If ICDS is privatized agitation will be intensified by CITU

The conference of the Basantpur Project unit of CITU related to the Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union was held at Fair Ground Sunni. A twenty-seven-member unit was formed at the conference. Mohani Sharma as President, Geeta Kashyap as General Secretary, Amara Devi as Treasurer, Ishra Devi, Khema Kashyap, Lalita Devi as Vice President, Lata Devi, Lata as Secretary and Khimi Bhandari, Banita, Rama, Koshalya, Kanta, Nirmala Paul, Pushpa Devi, Sanju Sharma, Anita, Subhadra, Parvati, Geeta, Kushal Kanwar were elected unit members.

The conference was addressed by CITU District Treasurer Balak Ram, Khimi Bhandari, Mohani Sharma, and Ishra Devi. He proposed 100% appointment in pre-primary, abolishing the condition of 45 years in this appointment, accepting the degree of any recognized university of India for the appointment of supervisor, immediate recruitment of matriculation and graduation personnel as supervisor based on seniority. , giving the status of government employee, salary, and seniority benefits on the lines of Haryana, giving other leaves including medical on the lines of Punjab, raising the retirement age to 65 years, upgrading all mini Anganwadi centers to the status of full Anganwadi centers, appropriate uniforms. Demands for providing financial assistance, mobile recharge and stationery facilities, a ban on deduction of salary during medical or illness, solving the problems of Nutrition Tracker App, and a conspiracy to privatize ICDS by handing it over to Vedanta company under the guise of building Nand Ghar. And called upon Anganwadi workers to intensify their struggle on the issue of direct benefit transfer, nutrition tracker app, and thirty percent budget cut and to remove the Modi government from power.

He has warned the Central Government that if ICDS is privatized and Anganwadi workers are not declared as regular employees, then the agitation will intensify. Privatization under the guise of Nand Ghar to hand over ICDS to Vedanta Company will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Due to this, workers will lose employment in the future. He has demanded the Central Government to regularize the Anganwadi workers as per the recommendation of the Forty-fifth Indian Labor Conference held in the year 2013. He has demanded that Anganwadi workers should be given salary and other facilities on the lines of Haryana. He has demanded to implementation of pension, gratuity, medical, and leave facilities for Anganwadi workers. He has demanded that the responsibility of teaching pre-primary classes and small children under the new education policy should be given to Anganwadi workers as they are highly trained workers. In return, their salary should be increased and they should be regularized. Incentives should be given for imposing election duty. The vacant posts of Anganwadi workers and helpers should be filled immediately. Anganwadi workers and helpers should be paid double for the extra work. The facility of mini Anganwadi store bin should be provided.