Anganwadi centres in Haryana and Delhi are shut for the past almost three months and one month, respectively. This has affected the supply of dry rations to hundreds of thousand under-6 children enrolled with these early childcare centres. Gaon Connection visited these locked up centres and here is what parents and the protesting anganwadi workers had to say. A ground report.

Ved Prakash Ojha took it upon himself to revamp the barely working anganwadi centre in his village in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, and transformed it into a ‘model anganwadi centre’

It's been more than two years since children in Uttar Pradesh's anganwadis have been served hot cooked meals, though most other states have resumed them, post pandemic. But India's most populous state, with a high burden of malnutrition, continues to distribute dry rations. The state government has given an assurance that hot meals will be resumed from January 2023.

Hot cooked meals at the 189,309 anganwadi centres across Uttar Pradesh have been resumed, which is likely to benefit 8 million kids in the age group three to six years.

Hundreds of anganwadi workers protested in Delhi for 38 days and called it off when the Delhi government invoked the law refraining protests for the workers occupied in essential services. Upon returning to their centres, about 500 workers found that they had been fired. The anganwadi workers have now moved Delhi High Court against the state government's termination of their services. Details here.

Kumari Urvashi Das teaches 30 children at an anganwadi centre in Kendrapara district of Odisha and says her disability has never come in the way of her dreams to become an educator.

A crisis is brewing at the anganwadi centres across West Bengal where workers have threatened to stop serving meals from today to children, and pregnant and lactating mothers. Why? Details here.

In an official statement, the Uttar Pradesh government announced their plan to transform 449 anganwadi centres with new tools and initiatives to encourage dynamic learning environment for children

A nonprofit, Transform Rural India Foundation, is working with hundreds of thousands villagers in Ranchi and Simdega districts of Jharkhand to familiarise them with various government health schemes for pregnant and lactating mothers, including free institutional delivery.

उत्तर प्रदेश में महिला और बाल विकास विभाग आंगनबाड़ी कार्यकर्ताओं की दस हज़ार से ज़्यादा पदों पर भर्तियाँ कर रहा है। आप महिला हैं तो 01 अप्रैल से 16 अप्रैल 2024 तक आवेदन कर सकती हैं।