Lok Sabha Question No. 224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helpers under PM POSHAN
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 224

## LOK SABHA ANSWERED ON 25.11.2024

## Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helpers under PM POSHAN

## 224 Shri Asaduddin Owaisi:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) the  honorarium  currently  provided  to  Cook-Cum-Helper  by  the  Government  under Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN);
- (b) whether it is true that the honorarium has not been increased since 2009;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  it  is  true  that  States  provide  additional  honorarium  to  Cook-Cum-Helpers; and
- (e) if so, the amount of monthly additional honorarium provided to them, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) to  (e):  PM  POSHAN  Scheme  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  implemented  in partnership with the States and UTs. The overall responsibility for smooth functioning of the scheme including providing hot cooked and nutritious meal to the eligible children as well as engagement of Cook-cum-Helpers (CCHs) lies with the State Governments and Union  Territory  Administrations.  The  CCHs  are  honorary  workers  who  have  come forward for rendering social services. As per guidelines of the Scheme, the honorarium of Rs. 1000/- per month for 10 months in a year is prescribed for the CCHs in recognition of their  services  and  the  same  is  being  continued.  The  honorarium  expenditure  is  shared between Central Government and the States and UTs as per the approved sharing pattern. Moreover, the State Governments and UT  Administrations also supplement the honorarium by providing additional funds from their own  resources. The State Governments  and  UT  Administrations  have  the  liberty  to  enhance  the  honorarium  by providing additional funds.  The details of monthly honorarium of CCHs under the PM POSHAN Scheme are given at Annexure.

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 224 for 25.11.2024 asked by Hon'ble MP Shri Asaduddin Owaisi regarding Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helpers under PM POSHAN.

## Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helpers per month

|   S.No. | States/UTs        | Honorarium of CCH per month (in Rs.)   | Additional Honorarium of CCH per month (in Rs.)   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 3000                                   | 2000                                              |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2000                                   | 1000                                              |
|       3 | Assam             | 1500                                   | 500                                               |
|       4 | Bihar             | 1650                                   | 650                                               |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      | 1500                                   | 500                                               |
|       6 | Goa               | 1000                                   | -                                                 |
|       7 | Gujarat           | 2500                                   | 1500                                              |
|       8 | Haryana           | 7000                                   | 6000                                              |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh  | 3500                                   | 2500                                              |
|      10 | Jharkhand         | 2000                                   | 1000                                              |
|      11 | Karnataka         | 3700                                   | 2700                                              |
|      12 | Kerala            | 12000                                  | 11000                                             |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh    | 2000                                   | 1000                                              |
|      14 | Maharashtra       | 1500                                   | 500                                               |
|      15 | Manipur           | 1000                                   | -                                                 |
|      16 | Meghalaya         | 1000                                   | -                                                 |
|      17 | Mizoram           | 1500                                   | 500                                               |
|      18 | Nagaland          | 1000                                   | -                                                 |
|      19 | Odisha            | 1400                                   | 400                                               |
|      20 | Punjab            | 3000                                   | 2000                                              |
|      21 | Rajasthan         | 1742                                   | 742                                               |
|      22 | Sikkim            | 1000                                   | -                                                 |
|      23 | Tamil Nadu        | 4100-12500                             | 3100-11500                                        |
|      24 | Telangana         | 3000                                   | 2000                                              |
|      25 | Tripura           | 2500                                   | 1500                                              |
|      26 | Uttar Pradesh     | 2000                                   | 1000                                              |
|      27 | Uttarakhand       | 3000                                   | 2000                                              |
|      28 | West Bengal       | 1500                                   | 500                                               |
|      29 | A&N Islands       | 1000                                   | -                                                 |
|      30 | Chandigarh        | 3300                                   | 2300                                              |
|      31 | D&N and D &Diu    | 4408                                   | 3408                                              |
|      32 | Delhi             | 1000                                   | -                                                 |
|      33 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 1000                                   | -                                                 |
|      34 | Ladakh            | 1000                                   | -                                                 |
|      35 | Lakshadweep       | 1000                                   | -                                                 |
|      36 | Puducherry        | 10000                                  | 9000                                              |