Ministry of Women and Child Development: Anganwadi Sevikas

The total number of Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helperssanctioned in the countryare1399697 and 1282847 respectively. The distribution of Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers across the States/UTs is given at Annexure-I.

The Anganwadi Services {under Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme} envisages the Anganwadi Workers & Helpers as honorary workers from local community who come forward to render their services, on part time basis, in the area of child care and development. Being honorary workers, they are paid monthly honoraria as decided by Government from time to time.

The Government of India has recently enhanced the honorarium of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) at main-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; Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) from Rs 1,500/- to Rs. 2,250/- per month; and introduced performance linked incentive of Rs. 250/- per month to AWHs, effective from 1st October, 2018. Further, AWWs are allowed performance linked incentive of ₹ 500/- per month for using ICDS-CAS under POSHAN Abhiyaan.In addition to the honorarium paid by the Government of India, the respective State/UTs are giving monetary incentives to these workers out of their own resources as per details given at Annexure-II.

In addition, the AWWs and AWHs are also entitled for paid absence of 180 days of maternity leave, two sets of uniform per year, insurance coverage under the Pradhan MantriJeevanJyotiBimaYojana (for 18-50 years age functionaries), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha BimaYojana (for 18-59 years age functionaries) and AnganwadiKaryakartBimaYojana (for 51-59 years age functionaries)

The training is provided to the Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) at the Anganwadi Workers Training Centres (AWTCs) under ICDS Training Programme. AWWs are provided Job Training course for a duration of 26 working days. In case of back log, Induction training with a shorter duration of 5 working days is conducted for placing functionaries in to job prior to their job training. Vertical training for the block functionaries is conducted in selected districts at the district level. Under the POSHAN Abhiyan, capacity building of Anganwadi Workers is done through Incremental Learning Approach (ILA) having 21 training modules. The AWWs are oriented on one module in every 15 days. The e-ILA software is developed as a comprehensive training and evaluation web-based learning portal for the field workers. This is in addition to ongoing face-to-face ILA.

The rate of honorarium payable to these functionaries is given above.

Under the Anganwadi Services Scheme, Anganwadi Centres are sanctioned on the basis of population norms and each Anganwadi Centre has one Anganwadi Worker and one Anganwadi Helper. In case of mini Anganwadi only one Anganwadi worker is sanctioned.

Annexure-I

Sl. No.

State/UT

No. of Anganwadi Workers

No. of Anganwadi Helpers

Sanctioned

In-position

Sanctioned

In-position

1

Andhra Pradesh

55607

54101

48768

45650

2

Telangana

35700

30781

31711

29400

3

Arunachal Pradesh

6225

6225

6225

6225

4

Assam

62153

61038

56728

55949

5

Bihar

115009

95395

107894

87168

6

Chhattisgarh

52474

49968

46660

43590

7

Goa

1262

1235

1262

1239

8

Gujarat

53029

51595

51229

48710

9

Haryana

25962

25250

25450

24725

10

Himachal Pradesh

18925

18770

18386

18175

11

Jammu & Kashmir

31938

29599

31938

29599

12

Jharkhand

38432

37577

35881

34999

13

Karnataka

65911

64610

62580

59819

14

Kerala

33318

33115

33189

32986

15

Madhya Pradesh

97135

96028

84465

83183

16

Maharashtra

110486

94455

97475

90197

17

Manipur

11510

10274

9958

9497

18

Meghalaya

5896

5896

4630

4630

19

Mizoram

2244

2244

2244

2157

20

Nagaland

3980

3980

3980

3980

21

Odisha

74154

71424

63738

61623

22

Punjab

27314

26824

26074

25093

23

Rajasthan

62010

59451

55806

53243

24

Sikkim

1308

1308

1308

1308

25

Tamil Nadu

54439

49109

49499

43954

26

Tripura

10145

9911

10145

9911

27

Uttar Pradesh

190145

173518

167855

149409

28

Uttarakhand

20067

19347

14947

14186

29

West Bengal

119481

107603

119481

101196

30

A & N Islands

720

719

689

689

31

Chandigarh

450

450

450

450

32

Delhi

10897

9451

10897

10728

33

Dadra & N Haveli

302

302

247

233

34

Daman & Diu

107

102

107

102

35

Lakshadweep

107

107

96

96

36

Puducherry

855

855

855

855

Total

1399697

1302617

1282847

1184954

ANNEXURE-II

Statement indicating additional honorarium given by the States/UTs to AWWs/AWHs from their own resources (As on 14.06.2019)

S. No.

States/UTs

Additional honorarium given by States/UTs (In Rs.)

Anganwadi Workers (AWW)

Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs)

Andaman & Nicobar

3000

2500

Andhra Pradesh

1200

700

Arunachal Pradesh

Nil

Nil

Assam

2000

1000

Bihar

750

375

Chandigarh

2000

1000

Chhattisgarh

2000

1000

Dadra Nagar Haveli

1000

600

Daman & Diu

1000

600

Delhi

6678

3339

Goa

3062-11937*

3000-6000*

Gujarat

3300

1700

Haryana

7286-8429*

4215

Himachal Pradesh

1750

900

Jammu & Kashmir

600

340

Jharkhand

1400

700

Karnataka

5000

2500

Kerala

2000

2000

Lakshadweep

3000

2000

Madhya Pradesh

7000

3500

Maharashtra

2000

1000

Manipur

100

50

Meghalaya

Nil

Nil

Odisha

1000

500

Puducherry

600

300

Punjab

2600

1300

Rajasthan

1724-1736*

1065

Sikkim

2225

1500

Uttarakhand

3000

1500

West Bengal

1300

1300

Uttar Pradesh

1000

500

Nagaland

Nil

Nil

Mizoram

294-306*

150

Tamil Nadu

6750 (that includes pay-2500, GP-500, & DA-3750)

4275 (that includes pay-1500, GP-400, & DA-2375)

Telangana

10500

6000

Tripura

2865

1924

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

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, SmritiZubinIrani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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