Lok Sabha Question No. 2172 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: Honorarium to AWWs and AWHs
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Balashowry Vallabhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2172

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2025

## HONORARIUM TO AWWS AND AWHS

## 2172. SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

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

- (a) the performance of Anganwadi Centres in Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) whether the honorarium for Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers was last revised in 2018, if so, the constraints being faced by the Government to further revise their honorarium; and
- (c) whether the Government is considering to link their honorarium to inflation as being done in case of MGNREGA workers, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

- (a) As per Poshan Tracker data improvement in malnutrition indicators has been observed in children across India. Malnutrition indicators of children (0-5 years) in the State of Andhra Pradesh as on June 2025 and June 2024 are as under:

| Month       | Total Active Children (0- 5 years) measured during the month   |   Measuring Efficiency (%) |   Stunting% |   Wasting% |   Underweight% |
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------|------------|----------------|
| June , 2025 | 21,83,364                                                      |                      98.56 |       18.43 |       4.97 |           7.68 |
| June 2024   | 23,98,832                                                      |                      96.45 |       20.68 |       5.61 |           9.75 |

Details of home visits undertaken by Anganwadi Workers in the State of Andhra Pradesh:

| Month       | Total Targeted VisitsTotal visits made% of visits made   | Total Targeted VisitsTotal visits made% of visits made   |   Total Targeted VisitsTotal visits made% of visits made |
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| June , 2025 | 7,31,668                                                 | 7,23,133                                                 |                                                    98.83 |
| June 2024   | 6,62,577                                                 | 6,55,995                                                 |                                                    99.01 |

- (b) Anganwadi  Workers  (AWWs)  and  Anganwadi  Helpers  (AWHs)  are  'honorary  workers' from the local community who voluntarily come forward to render their services in the area of child care and development to help the local community for which they are paid honorarium. Honorarium is  given  to  AWWs  and  AWHs  which  is  increased  from  time  to  time.  From  1 st October,  2018, Government of India has enhanced the honorarium of AWWs at Anganwadi centres (AWCs) from Rs.3,000/- to Rs.4,500/- per month; AWWs at mini- AWCs from Rs.2,250/- to Rs.3,500/- per month; AWHs from Rs.1,500/- to Rs.2,250/- per month as per the defined cost sharing ratio between the Centre & States/UTs.

Besides, performance linked incentive of Rs.500/- is provided to AWWs and Rs.250/- per month to AWHs. In  addition,  States/UTs  are  also  paying  additional  monetary  incentives/top  ups  to  these voluntary workers from their own resources which vary from State to State.

- (c)    Currently no such proposal is under consideration.

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