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Honoraria of Anganwadi workers, helpers hiked
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, May 14 2020:
Social Welfare Minister Nemcha Kipgen today announced that the honoraria for Anganwadi Workers (AWWs), Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) and Mini Anganwadi workers and provision of performance linked incentive to Anganwadi helpers under Anganwadi Services (Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services-ICDS) under will be increased with retrospective effect from October 1, 2018 .
The Minister informed that the honorarium for Anganwadi workers will be increased from Rs 3,000 per month to Rs 4,500 .
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For Anganwadi workers at mini-centres and Anganwadi helpers, it has been hiked from Rs 2,250 to Rs 3,500 and from Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,250 per month respectively.
There will be Rs 250 performance link incentive per month for AWHs for facilitating proper functioning of Anganwadi centres.
Claiming that various important welfare programmes and services are being initiated by them (Anganwadi workers and helpers) at grassroots level, Nemcha expressed happiness over the increase in honorarium of the Anganwadi functionaries.
They contribute greatly towards the welfare of all children, society and boost socio-economic progress of the State, she added.
As per the reports of the Social Welfare Department, there are 11,510 Anganwadi centres in Manipur, out of which 9,958 are Main Anganwadi Centres while 1,552 are Mini Anganwadi Centres.
It may be noted that the Anganwadi workers/helpers fall under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme administered by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), Government of India.
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