The Anganwadi workers and helpers who retired in 2009 have got meagre benefit of retirement. Their service ended with zero pension. Therefore those workers have been demanding a scheme from the government of Rs 5,000 per month for there livelihood as their family financial situations are bad. Government may survey the standard of living of those workers from 2009 to 2024 prior to implementing new revised scheme and new salary scales. The Goa government already has a retirement benefit scheme for Anganwadi workers (AWW) and Anganwadi helpers (AWH) in 2024. The scheme provides a lump sum financial assistance to AWW and AWH upon retirement. However, every retired worker should get minimum pension of Rs 5,000 per month. So the Goa government should think about Anganwadi workers to launch a pension scheme as part of reward or compensation from 2009 onwards. A retired Anganwadi worker Ranjana Mandrekar reiterated that she started her work for a salary of Rs 150 per month and agitated for salary increment for Bardez workers so many times but retired in 2009 without pension.
