The Budget Allocation for the year 2015-16 for the following schemes dealing with malnutrition among children and pregnant women is given below:
(Rs. in Crore)
| Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme |
8335.77 |
| National Nutrition Mission (NNM) |
205.79 |
| Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) |
438.00 |
| Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG)- SABLA |
75.50 |
Anganwadi Workers(AWWs), being honorary workers, are paid monthly honoraria as decided by the govt. from time to time. The honorarium to AWWs was revised from Rs.1500/- per month to Rs.3000/- per month and AWWs of Mini-AWCs & AWHs from Rs.750/- to Rs.1500/- w.e.f. 1.4.2011 respectively. The honorarium to AWWs of Mini-AWCs has been further revised from Rs.1500/- to Rs.2250/- w.e.f. 4.7.2013. Apart from these, additional amount of honoraria are also being paid by most of the State Governments/UT Administrations from their own resources. The Government has been revising the rate of honoraria of these frontline honorary workers from time to time.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi in a written reply to an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha on 30th April, 2015.
Source: PIB
