The Union Cabinet's Committee on Economic Affairs on 30 June 2011 approved the doubling of the honorarium for anganwadi workers and helpers under the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme.
Now the Anganwadi workers (AWWs) of regular anaganwadi centres will get 3000 rupees a month. Earlier they got 1500 rupees. Angadwadi helpers (AWHs) and Anganwadi workers of mini anganwadi centres will get now 1500 rupees as against 750 rupees. The honorarium will be effective from 1 April 2011.
According to an estimate, there are a total of 11.71 lakh AWWs including workers in mini-AWCs and 10.97 lakh AWHs in India as on 31 December 2010. The last revision was made in 2008 under which honorarium was increased by 500 rupees for AWWs and 250 rupees for AWHs and AWWs of mini AWCs.
The Integrated Child Development Services scheme is a nationwide programme for early childhood care and development. It targets pregnant mothers and children below the age of six.
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