Provision of promotion, uniform for Anganwadi workers: Maneka

Union ministers Maneka Gandhi today said the government has provided uniform to all Anganwadi workers besides their promotion after 10 years of service as she insisted their services should not be misused.
"We have extended several benefits to Anganwadi workers such as promotion after 10 years of service, uniform to all workers," the Union Minister for Women and Child Development said here.
She said all state governments have been instructed not to misuse the services of these workers for other works.
Earlier this month, Maneka had said Anganwadi workers have been "misused" by way of being made to work extra hours and even attend political meetings or greet VIPs.

She was here with her Cabinet colleague Mahesh Sharma to attend functions to mark the Modi government's two years in office.
MoS Culture and Tourism Sharma said, under the Mrida Swasthya Prabandhan Yojana, the previous government had spent only Rs 36 crore during two years while the present government has spent Rs 453 crore during the same number of years.

He said Rs 100 crore have been provided by the Ministry of Culture for 350th birth anniversary celebrations of 10th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh.
150th birth centenary of Lala Lajpat Rai is also being celebrated, he said.
Sharma said under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, 17,000 toilets were constructed in Punjab in the past two years and Moga, Ludhiana, Bathinda districts have performed better as far as implementation of the scheme is concerned.

Under Jan Dhan Yojana, 48,67,473 bank accounts were opened in Punjab and Rs 1580.98 crore deposited, he said, according to an official release.
In the health sector, an "AIIMS-level hospital" will be established at Bathinda and renovation of medical colleges of Amritsar and Patiala are being undertaken, he added.
Sharma said 20,000 LPG connections were provided to BPL families in the state and under PM Gram Sadak Yojana 1,282 km of road length have been constructed.