People's
Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) No. 03
January 19, 2003
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) |
Vol.
XXVII No. 03 January 19, 2003 |
AIFAWH Welcomes Raise
THROUGH
a
statement
issued
from
New
Delhi
on
January
10,
the
All
India
Federation
of
Anganwadi
Workers
and
Helpers
(AIFAWH)
welcomed
the
decision
of
the
government
of
India
to
implement
the
enhanced
honorarium
to
the
anganwadi
workers
and
helpers
from
April
1,
2002.
It
demanded
that
the
relevant
government
order
(GO)
be
released
and
the
arrears
paid
immediately.
In
fact,
this
enhancement
was
declared
on
February
28,
2002,
in
the
budget
speech
of
the
then
finance
minister
Yashwant
Sinha.
But
the
government
resorted
to
an
inordinate
delay
in
completing
the
necessary
formalities
and
issuing
the
relevant
GO,
AIFAWH
general
secretary
K
Hemalata
said.
It
is
only
a
continuous
joint
struggles
by
anganwadi
workers
and
helpers
in
the
country
that
had
led
to
the
announcement
of
increase
in
the
honorarium
by
the
government
last
year.
However,
it
is
a
fact
that
the
enhancement
announced
was
far
short
of
the
demands
of
anganwadi
employees
and
not
commensurate
with
the
workload
on
them,
she
added.
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