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AIFAWH
BTR Bhawan
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New Delhi – 110002
Phone: 23221288; 23221306
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प्यारी बहनों, देशभर में मार्च के दूसरे सप्ताह से सुपरवाईज़र/ सीडीपीओ द्वारा आंगनवाड़ी वर्कर्स को अपने फोन में पोषण ट्रैकर ऐप डाउनलोड करने और कुछ ही दिनों में इसमें सूचना अपलोड करने के लिए कहा जा रहा है।...
Burn the copies of the order on 9 April 2021 Dear sisters, Throughout the country, from second week of March, the anganwadi workers were asked by supervisors/CDPOs to download a mobile application ‘Po...
महिला एवं बाल विकास मंत्रालय ने 4 मार्च 2021 को राज्य सरकारों को एक आदेश जारी किया है जिसमें मंत्रालय द्वारा सभी आंगनवाड़ी कार्यकर्ताओं और सहायकों द्वारा 15 मार्च 2021 तक पोषण ट्रैकर मोबाइल ऐप डाउनलोड...
Fight For Freedom from Hunger, Malnutrition, Ill Health and Illiteracy, Hatred and Discrimination! With a resolve to strengthen the ongoing struggles for strengthening the ICDS for Freedom from hunger...
Lakhs of workers in states Assam, AP, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, HP, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, MP, Maharashtra, Punjab, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, TN, UP, Uttarakhand and WB held demonstrations at dist...
देश भर की लाखों आंगनवाड़ी कार्यकर्ताओं और सहायिकाओं ने जिला मुख्यालयों पर विरोध प्रदर्शन किए देश के कई हिस्सों में भारी बारिश के बावजूद, लाखों आंगनवाड़ी कार्यकर्ताओं और सहायिकाओं ने ऑल इंडिया फेडरेशन ऑफ...
Lakhs of anganwadi workers and Helpers Protest all over the country at District headquarters In spite of heavy rains in many parts of the country, lakhs of anganwadi workers and helpers demonstrated i...
आइफा, देश के आधे से अधिक कुपोषित बच्चों के विकास के प्रति मोदी -2 सरकार के निर्दयी रवैये पर रोष और निराशा व्यक्त करता है। आईसीडीएस के लिए बजट में कोई वृद्धि नहीं की गई है, कोर आईसीडीएस सेवाओं के...
AIFAWH expresses anger and disappointment over the callous attitude of the Modi -2 government towards the development of its children of whom half are malnourished. There is no increase in the b...
Just one month before the notification for the next Lok Sabha elections, the Modi Government announced a Pension Scheme for the unorganized sector workers, who earn less than Rs.15,000 a month, ‘Pradh...
Fourty lakh signatures submitted to the Ministry of WCD Hundreds of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers from all over the country under the leadership of All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helper...
संसद मार्च फिर से क्यों? अखिल भारतीय आंगनवाड़ी सेविका एवं सहायिका फैडरेशन ( आइफा ) ने 25 फरवरी 2019 को संसद मार्च करने का फैसला लिया है। दो महीने के भीतर ही संसदीय चुनाव होने वाले हैं। भा...
The General Secretary
AIFAWH
BTR Bhawan
13 A, Rouse Avenue
New Delhi – 110002
Phone: 23221288; 23221306
Fax: 23221284
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A new World Bank Group report finds that the country set the pace for regulatory reform in South Asia in 2013-14 with 20 reforms - the region's largest number during the period.
India was followed by Sri Lanka with 16 reforms while three countries - Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan - focused their efforts on adopting modern electronic systems to facilitate business activity.
The 'Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency' report released on Wednesday found that four of eight economies in South Asia implemented at least one regulatory reform making it easier for domestic entrepreneurs to do business in the 2013-14 financial year.
"Doing business is easier in economies with administrative efficiency and strong regulatory protections," said Rita Ramalho, Doing Business report lead author, World Bank Group.
The report noted that in India a little over a decade ago, an entrepreneur seeking a loan to grow his business would have had little luck, because financial institutions lacked access to information systems to assess creditworthiness.
