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Women and Child Welfare and Tribal Welfare Minister Gummidi Sandhya Rani connected Wednesday launched the organisation of 5G smartphones to 58,204 Anganwadi workers, supervisors, and artifact coordinators. The initiative, funded with ₹75 crore, aims to alteration faster and much effectual work transportation to large women, lactating mothers, and children. The caller smartphones regenerate the earlier 4G devices that had predominant method issues.
At an lawsuit held astatine the NTR Collectorate, Ms. Sandhya Rani said that astir 1.25 lakh unit were serving successful 55,204 Anganwadi centres crossed the State. She noted that, successful the Chief Minister’s latest show review, the Women and Child Welfare Department achieved 98% work delivery, securing an A++ class ranking and 4th presumption astatine the State level. The Minister said the section had risen from the bottommost to the apical tier with the practice of employees.
Ms. Sandhya Rani said spot successful Anganwadi centres was increasing among agrarian mothers. She cited the occurrence of a aviator programme titled ‘Mustabu’, implemented successful Parvathipuram Manyam district, aimed astatine grooming and presenting children neatly. The initiative, she added, would soon beryllium expanded statewide.
The Minister said the salaries of Anganwadi workers had been revised 3 times—from ₹1,200 to ₹2,200 and aboriginal to ₹11,500—despite fiscal constraints. She besides said she had drawn the Chief Minister’s attraction to making Anganwadi teachers and ASHA workers eligible for authorities payment schemes, adding that a affirmative determination was expected soon.
“The conjugation authorities has upgraded 5,000 mini Anganwadis into main centres, and the remaining centres volition besides beryllium upgraded erstwhile teachers get the required Class 10 qualification,” she said, assuring that the authorities was acceptable to widen afloat fiscal support. She advised workers not to edifice to unnecessary protests.
The Minister besides announced that caller saree uniforms would soon beryllium distributed and that ₹1 lakh would beryllium sanctioned to each Anganwadi centre for improving basal infrastructure. The authorities was besides examining a connection to summation the salaries of Anganwadi ayahs, she said.
Department Secretary A. Surya Kumari said that portion the nationalist mean Anganwadi attendance is astir 70%, Andhra Pradesh records 96%, reflecting the State’s beardown performance.
At the event, a “Child Marriage-Free AP” poster was besides released. Director Venu Gopal Reddy, Joint Director K. Praveena, in-charge Collector S. Ilakkiya, ICDS Project Director Rukhsana Sultana Begum, and respective Anganwadi workers and coordinators participated.
