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Mumbai: `Anganwadi” workers in Maharashtra will get a special allowance of Rs 2,000 for Diwali from the state government.
Making the announcement in this regard on Thursday, State Women and Child Development Minister Yashomati Thakur said anganwadi workers worked tirelessly under the Integrated Child Development Scheme to ensure that nutritious food reached lakhs of children and lactating mothers during the lockdown period.
The minister said as many as 93,348 anganwadi workers, 88,353 anganwadi helpers and 11,341 mini-anganwadi workers will get Rs 2,000 each. She further said that Rs 38.61 crore have been already disbursed for this.
She said during the lockdown period, anganwadi workers also helped the children of migrant workers who were stranded in the state. Anganwadis are government-run child care centres which operate mainly in rural and tribal areas.