"Today, thanks to the creation and expansion of a national credit bureau offering credit scores and coverage on par with those in some high-income economies, a small business in India with a good financial history is more likely to get credit and hire more workers," it said.
Three of the country's regulatory reforms benefiting local entrepreneurs were in the areas of starting a business, getting electricity, and protecting minority investors, including through the adoption of the new Companies Act of 2013.
The government made starting a business easier by considerably reducing the registration fees, but also made it more difficult by introducing a requirement to file a declaration before the commencement of business operations, the report said.
These changes apply to both, the national capital and Mumbai. In addition, the electricity utility in Mumbai made getting electricity less costly by reducing the security deposit for a new connection.
Finally, the country strengthened minority investor protections by requiring greater disclosure of conflicts of interest by board members, increasing the remedies available in case of prejudicial related-party transactions, the report said.
It also introduced additional safeguards for shareholders of privately held companies. This reform applies to both Delhi and Mumbai.
In 2014, for the first time, Doing Business collected data for a second city in economies with a population of more than 10 crore.
In India, it now analyses business regulations in the country's national and financial capital; in Bangladesh, in Chittagong and Dhaka; and in Pakistan, in Lahore and Karachi.
The report covering 189 economies worldwide, found that Singapore tops the global ranking on the ease of doing business.
Joining it on the list of the top 10 economies with the most business-friendly regulatory environments are New Zealand; Hong Kong SAR, China; Denmark; the Republic of Korea; Norway; the United States; the United Kingdom; Finland; and Australia.
The Centre is set to roll out a clutch of power reforms over the next few months including measures to fulfil the ruling BJP's commitment to provide uninterrupted electricity supply in cooperation with state governments.
After dealing with the crucial ordinance for coal block e-auction, the government will start dealing with other long-pending issues to boost power sector, officials said, adding that power minister Piyush Goyal will start launching programmes for which the government has made budgetary allocations.
"Power ministry has availed most of the approvals from government departments concerned for strengthening transmission and distribution networks, separating feeders for agriculture and households in rural areas and promoting ultra mega solar power projects in four states. It is time for Goyal to bring state governments on board to engage them in Centre's initiatives," a power ministry official said.
The official, who did not wish to be named, added that the power ministry will start rolling out various initiatives within a month or two while work is also in progress for reforms in Electricity Act 2003.
The government has sought stakeholders' feedback for the proposed amendments in Electricity Act by mid-November, ahead of the winter session of Parliament. "Fuel supply was one of the most crucial challenges that the power sector was facing.
The government has come up with a road map for e-auction of coal blocks and price pooling for fuels to ensure adequate coal and natural gas supplies for the power plants. While fuel supplies will improve gradually, it is time for the government to reduce commercial losses in the areas of electricity transmission and distribution," said the official.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley had in July allocated Rs500 crore each for Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and ultra mega solar power projects besides Rs200 crore for strengthening Delhi's transmission network, among other programmes.
Goyal, who was busy campaigning for Maharashtra assembly polls, will shortly initiate dialogues with various state governments to ensure "power for all", officials said. Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi have already come on board for the programme while Goyal wants to cover as many states a possible before the next Union Budget, an official said.
Under the initiative, the Centre will provide financial assistance to improve power generation and strengthen transmission and distribution network besides funding energy saving systems.
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1. Allot adequate funds for universalisation of ICDS to cover all the children below six years in the country, by 2010
2. No Privatisation of ICDS, including the supply, preparation and distribution of supplementary nutrition
3. Ensure regular supply of good quality supplementary nutrition in sufficient quantities in all the anganwadi centres throughout the country.
4. Locally acceptable food should be prepared and served in the anganwadi centres and not Ready To Eat food. There should be no Take Home Ration
5. Include the under six children in Right to Education Act
6. Strengthen the ECE component of ICDS by imparting the necessary training to the anganwadi workers; provide uniforms, toys etc to the children in the 3- 6 age group to attract them to the anganwadi centres
7. Regularise ICDS and recognise anganwadi workers and helpers as Grade III and Grade IV government employees
8. Minimum wages applicable to skilled workers and semi skilled workers should be paid to anganwadi workers and helpers respectively
9. No opening of mini anganwadi centres; convert all the mini anganwadi centres into full fledged anganwadi centres and appoint helpers. Pay equal wages to the anganwadi workers working presently in the mini anganwadi centres.
