Administration of UT Ladakh has increased the honorarium of Anganwadi workers by ₹700 per month and that of Anganwadi Helper by ₹350 per month with effect from 1^st April 2022.

In an order issued by the Social and Tribal Welfare Department on April 5, the State/UT share of the honorarium to Anganwadi worker has been increased to ₹1300 per month from ₹600 and to a Anganwadi Helper the State/UT share is increased to ₹650 per month from ₹300.

The monthly honorarium of the Anganwadi Worker has a central component of ₹4500 and with the state/UT component of ₹1300, the total monthly honorarium of the Anganwadi Worker is now ₹ 5,800. Similarly, with a central component of ₹2250,and the UT component of ₹650, the monthly honorarium of the Anganwadi Helper is now ₹2,900. The total outlay for the UT component of the honorarium increased from ₹1.26 crore in 2021-22 to ₹2.74 crore for the year 2022-23.The increase in honorarium will benefit the 1127 Anganwadi Workers and 1120 Anganwadi Helpers in Ladakh.

Under the ICDS scheme, incentive shall also be given against expected regular tasks to the Anganwadi Worker at the rate of ₹500 per month and to the Anganwadi Helper at the rate of ₹250 per month.

Besides this, Awards have been instituted at national level with 100 Awards of ₹ 50,000/- each for Anganwadi Worker and 50 awards of ₹ 40,000 each for Anganwadi Helper.

The Administration of UT Ladakh has also decided to cover all the Anganwadi Worker and Anganwadi Helper under the Anganwadi Karyakartri Bima Yojana (AKBY)to provide life insurance protection along with certain female critical illness benefits to the AWWs and Helpers aged between 18 to 59 years besides coverage under schemes like PMJJBY, PMSBY and Atal pension Yojana.