Why Anganwadi and ASHAs are Essential Workers and Not Volunteers
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Why Anganwadi and ASHAs are Essential Workers and Not Volunteers

Anganwadi workers and ASHA workers are technically volunteers and therefore paid an honorarium below the minimum wage, but actually they are essential workers, who managed the State’s on-ground pandemic response. Also: 1.93 lakh posts of Anganwadi workers lying vacant across country.