10. Wages of anganwadi employees should be linked to the Consumer Price Index
11. Provide pension and gratuity to all the anganwadi workers and helpers being retired from service; formulate welfare fund for anganwadi employees at the national level
12. Free medical treatment should be provided to anganwadi employees for all illnesses in all the government hospitals; all the medical expenses incurred by them should be reimbursed
13. Yearly increment should be given to both anganwadi workers and helpers. Pending this, the increment available to the anganwadi workers should be extended to the helpers also
14. Proper guidelines for the appointment of anganwadi helpers should be formulated and implemented
15. The work of anganwadi workers and helpers should be clearly defined and no additional responsibilities should be given to them
16. Uniform service rules should be applicable to all the anganwadi workers and helpers throughout the country
17. All Eligible anganwadi helpers should be appointed as anganwadi workers
18. Anganwadi Centre Leaving Certificate from the Anganwadi worker should be made compulsory for admission in primary schools
19. Monthly Project meetings should be conducted in all the Projects regularly, for both the anganwadi workers and helpers, and the day to day problems encountered by them while discharging their duties should be discussed in these meetings. Travel and daily allowances should be paid to all the anganwadi workers and helpers whenever they are called for any official meeting, including when they are called separately for the payment of their wages. TA/ DA should be paid regularly every month.
20. Grievance Redress Committees should be constituted in all the states at the state and district levels by including representatives of the anganwadi employees.
21. Strengthen ICDS and convert anganwadi centres into Day care cum crèches
22. Pucca buildings with all facilities like toilets, sanitation and provision for potable water etc should be constructed to house the anganwadi centres in all the projects in the country. Till such time, Rs. 1,200/- and Rs. 500/- per month should be paid as rent for anganwadi centres in the urban and rural/ tribal projects respectively.
23. Summer holidays should be given in all the states
24. Supervisors should be appointed only from the eligible anganwadi workers
25. Anganwadi workers and helpers should be given preference in the appointments for post like ANMs, Primary School Teachers, Village Servants, etc
26. There should be no restrictions on the political activities of the anganwadi employees, including the freedom to participate in any election, till such date as they are recognised as government employees, when the service conditions as applicable to government employees may be applied to them
27. Recognise the Right to Organisation and Collective bargaining of the anganwadi employees
28. Recognise AIFAWH as the representative of anganwadi employees in the country and hold regular discussion with its representatives on all issues concerning them
29. Corruption should be eradicated in the implementation of ICDS
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
General secretary
Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union
C/o Co ordination Committee of CITU
Crusade House
Phonix Bay
Port Blair – 744101
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
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Andhra Pradesh
General secretary
Andhra Pradesh Anganwadi Workers and Helpers union (CITU)
D No. 24-24-14
Rajaka Veedhi, Durgapuram
Vijayawada 520003
Andhra Pradesh
Phone 0866-2442988
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Assam
General Secretary
Assam Rajyik Anganwadi Karmi and Sahayika Santha (CITU)
“Amal Bhawan”
Chandmari Colony
Pub- Nizarpara,
Guwahati-781003,
Assam
Fax- 0361-2660009
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Bihar
General Secretary
Bihar Rajya Anganwadi Sevika Sahayika Sangh (CITU)
Surya Complex, Jamal Road, Patna-800001
Bihar
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Chattisgarh
General Secretary
Anganwadi Karyakartha Evam Sahayika Union (CITU)
Behind Ayurvedic hospital,
Noorani chowk, Raja Talab,
Raipur-492001
Chhatisgarh
Phone-0771-227527
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Delhi
General Secretary
Delhi State Anganwadi workers and Helpers union
