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Sonia Gandhi asks Centre to double contribution to compensation of ASHA and Anganwadi workers: 'They are overburdened and underpaid'

December 16, 2025 5:39 pm

During her speech in Rajya Sabha, Sonia Gandhi pointed out the low honorarium of ASHA and Anganwadi workers and the nearly 3 lakh vacancies in the Integrated Child Development Services.

India’s healthcare system is leaning too heavily on volunteers and contractual workers for essential services

October 29, 2025 4:13 pm

We need to bite this bullet and address issues related to the mode of recruitment, the role of incentives, and the cadre structure of healthcare workers

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Haryana’s Rs 2,100 cash transfer scheme for women: app glitches and long waits in Gurgaon as registration opens

September 25, 2025 4:46 pm

Gurugram MLA and BJP leader Mukesh Sharma says the scheme is an early Diwali gift, 46 lakh BPL women to benefit in first phase of Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana

Knowledge Nugget: How is ASHA and National Health Mission relevant for UPSC Exam?

Knowledge Nugget: Healthcare frontliners in the spotlight— How are ASHA workers and National Health Mission relevant for UPSC exam?

March 17, 2025 10:50 am

Kerala’s ASHA workers have been on strike for over a month, highlighting their crucial role in the healthcare system. But who are ASHA workers, and why are they indispensable to public health? Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about the National Health Mission.

ASHAs played a central role as the first line of defence in rural areas.

Behind ASHA protests in Kerala: Demand for increased honorariums, other benefits

March 13, 2025 5:31 pm

On February 10, the Kerala ASHA Workers’ Association (KAHWA) began a sit-in protest outside the state secretariat to press for the release of pending dues, increasing the honorarium from the Rs 7,000 to Rs 21,000, and retirement benefits of Rs 5 lakh.

ASHA workers unsung heroes: Kerala’s Cong MPs slam ‘blame game’ between Centre, state

ASHA workers are still not ‘workers’. This is the problem

March 12, 2025 1:22 pm

At a time when political parties are competing to recognise women’s contribution to housework, recognising scheme workers as workers with the right to fair wages, proper working conditions and social security can go a long way in changing the societal approach to women

ASHA workers unsung heroes: Kerala’s Cong MPs slam ‘blame game’ between Centre, state

March 11, 2025 4:46 am

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Congress’s Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor referred to the ASHA workers’ agitation in the state and called them the “unsung” heroes of the country’s healthcare system.

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AIIMS devises new breast cancer detection tool: How AI and ASHA workers work together to map risk factors, help in early diagnosis

December 18, 2024 7:40 am

The goal is to collect vital data pan-India that can help AI tools identify breast cancer patterns specific to Indian women

Odisha BJD delegation approaches Election Commission

BJD urges EC to provide protection to ASHA, anganwadi, Mission Shakti women workers

April 15, 2024 7:47 am

A BJP delegation alleged that Odisha BJP leaders and candidates are engaging in defamation, intimidation, harassment, and character assassination of the grassroots workers.