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Odisha Cabinet sets graduation as minimum qualification for Anganwadi workers

However, the amendment will not apply to existing Anganwadi workers, who will continue to be governed by the qualifications set under the previous rules

Under Odisha’s Integrated Child Development Services programme, Anganwadi workers are entrusted with delivering essential health, nutrition, and education services to children under six, pregnant and lactating mothers, and adolescent girls (PTI/ Representative photo)

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Published on Apr 23, 2025 07:16 PM IST

ByDebabrata Mohanty

16,344 cases of malnutrition in children in Mumbai suburban area

The survey was conducted by anganwadi workers in February 2025, under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme

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Published on Apr 04, 2025 08:10 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Rahul Gandhi writes to minister, seeks a raise, gratuity for Anganwadi workers

Rahul Gandhi asked the government lay out a path to “progressively improve” the working conditions and social security of Anganwadi workers and helpers

Bengaluru: Anganwadi workers stage a protest demanding higher wages in Bengaluru. (PTI FILE PHOTO)

india news

Published on Mar 31, 2025 08:33 PM IST

ByVrinda Tulsian

Ludhiana: Anganwadi workers protest for better pay, allowances

Anju Mehta, general secretary of the district union, also criticised the AAP government in the state for “not keeping its promise” to double the state’s share for anganwadi workers

Anganwadi workers staging protest in Ludhiana on Thursday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Updated on Dec 06, 2024 05:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Ludhiana: Anganwadi workers protest, seek better pay

According to the protesters, they perform the duties of paramedics, pre-nursery teachers, programme coordinators and community workers but still they (anganwadi workers) are paid just ₹2,600 monthly by the central government, while helpers earn ₹1,300.

Anganwadi workers during a protest in Ludhiana on Monday. (Manish/HT)

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Published on Nov 18, 2024 10:19 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Cyclone Dana: Bengal govt to keep schools, ICDS centres closed for 3 days

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said tourism activities in coastal towns have been stopped and fishermen who venture into the Bay of Bengal were told to return.

Fishermen shift their boats in anticipation of Cyclone Dana in Odisha’s Puri on Monday. (PTI)

india news

Updated on Oct 22, 2024 06:35 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

SHGs across 50% blocks in U.P. now key suppliers of ‘take-home rations’ for ICDS

Initiated in 2020, the project aims to transform SHGs into manufacturers and suppliers for their respective blocks, offering them a market through the ICDS.

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) (Sourced)

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Updated on Sep 29, 2023 06:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Punjab: Over 900 Social Security, Women and Child Development Dept employees await June salary

At least 943 employees of the Department of Social Security and Women and Child Development have not received their salaries for the month of June due to a lack of budget. The department is working to resolve the issue and hopes to release the salaries within two days.

Sources said that the department did not get budget for the ICDS scheme and had budget till the month of May. (Representational Photo)

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Updated on Jul 24, 2023 09:55 PM IST

ByHarmandeep Singh, Sangrur

India’s welcome focus on women-led development

After the conclusion of India’s G20 presidency, women-led development must find a permanent place as a priority

Women across G20 countries must be assured of sustainable livelihoods. (HT Photo)

opinion

Published on Apr 16, 2023 11:52 AM IST

ByLalita Panicker

ICDS and Anganwadi vacancies: Process begins to fill 53,000 posts in U.P.

After the revised directives of the recruitment process and requirements were released, measures are underway to begin the hiring process

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Updated on Apr 03, 2023 10:59 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Saksham Anganwadi: An important step towards a healthier future for India

The article has been authored by Dr Rajan Sankar, CEO, P4i and a nutrition expert.

The new generation Anganwadis are likely to drive enormous transformations in early childhood care and development, not only from a nutrition viewpoint, but in contributing to the overall mental and physical health of children.

ht insight

Published on Sep 15, 2022 11:28 AM IST

ByHindustan Times

Lockdown hit food security of children, says rights body

In an advisory, the rights watchdog has asked the Union ministries of food and public distribution, women and child development and education to urgently restore and expand coverage under various food handout programmes.

