Overview
- Uttar Pradesh’s programme, unveiled Monday in Lucknow, gave 69,804 smartphones to Anganwadi staff, issued 18,440 appointment letters, and opened or launched works for hundreds of centres and project offices.
- The state set a hiring goal for this year of over 5,000 Anganwadi workers and more than 60,000 helpers, with officials saying the recruitment process has begun.
- Officials detailed a statewide rollout of growth‑monitoring kits — 133,282 stadiometers, 10,553 infantometers and 58,237 weighing scales — so Anganwadi centres, which serve as village early‑childhood hubs, can track height, length and weight in real time.
- Worker welfare expanded with enrollment in PMJJBY and PMSBY, and the government said over 300,000 workers and helpers will receive up to Rs 5 lakh in annual health coverage under Ayushman Bharat.
- Rajasthan, in a parallel move Monday, transferred Rs 1,000 to about 1.22 lakh Anganwadi workers for uniforms through DBT and approved a 10% honorarium increase effective April 1.