Anganwadi, ASHA workers from Delhi, Punjab, Haryana hold protest
Press Trust of India | March 15, 2022 | 10:26 PM IST | 1 min read
The march was organised for increase in budget allocation for basic services schemes, minimum wages and pension to workers, and against the retrenchment and ESMA invoked on scheme workers.
NEW DELHI: Workers of Anganwadi, ASHA and mid-day programmes from Delhi, Haryana and Punjab on Tuesday held a protest march at Jantar Mantar here demanding an increase in budget allocation, minimum wages and pension, according to the Left-affiliated Centre of Indian Trade Unions, CITU.
Members of All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH), Mid Day Meal Workers Federation of India (MDMWFI) and All India Coordination Committee of ASHA Workers (AICCAW) assembled for the symbolic protest during the budget session of Parliament, it said in a statement.
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The march was organised to press for an increase in budget allocation for the basic services schemes, minimum wages and pension to workers, and against the retrenchment and draconian ESMA invoked on scheme workers, the statement said.
A delegation met the WCD minister Smriti Irani. She said that increase in the remuneration must be done by the state governments though the central government has finalised some social security schemes for the workers, it stated.
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