Essential nutritional programmes, such as mid-day meals and the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), ground to a halt during the lockdown, the rights body said, increasing risks for already vulnerable communities. (HT File photo)

india news

Updated on Oct 06, 2020 07:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByZia Haq

₹745 cr released for GPF, centrally sponsored schemes

Disclosing this here on Monday, an official spokesperson said that funds to the tune of ₹311 crore have been released for making payment of retiral benefits, including final GPF and leave encashment, besides ₹95 crore on account of clearing advances of GPF to the employees till March 6.

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Published on Mar 09, 2020 09:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Anganwadi running in public toilet for 14 years in Mohali

There are at least 15 children, aged between six months and six years, who visit the anganwadi daily.

The defunct public toilet that has been converted into an anganwadi in Sohana village.(GURMINDER SINGH/HT)

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Updated on Feb 22, 2020 12:22 AM IST

ByShailee Dogra

NRC to blame? Assam misses nutrition target

State officials claimed, according to the targets of the scheme, governments are mandated to procure smartphones and growth monitoring devices for the state’s 61,690 anganwadi centres to track nutrition among beneficiaries of Integrated Child Development Services scheme at regular intervals.

The ongoing exercise to update the National Register of Citizens, aimed at weeding out illegal immigrants, could have led to missed nutrition targets in Assam.(Representative Image/Reuters File Photo)

india news

Updated on Jun 13, 2019 07:12 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAmrita Madhukalya

Structural reforms have changed the social sector

One of India’s biggest challenges has been, and continues to be, the state of our social capital.

Providing high quality education remains a mammoth task. An Ernst & Young(PRASHANT WAYDANDE)

analysis

Updated on Apr 22, 2019 09:23 AM IST

ByAmitabh Kant

Why India’s health system fails to spot malnourished children

The fundamental problem is structural. The anganwadi worker reports into the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) system of the women and child development (WCD) ministry, the ANM into the health ministry, and the ASHA to health (with a dotted line to WCD). With two ministries controlling three women workers, there is inadequate data sharing and weak accountability.

Malnourished children eat a meal at the Apanalaya centre, an organisation working for the betterment of slum children, Mumbai.(AP)

columns

Updated on Jan 24, 2019 07:19 AM IST

ByAshok Alexander

Over 14 lakh ghost anganwadi beneficiaries found in Uttar Pradesh

There are around 1,88,259 anganwadi centres in the state and according to the ministry, more than 18 lakh children are enrolled under the scheme.

More than 14 lakh ghost beneficiaries under the anganwadi scheme have been found in Uttar Pradesh.(HT File Photo)

india news

Published on Nov 18, 2018 04:22 PM IST

New Delhi | ByIndo Asian News Service

Addressing hunger will result in other gains too

The current set of entitlements also needs to be expanded to enhance access to nutrition and employment. For improving access to medical services, public health infrastructure and services need to be strengthened and, of course, budgetary allocations have to be substantially increased. Unfortunately, Ayushman Bharat does little to address these.

Even though the Supreme Court has upheld that Aadhaar is mandatory for receiving government subsidies, the legislature can always give the poor some respite from Aadhaar(Getty Images)

analysis

Updated on Oct 23, 2018 11:56 AM IST

BySiraj Dutta

Involve citizens in urban planning to make neighbourhoods safer

The increasing anonymity of our urban life has each us of receding into our private cocoons, with little regard for what goes on even in the gallis where we live and work. Substituting with abstract patriotism is far less demanding.