BTR Bhawan, 13-A Rouse Avenue,
New Delhi -110002
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Phone – 011 - 23233543
Gujarat
General Secretary,
CITU, Gujarat state committee
Prarthna samaj
Raykhad
Ahmedabad-380001
Gujrat
Phone – 079-25352764
Fax – 079-25395844
Haryana
General Secretary
Haryana State Anganwadi workers and Helpers union (CITU)
Prabhat Bhawan
Hanuman Colony
Shukhpura Chowk
Rohtak – 124001
Haryana
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Himachal Pradesh
General Secretary
Anganwadi workers evam Helpers union (CITU)
CITU Office
Kisan Mazdoor Bhawan
Kaithu, Simla-171003
Himachal Pradesh
Phones-0177-253019, 208119
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Jammu & Kashmir
J & K Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union
C/o J&K state Committee of CITU
27 A, Government Quarters
Gandhi Nagar, Jammu
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Jharkhand
General secretary
Jharkhand Anganwadi Sevika Sahayika Mahasangh
C/O Jharkhand state committee of CITU
Viswakarma Mandir Lane
Opp Wool house
Main Road, Ranchi 8340001
Jharkhand
Phone and Fax - 0651-2331625
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Karnataka
General Secretary
Karnataka Rajya Anganwadi Noukara Sangha (CITU)
Suri Bhawan, No. 40/5
16th Cross Road
2nd Main, Sampangiram Nagar
Bangalore – 560027
Karnataka
Phone-080-22111307, fax-080- 22111239
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Kerala
General Secretary
Kerala State Anganwadi workers and Helpers Association
CITU Office
E Balanandan Smarak Mandiram
Melethampanoor
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala-695001
Phone-0471- 23318311 Fax-0471-23318311
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Madhya Pradesh
General Secretary
Anganwadi Karyakarta Evam Sahayika Ekata Union (CITU)
State committee of CITU
13/B, Padmanabh Nagar,
New Subhash Nagar Colony,
Bhopal-762023
Madhya Pradesh
Phone-0755-757751
Fax-0755-759532
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Maharashtra
General Secretary
Anganwadi Karmachari Sanghatana (CITU)
State Committee of CITU
‘Janashakti’
P.B.Marg, Worli,
Mumbai-400013
Maharashtra
Phone-022-4946576
Fax – 022- 24961525
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Orissa
General Secretary
Orissa Anganwadi workers and Helpers Association (CITU)
VR-5/1, Kharavelnagar,
Unit-III, Bhubaneshwar-751001,
Orissa
Phone/fax-0674-2405410
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Puducherry
General Secretary
Pondicherry Anganwadi Staff Association
42 Bharathi Mill Thittu
Cuddalore Road
Mudaliarpet
Puducherry – 605004
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Punjab
President
Anganwadi Mulazim Union, Punjab
Cheema Bhawan
Sector 30 -B
Chandigarh
Punjab
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President
Anganwadi Mulazim Union, Punjab
Com. Vimal Ranadive Bhawan,
Sanipur road, Ramdas Nager,
ward no.12, near Bajwa dairy,
Sirhind Fatehgarh Sahib
Pin 140406,
Punjab
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Rajasthan
General Secretary
Anganwadi Karyakarta Va Sahayika Union
C/O Rajasthan state committee of CITU
Shramik Ekta Kendra
SD – 137, Shanti Nagar
Jaipur – 302006
Rajasthan
Phone – 0141-2220757
Fax-0141 – 2221104
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Tamil Nadu
General secretary
CITU Tamil Nadu State Committee
A.Nallasivam Ninaivagam
13, Mosque Street, Chepauk
Chennai-600005
Tamil Nadu
Phone-044-28410259
Fax – 044- 28511975
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Tripura
General secretary
Tripura state Anganwadi workers and Helpers union
State Committee of CITU
28, Office Lane,
P.O.Agartala-799001
Tripura
Phone – 2324255
Fax-0381-2319259
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Telangana
General secretary
Telangana state Anganwadi workers and Helpers union
State Committee of CITU
NVBS Kendram,
1-7-139/44
SRK Nagar,
Risalagadda, Zamistanpur
Musheerabad, Hyderabad – 500020
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Uttarakhand
General secretary
Anganwadi Karyakartri Sevika Karmachari Union (CITU)
Uttarakhand State Committee of CITU
CITU Office
81, New Park Road
Gandhigram, Kanwali
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
Phone-0135-654397
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Uttar Pradesh
General secretary
U.P.State committee of citu
10, Vidhan Sabha Marg,
Lucknow- 226001, U.P.
