Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Anganwadi Karmchari Sangh (ABAKS) and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) held a protest and submitted a memorandum for the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to district magistrate SA Murugesan on Monday.
Demanding fair wages, the district president of the ABAKS Neena Tomar said that the Anganwadi workers have been consistently working in various government projects and works. However, they are not being paid properly which is a very serious issue. Addressing the media during the protest she said, “Most of the Anganwadi workers are not given proper wages even after they work consistently like a government employee.
Most of the women workers struggle to run their households from the meagre income. It is important that something regarding our issue is done soon.” It is important to mention that the Anganwadi workers are getting `6,000, mini Anganwadi workers get ` 3,550 and Anganwadi helper gets `3,000 a month.
In October 2018 the minimum wage rule for the Anganwadi was changed in which Anganwadi worker was to receive `7,500, mini Anganwadi worker was to receive `4,250 and Anganwadi helper was to receive `3,750 per month. However, no hike in salary was done.
Elaborating this Tomar said, “Even after the wages were raised this is not very much and is not given to us. We have given a memorandum for the chief minister to the district magistrate.”
