Tag: Anganwadi Workers

A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S Oka said Anganwadi centres also perform statutory duties and have become an extended arm of the government.

"During the COVID-19 pandemic, anganwadi workers went from door to door to promote health protocols and established good coordination with other health sector workers like ASHA workers, helping people at a time when family members were scared to take care of their own relatives, Jaleel said.

The protesting workers demanded minimum of Rs 21,000 monthly salary and Rs 10,500 monthly pay for Anganwadi helpers.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced several sops for Anganwadi workers & helpers including salary hike and increase in the age of disengagement from service. “While the monthly salary of Anganwadi workers has been increased to Rs 7500 from Rs 6000, Mini Anganwadi workers will get a salary of Rs 5375 instead of […]

Bhubaneswar: The agitating Anganwadi workers, sitting on an indefinite dharna at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar since September 14 pressing for fulfilment of their various demands, put their stir on hold today after receiving assurance from the State government, informed All Odisha Anganwadi Ladies Workers Association. “We will work for the society as earlier. The government […]

Bhubaneswar: Better late than never phrase fits well for the Anganwadi workers protesting at the Lower PMG Square in Bhubaneswar for over a month now as the Odisha government today announced an increase in their salary along with other benefits. Announcing the hike, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said, “My government has always kept the interest […]

Bhubaneswar: The agitation of Anganwadi workers took a new twist today with one group of the women activists declaring to have called off their stir while another group continuing to sit on dharna at the Lower PMG here. It is alleged that while one group linked with the ruling BJD’s trade union Biju Shramik Samukhya […]

Bhubaneswar: The agitating Anganwadi workers, sitting on an indefinite dharna at Lower PMG since September 14 pressing for fulfilment of their various demands, decided to continue their stir after a meeting with the State Government on Tuesday remained inconclusive. Hundreds of Angawadi workers under the banner of All Odisha Anganwadi Ladies workers Association are staging […]

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of Anganwadi workers have been sitting on an indefinite dharna at Lower PMG since September 14 pressing for fulfilment of their various demands, including salary hike. However, the government is yet to listen to their woes. The workers are demanding hike in their minimum pay to Rs 18,000 for workers and Rs 9,000 […]

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of Anganwadi workers are sitting on an indefinite dharna at Lower PMG since September 14 pressing for fulfillment of their various demands, including salary hike. After staging demonstration in front of the state Assembly on September 12, the activists have been staging the stir at Lower PMG under the banner of the All […]

Jajpur: Over a hundred Anganwadi workers took to streets demanding fulfillment of various demands, including salary hike, at Dharmasala of Jajpur district today. The ASHA workers assembled before the office of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDC) at Dharmasala under the banner of the All India Ladies Workers’ Union and staged a demonstration shouting slogans. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Anganwadi workers and helpers’ strike under the banner, All Odisha Anganwadi Ladies Workers Association, has entered the 12th day as they continue to demand hike in pay and perks. Thousands of Anganwadi workers and helpers have been sitting on dharna near the Lower PMG pressing for their demands. They are demanding hike in […]

Vehicular movement at the busy Master Canteen square came to a halt as thousand of workers under the banner of Nikhila Odisha Anganwadi Workers’ Association took to the streets on Wednesday demanding fulfillment of their 16-point charter of demands

Bhubaneswar: In good news for lakhs of Asha and Anganwadi workers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a hike in their monthly honorarium. The increment would be applicable from October this year. In addition, all Accredited Social Health Activists (Asha) will be brought under the coverage of various social security schemes and provided free […]

At least five Anganwadi workers sustained minor injuries today as the police lobbed tear gas and used water canon to disperse a crowd of women who attempted to barge into the assembly here