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| Anganwari workers hold protest | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, July 9: For the last more than 100 days Anganwari workers and helpers are on strike in favour of their demands which includes their regularization, release of honorarium pending for last many months, issuance of final seniority list, implementation of new pension scheme etc. Today these Anganwari workers held simultaneous protest demonstrations at Rajouri, Nowshera and Sunderbani tehsil headquarters and raised slogans against the State government for its indifferent attitude towards Anganwari workers. At Rajouri the protecting Anganwari employees were lead by Swantaer Kumari, district president Anganwari Workers Association while at Sunderbani and Nowshera the workers were lead by Sulekha Kumari, block president and Sonika Sharma, tehsil president respectively. Anganwari employees criticised the government for failing to enhance their monthly honorarium. They alleged that a Anganwadi worker is getting Rs3600 per month as honorarium while the helper is getting only Rs1800 which is even below to minimum wage (About Rs 500 per day) of a labourer in private sector.
More than 60000 women have been engaged by the state government as Anganwadi workers/ helpers.
"The minimum wages for Anganwadi worker and helper should be Rs 10000 and Rs6000 respectively so that our economic standard can be raised" said workers. |
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