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PANAJI
There’s some cheer for anganwadi workers and helpers, who play a crucial role in caring for infants and growing kids in Goa’s rural landscape. The State government’s Women and Child Development department has hiked their honorarium by a steep, nearly 100 per-cent.
And, the hike is made applicable from October 1, 2018, making each of them eligible for a bonanza of a year’s worth of honorarium as arrears.
Along with the hike, the State government has also restructured the scales of honorarium on the basis of seniority and created six categories based on number of years they have served -- 0-5 years service, 5-10 years, 10-15 years, 15-20 years, 20-25 years and 25 years and above.
Anganwadi workers who have given service for between nil to five years hitherto got Rs 4500 per month. Now, they will get Rs 8500. Similarly those who have rendered five to ten years of service will get 9,500 instead of Rs 4,500.
The highest quantum of increase in honorarium has been given to those anganwadi workers who have rendered more than 25 years of service. They will get a respectable Rs 16,500 per month as against the Rs 4,500 they used to draw till date.
Similarly, those who have served for between 20-25 years have got a hike of Rs 10,000 and will now draw Rs 14,500 per month. Also, anganwadi workers with 15-20 years of service under their belt will draw Rs 12,500, a hike of Rs 8,000.
Similar classification on the basis of number of years served has been effected for ‘anganwadi helpers’ who will now draw between Rs 5,250 and Rs 8,250 per month as against the earlier standard honorarium of Rs 2,250 they used to get.
The entire financial burden of the increased honorarium bill will be borne by the State government and the Central government’s contribution will remain the same.
Women and Child Development director, Deepali Naik, who is also ex-officio joint secretary to the State government said, the additional expenditure will be debited to the Social Welfare department’s salaries head of the Integrated Child Development Scheme.
