The Himachal government has raised the wages of 18,352 pre-school anganwari workers. State chief minister P K Dhumal said the wages of anganwari workers (village pre-school child care centre workers) have been hiked from Rs 3000 to Rs 3300 per month from Feb 2012.
The wages of anganwari assistants have also been enhanced from Rs 1500 to Rs 1700 per month.
Anganwari workers in the hill state have been protesting for long after the Centre announced the raising of their salaries last year.
This is being seen as a measure to woo these grassroot workers as the state goes to the assembly polls later this year