The deaths due to malnutrition of three young girls in Mandawali occurred under the auspices of three key state and central government food security programmes: Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme; midday meal scheme; and the public distribution system(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

columns

Updated on Aug 14, 2018 01:26 PM IST

BySwati Ramanathan

3.6% drop in severe malnutrition cases in Maharashtra

7.6% drop in moderate malnutrition cases in one of the eight most vulnerable pockets of the state

Kids eating food at Apnalaya in Govandi(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 22, 2018 12:30 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySadaguru Pandit, Mumbai

India signs up for $200-million loan from World Bank for nutrition mission

The loan will support the first phase of scaling up of interventions in 315 districts across all states and union territories.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the launch of National Nutrition Mission on the occasion of International Women's Day, in Jhunjhunu on March 8, 2018.(PTI File Photo)

india news

Updated on May 07, 2018 09:34 PM IST

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

The anticipation of political dividends drives India’s bipolar food policy

One policy may work in one region and fail in another. In the food-versus-nutrition debate — whether with respect to dietary supplementation or fortification — taste, accessibility, trust and pricing issues need to be looked at closely.

The Integrated Child Development Services programme was introduced in 1975. But more than four decades after being backed by a legal entitlement, its task is largely unfinished. It has to contend with India’s reputation of being home to the largest number of malnourished children in the world.(Reuters file)

analysis

Updated on May 04, 2018 12:53 PM IST

ByMamata Pradhan and Devesh Roy

58% children with acute malnutrition cured, reveals Poshan Baran project

Rajasthan is the first state to organise community-based management of acute malnutrition.

According to the National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16), there are 39.1% children below five years in Rajasthan who are stunted.(HT Photo/ Representative image)

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Updated on Apr 11, 2018 10:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

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However, the amendment will not apply to existing Anganwadi workers, who will continue to be governed by the qualifications set under the previous rules

The survey was conducted by anganwadi workers in February 2025, under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme

Rahul Gandhi asked the government lay out a path to “progressively improve” the working conditions and social security of Anganwadi workers and helpers

Anju Mehta, general secretary of the district union, also criticised the AAP government in the state for “not keeping its promise” to double the state’s share for anganwadi workers

According to the protesters, they perform the duties of paramedics, pre-nursery teachers, programme coordinators and community workers but still they (anganwadi workers) are paid just ₹2,600 monthly by the central government, while helpers earn ₹1,300.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said tourism activities in coastal towns have been stopped and fishermen who venture into the Bay of Bengal were told to return.

Initiated in 2020, the project aims to transform SHGs into manufacturers and suppliers for their respective blocks, offering them a market through the ICDS.

At least 943 employees of the Department of Social Security and Women and Child Development have not received their salaries for the month of June due to a lack of budget. The department is working to resolve the issue and hopes to release the salaries within two days.

After the conclusion of India’s G20 presidency, women-led development must find a permanent place as a priority

After the revised directives of the recruitment process and requirements were released, measures are underway to begin the hiring process

The article has been authored by Dr Rajan Sankar, CEO, P4i and a nutrition expert.

In an advisory, the rights watchdog has asked the Union ministries of food and public distribution, women and child development and education to urgently restore and expand coverage under various food handout programmes.

Disclosing this here on Monday, an official spokesperson said that funds to the tune of ₹311 crore have been released for making payment of retiral benefits, including final GPF and leave encashment, besides ₹95 crore on account of clearing advances of GPF to the employees till March 6.

There are at least 15 children, aged between six months and six years, who visit the anganwadi daily.

State officials claimed, according to the targets of the scheme, governments are mandated to procure smartphones and growth monitoring devices for the state’s 61,690 anganwadi centres to track nutrition among beneficiaries of Integrated Child Development Services scheme at regular intervals.

One of India’s biggest challenges has been, and continues to be, the state of our social capital.

There are around 1,88,259 anganwadi centres in the state and according to the ministry, more than 18 lakh children are enrolled under the scheme.

The increasing anonymity of our urban life has each us of receding into our private cocoons, with little regard for what goes on even in the gallis where we live and work. Substituting with abstract patriotism is far less demanding.

7.6% drop in moderate malnutrition cases in one of the eight most vulnerable pockets of the state

The loan will support the first phase of scaling up of interventions in 315 districts across all states and union territories.

One policy may work in one region and fail in another. In the food-versus-nutrition debate — whether with respect to dietary supplementation or fortification — taste, accessibility, trust and pricing issues need to be looked at closely.

Rajasthan is the first state to organise community-based management of acute malnutrition.

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