'Due salary for Anganwadi workers to be released'
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 14 2013:
In addition to releasing five months' due salary of Supervisors, Anganwadi workers and helpers under ICDS project, the infrastructures of Anganwadi Centres will be developed, Social Welfare Minister AK Mirabai has assured.
Addressing media persons in this regard, Minister Ak Mirabai stated that 14 months' salary of the employees working under ICDS project including Anganwadi workers and helpers has not been released till today and this is because of financial backlog during the period of 2007-08.
The Minister disclosed that the total amount to be given as monthly salary to employees under ICDS project comes to around Rs 6,11,32,996.Ninety percent of the whole amount is borne by the Centre while the remaining ten prevent by the State Government.
The fund from the Centre is released after every three months.
But the Centre sometimes doesn't release the amount in full.
For the financial year 2013-14, the Centre sanctioned an amount of over Rs 14 crores as first installment which was released through CDPOs.
From this amount, three months' salary of the Supervisors, Anganwadi workers and helpers can be given out.
For the second investment as well, the Centre released over Rs 11 crores and with this amount another two months' salary can be given to the Supervisors, Anganwadi workers and helpers.
So, five months' due salary can be paid off in ease.
The backlog amount, which is still to be cleared, from the side of the Central Government comes to around Rs 45,27,79,968 and another Rs 7,22,50,370 as share from the State Government.
Not to create any backlog and to ensure proper implementation of ICDS project in the State, the Principal Secretary of Social Welfare Department left for Delhi to meet the officials of Social Welfare Ministry.
The Director of Social Welfare Department will also be heading to Delhi very soon in this regard, the Minister informed.
Minister AK Mirabai also assured that the existing infrastructures of the Anganwadi Centres will also be developed very soon.
"So, all the anganwadi workers and helpers are requested to give cooperation to the State Government in taking up the developmental works", the Minister appealed.
She also appealed to the anganwadi workers and helpers not to launch any agitation which could hamper smooth implementation of ICDS project in the State.
Expressing concern over rising cases of rape and assault in the State, the Minister stated that awareness programme in this regard will be taken up in collaboration with NGOs very soon.