Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a hike in the monthly honorarium of
Asha and Anganwadi workers from October.
All
accredited social health activists (Asha) will be brought under the coverage of
various social security schemes and provided free insurance cover under Pradhan
Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Prime Minister Suraksha Bima Yojana. The social health activists will not have to pay any premium
for the insurance coverage and will get Rs 400,000 in case of any untoward
incident, the prime minister announced during a video interaction with Asha,
ANM (auxiliary nurse midwife) and Anganwadi workers from across the country. The honorarium of Anganwadi helpers will be hiked from Rs
1,500 to Rs 2,500, he said. The prime minister also announced that Anganwadi workers and
helpers using techniques such as common application software (ICDS-CAS) would
get additional incentives. The incentives, ranging from Rs 250 to Rs 500, would
be based on performance. He
said the government's flagship health insurance programme Ayushman Bharat will
be launched from Jharkhand on September 23, and the beneficiaries have already
been identified.
He said the revised incentive will come into effect from
October and it will reflect in their salaries from November onwards, which
would be a Diwali gift for them.
Those who drew an honorarium of Rs 3,000 will from now on get
Rs 4,500 and those who used to get Rs 2,200 will get Rs 3,500, he said.
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a hike in the monthly honorarium of
Asha and Anganwadi workers from October.
All
accredited social health activists (Asha) will be brought under the coverage of
various social security schemes and provided free insurance cover under Pradhan
Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Prime Minister Suraksha Bima Yojana.
The social health activists will not have to pay any premium
for the insurance coverage and will get Rs 400,000 in case of any untoward
incident, the prime minister announced during a video interaction with Asha,
ANM (auxiliary nurse midwife) and Anganwadi workers from across the country.
He said the revised incentive will come into effect from
October and it will reflect in their salaries from November onwards, which
would be a Diwali gift for them.
Those who drew an honorarium of Rs 3,000 will from now on get
Rs 4,500 and those who used to get Rs 2,200 will get Rs 3,500, he said.
The honorarium of Anganwadi helpers will be hiked from Rs
1,500 to Rs 2,500, he said.
The prime minister also announced that Anganwadi workers and
helpers using techniques such as common application software (ICDS-CAS) would
get additional incentives. The incentives, ranging from Rs 250 to Rs 500, would
be based on performance.
He
said the government's flagship health insurance programme Ayushman Bharat will
be launched from Jharkhand on September 23, and the beneficiaries have already
been identified.