  to  time.  Government  of  India  w.e.f.  01.10.2018  has enhanced  the  honorarium  of  AWWs  at  main-AWCs  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.  Further, modified guidelines have been issued for performance linked incentive  @ ₹ 500/-  per  month  to  Anganwadi Workers  w.e.f.  01.04.2021.  In addition, States/UTs are also paying additional  monetary incentives/honorarium to these functionaries from their own resources.

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 (closed group as on

01.06.2017). Anganwadi  Workers/  Helpers  who  have  been  engaged  with  Covid-19  related  tasks have been included in the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package for insurance cover of

Rs.50 lakh subject to fulfillment of certain conditions prescribed for the coverage.

Also,  State  Governments/UT  Administrations  have  been  requested  to  encourage eligible  AWWs/AWHs  to  get them  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.

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