Phone-0522-210459
Fax – 2614736
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West Bengal
General secretary
West Bengal State ICDS Workers Union
53, Acharya J.C.Bose Road,
Kolkata-700016
West Bengal
Phone – 033-2265377
Fax-033-2266670
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(As amended in the 10th Conference of AIFAWH held at Madurai, Tamilnadu, 6-9 December 2022)
1. NAME
The name of the organisation shall be All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (to be designated in abbreviated form as ‘AIFAWH’)
2. FLAG
The flag of AIFAWH will be red in colour with the length and breadth of the ratio of 3:2. The letters ‘AIFAWH’ will be written in red letters vertically inside a white band on the pole side of the flag.
3. AIMS AND OBJECTS
4. HEADQUARTERS
The headquarters of the AIFAWH will be located in New Delhi. The competent body may, however, temporarily shift the headquarters to any other place.
5. YEAR
The financial year of AIFAWH will be from April to March.
6. COMPOSITION
AIFAWH will be a Federation of affiliated unions/Associations. Unions of anganwadi workers and helpers in the states, registered under the Trade Unions Act or Associations of registered unions will be eligible for affiliation to AIFAWH. Any such registered union/Association shall apply for affiliation in the prescribed form (Annexure 1) signifying its willingness to abide by the Constitution of AIFAWH and also to carry out the decisions and calls of AIFAWH, besides paying the affiliation fees as prescribed.
Any unregistered union/Association affiliated to AIFAWH will be given one year time to get registered under the Trade Unions Act
7. AFFILIATION FEES
Each affiliated union shall pay an affiliation fee at the rate of two rupees (Re. 2.00) per member per calendar year subjected to a minimum of Rupees one hundred (Rs 100/-).
The affiliation fee shall be paid by 30th June each year along with duly filled affiliation form, a copy of the annual returns submitted to the labour department and a copy of the accounts audited by a chartered accountant or any competent authority as per the constitution of the union.
8. DEMOCRATIC FUNCTIONING
9. AIFAWH CONFERENCE
The all India Conference of AIFAWH will be held once in three years. It will be the highest organ of authority of AIFAWH.
The Conference will consist of delegates elected by the constituent unions.
10. ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO AIFAWH CONFERENCE
The affiliated unions will be entitled to elect delegates on the basis to be decided each time by the Working Committee prior to the Conference. The Working Committee may delegate this authority to the Secretariat.
The Working Committee members will be ex officio delegates to the Conference.
11. WORKING COMMITTEE
The Working Committee will be empowered to take policy decisions in between two Conferences.
Only conference delegates will be eligible for election to the Working Committee and as Office Bearers.
The number of the Working Committee members will be decided by the Conference at each session.
12. SECRETARIAT
The Secretariat shall consist of 25 members including the following
The number of Secretariat may be decided by the Conference at each session.
The Secretariat will have the responsibility of implementing the decisions of the Working Committee. In case of emergency the Secretariat will have the authority to act on any issue, subject to subsequent approval of the Working Committee.
13. NOTICE FOR MEETING
Notice of the meetings of the Working Committee, Secretariat and the triennial Conference shall be issued by the General Secretary and in her absence, by one of the Secretaries.
At least 15 days’ notice shall be given for the meetings of Working Committee and the Secretariat. At least one month’s notice shall be given for the AIFAWH Conference. Emergency meeting of the Working Committee can be called by giving a notice of 7 days.
The quorum at the all India Conference and at the meetings of the Working Committee of AIFAWH, the state conferences, state committees and state councils shall be one third of delegates or members of the respective committees.
14. FUND
The fund of the AIFAWH shall be kept in any nationalised bank in the name of AIFAWH to be operated by any two of the three, namely the President, General Secretary and the Treasurer.
The AIFAWH may accept donations and may also give call for fund from its members as and when required.
