Status of Anganwadi workers/helpers under ICDS

[Ministry of Women and Child Development,17-November, 2016 18:21 IST]

 The total number of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) sanctioned and in-position in the country under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme as on 30.9.2016 is as under:

Anganwadi Workers   Sanctioned          In-position	Anganwadi Helpers   Sanctioned          In-position
14 lakh                  11.88 lakh	12.83 lakh            11.60 lakh

 

The Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) are honorary workers and are paid fixed honorarium per month as decided by the Government from time to time.  Presently, Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers are paid Honoraria @ Rs.3000/- and Rs.1500/- per month w.e.f.  01.04.2011. Anganwadi Workers of Mini–Anganwadi Centres (Mini-AWCs) are being paid honoraria @ Rs.2250/- w.e.f. 04.07.2013.  The revision of honorarium of Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers is a continuous process and is revised by the Government of India from time to time. Besides, some States / UTs are also paying additional honorarium to Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers out of their own resources for any additional work assigned to them from time to time.

 

Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers are the frontline workers from the local community, who come forward to deliver essential services underthe ICDS scheme to the targeted beneficiaries, at their respective Anganwadi Centres (AWCs). The duties assigned to the above workers are as under:

Anganwadi Workers:

1. To weigh each child every month and record the weight graphically on the growth chart, use referral card for referring cases to PHCs and maintain child cards for children below 6 years.
2. To carry out quick survey of all families, mothers and children in the area.
3. To organise non formal pre-school activities and to help in designing and making toys and play equipments of indigenous origin for use in Anganwadi, etc.
4. To organise supplementary nutrition feeding for beneficiaries by planning the menu based on locally available food and local recipes.
5. To provide health and nutrition education to mothers.
6. To make home visits for educating parents to enable mothers to plan an effective role in the child’s growth and development particularly in the case of children attending the anganwadis.
7. To elicit community support and participation.
8. To assist PHC staff in health components.
9. To maintain routine files and records.
10. To inform Child Development Officers of any development requiring their attention.
11. To maintain liaison with other institutions.

Anganwadi Helper:

1. To cook and serve the food to children and mothers.
2. To clean the Anganwadi premises and fetch water.
3. Cleanliness of small children.
4. To bring small children from the village to the Anganwadis.

 

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme envisages the Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers as “honorary workers” from the 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 the Government from time to time.  In a ruling of 7.12.2006 in the matter of Civil Appeal No.4953-4957 of 1998 – State of Karnataka & Ors. Vs. Ameerbi & Ors, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has held that Anganwadi Workers and Anganwadi Helpers do not hold any civil post and Minimum Wages Act is not applicable to them. 

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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Students of the Faculty of Social Work, The M.S. University of Baroda started a library of 600 books

As part of the Rural Placement activity,  students of the Faculty of Social Work, The M.S. University of Baroda, have started a library of 600 Gujarati books in a village named “Umraya” in Vadodara district with the objective of  “developing a reading habit culture” among the villagers.

 The above students are pursuing the 02nd Year course of the “Bachelor of Social Work” from the faculty and they observed that in “Umraya” village, except the Govt. schools, there were no other libraries where students as well as adults of the village could take the advantage of reading books free of cost. The names of the students who took the initiative are : (1) Meet Dabhi  (2) Payel Gandhi  (3)  Juhi Jaiswal      (4) Apurba Johari   (5)  Shibani Patil.

All the books in the library are in Gujarati language of various categories, such as (i) Child Literature (ii) Religion  (iii)  Famous Leaders & Personalities (iv)  Short Stories etc.

(Source: http://www.fswbaroda.com/students-of-the-faculty-of-social-work-the-m-s-university-of-baroda-started-a-library-of-600-books/)