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New Delhi: Accredited Social Health Activists and Anganwadi workers will be collecting data on individuals above 70 years of age to bring them under the purview of the government's free healthcare scheme, according to the officials aware of the matter. The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is the largest health insurance scheme in the world, providing coverage of up …

New Delhi: The interim budget on Thursday provided a 3% boost to ₹21,200 crore, for the next financial year, for the women and child development ministry’s integrated Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 scheme. “Upgradation of anganwadi centres under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 will be expedited for improved nutrition delivery, early childhood care and development.” Mint had reported on 18 …

Atishi hails work by Anganwadi centres in east Delhi

Women and child development minister Atishi on Saturday visited Anganwadi centres in Patparganj in east Delhi and said the centres were doing outstanding work in raising awareness among pregnant women, providing better nutrition and quality education to children, among other things. Delhi minister Atishi “Whether it’s overcoming mobile addiction or improving children’s concentration, parents have confidence in the Kejriwal government’s …

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India slips in global hunger index, New Delhi slams report

New Delhi: India said the Global Hunger Index suffers from “serious methodological issues” after the 2023 edition saw the country slip four places to rank 111 out of 125 countries. India reported the world’s highest child wasting rate of 18.7%, indicating acute undernutrition, as per the report released by the Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, non-government organizations from Ireland …

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In a video, the suspended Anganwadi workers can be seen raising slogans against the Delhi government and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking why they had been “abruptly sacked” New Delhi: A purported video showing a section of suspended Anganwadi workers staging a protest at an AAP poll meeting in Madipur surfaced on social media on Monday. In the video, the …

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions has approached the International Labour Organisation against the Haryana and Delhi Governments for retrenching 975 and 991 anganwadi workers respectively for striking work demanding an increase in honorarium. CITU general secretary Tapan Sen said in his complaint to Director, Bureau for Workers Activities of the ILO Maria Helena Andre that the retrenchments have taken …

The Delhi government has decided to increase the honorarium of anganwadi workers and helpers to ₹12,720 and ₹6,810 respectively. The Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union, however, has rejected the honorarium revision and said that it will continue the strike outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. ‘Highest honorarium’ Addressing media, Women and Child Development Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said, …

Hundreds of angawadi workers and helpers will continue their strike as the Delhi government’s meeting with the unions on Monday proved to be inconclusive. Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union, which has been organising the indefinite strike, did not take part in the meeting. Demanding higher wages, women anganwadi workers and helpers, under the banner of DSAWHU, have been …

ASHA, Anganwadi Workers to Restart Child Immunisation Programme in September: Delhi Minister

Delhi Women and Child Development Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Sunday said the DWCD will restart the process of vaccination and immunisation with the help of ASHA and Anganwadi workers in September. Gautam said he has directed his department to restart the process of vaccination and immunisation with the help of ASHA and Anganwadi workers. He said the Department of …