All expenditure shall be incurred with the sanction of the Working Committee. The General Secretary and the Secretariat shall however, be competent to incur expenditure on day to day activities and on emergency, subject to approval by the Working Committee. The Treasurer is required to ensure proper maintenance of the accounts.
Similarly, the fund of the affiliated unions of AIFAWH and all committees of the unions up to project/sector level shall be kept in any nationalised bank in the name of the Union, to be operated by any two of the three office bearers, namely President, General Secretary and Treasurer of that committee.
15. AUDIT
The fund of AIFAWH shall be audited every year by any Chartered Accountant. The audited accounts shall be placed before the Working Committee every year and before the Conference for all the years for which the Conference shall be held.
The Working Committee shall constitute an internal audit committee consisting of 3 Working Committee members other than the Office Bearers.
Similarly, the fund of the affiliated unions of AIFAWH shall audited every year by a chartered accountant as well as an internal audit committee. The state committees shall audit the accounts of all committees up to project/sector levl.
16. DISCIPLINARY ACTION
17. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
The authority to amend the Constitution lies with the Conference. Amendments proposed should be circulated among member unions and state committees at least 2 months prior to the Conference.
18. STATE UNIONS/ASSOCIATIONS
The state unions/associations shall frame their constitution/ rules not inconsistent with the rules under the constitution of AIFAWH.
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To,
General Secretary,
AIFAWH,
13A, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi-2
1. Name of the Union: ..........................................
2. Name of the State: ............................................
3. Registration Number: …....................................
4. Address of the Union: ………............................
5. Whether the Union is affiliated to any Central Trade Union and if so, the name of the Central Trade Union to which affiliated. ............................
6. Whether the union is affiliated to any other Association of workers/employees, if so give the details...................................................................
7. Total number of members in year.....................
We agree to abide by the constitution of the All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers and also to carry out the decisions and calls of the AIFAWH and request you to affiliate our Union to the Federation.
Date:.......................
General Secretary
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is a central Scheme under the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, which aims at the overall development of the children under six years, through anganwadi centres. It provides supplementary nutrition and referral health services to children under six years and pregnant women and lactating mothers and also to the teenage girls. It also provides pre school education to the 3-6 year old children. Started in 1975 in 33 blocks in an experimental basis, it has now expanded to --- blocks in the country. Nearly 10 lakhs anganwadi centres function all over the country. The anganwadi workers and Helpers are grass root level workers who impart these services to the poor and downtrodden. But the government does not recognise them as workers but call them ‘voluntary social workers” and give them a pittance in the name of ‘honorarium.’
The All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH) was formed by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) in a national convention in Delhi in 1989. Its first conference was held in Udaipur in Rajasthan in 1991 with Vimal Ranadive as President, Bhabatosh Roy as Working President and Neelima Maitra as the General Secretary. Subsequent conferences were held in Calcutta in 1994, Bhopal in 1998, Puri in 2002, Bangalore in 2005 and the sixth conference in Chandigarh in 2009.
During these twenty years, AIFAWH has led several militant struggles on the demands of anganwadi employees; it has also been consistently fighting for the universalisation of ICDS and for its effective implementation. It has been making efforts to rally the support of the beneficiaries of ICDS – the lakhs of women and children belonging to poor peasants’, agricultural workers’, unorganised sector workers’ families in this struggle. On two occasions it has collected crores of signatures from the beneficiaries all over the country on a memorandum to the Prime Minister against privatisation of ICDS and improvement in the conditions of the anganwadi employees. It regularly publishes booklets and leaflets and conducts campaigns on ICDS and anganwadi employees.
The sustained campaigns and struggles led by AIFAWH and its affiliated unions in different states have not only helped in achieving some benefits for the anganwadi employees, they have created self confidence among these lakhs of women workers, most of them working in the villages, hills and urban slums. They have also led to increasing awareness about the importance of ICDS in ensuring the right to food, education and health of the children below 6 years.
Today, AIFAWH has units in 23 states in the country across Jammu and Kashmir to Kerala and Tripura to Punjab.
Members of AIFAWH actively participate in the joint trade union campaigns and struggles, for the improvement of the conditions of the workers in different sectors, of the agricultural workers, peasants and women.
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