 bill no 13 of 2008 the anganwadi workers (regularisation of service and other benefits) bill, 2008 by shri hansraj gangaramji ahir, mp a billto provide for regularisation of the services and conferring the status of permanentemployees of government on anganwadi workers and for matters connectedtherewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the anganwadi workers (regularisation of serviceand other benefits) act, 2008short title, extent and commencement5(2) it extends to the union territories only(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) ''anganwadi'' means an anganwadi centre set up under integrated child development services scheme of the central government;5(b) ''anganwadi worker'' means any person working in an anganwadi and includes anganwadi helper; and(c) ''prescribed'' means prescribed by rules made under this actregularisation of services of anganwadi workers103 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, takesteps to regularise the services of anganwadi workers and confer the status of group ''d'' employee of the government on such anganwadi workers who are serving in anganwadi centres immediately before the commencement of this act(2) every anganwadi worker whose service has been regularised shall be entitled to such tenure, terms and conditions of service including remuneration, leave, provident fund, retirement and other terminal benefits which are available to group ''d'' employees under the central government154 the central government shall take steps to provide accommodation to all anganwadi workers within the vicinity of their workplaceaccommodation to anganwadi workers205 if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the central government may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this act as may appear to be necessary for removing the difficultypower of central government to remove difficultiessavings6 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of the provisions of any other law for the time being in forcepower to make rules7 (1) the central government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act2530(2) every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsanganwadi centres were started in the country by central government for implementation of the integrated child development services scheme which includes women literacy, health awareness and child welfare scheme these anganwadi centres are contributing a lot to the development of society in rural and remote areas for the last many years anganwadi workers are properly performing the work of dissemination, publicity and implementation of various schemes of the government in rural areas however, these anganwadi workers do not have any job security and are paid paltry sum as honorarium for their work this may adversely affect the working of these anganwadi workers in view of the importance of service provided in these anganwadi centres, the strength of anganwadi workers has increased from 8 lakh to 14 lakh in the whole of the countryit is improper to pay very low remunerations to anganwadi workers who are working as an important chain between the government and people at village level for effective implementation of women and children related welfare schemes therefore, the service of these workers should be recognized and they should be given the status of 'group d' employees of the government the bill seeks to provide for regularisation of the services and conferring the status of 'group d' employee of the government on these anganwadi workersnew delhi;hansraj  gangaramji  ahirnovember 14, 2007 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for regularisation of services of anganwadi workers and other benefits to them analogous to the group ''d'' employees of the central government clause 4 provides for provision of accommodation to the anganwadi workers within the vicinity of their workplace the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india a recurring expenditure of about rupees five thousand crore is likely to be incurreda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 7 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, thus delegation of legislative powers is of a normal character———— a billto provide for regularisation of the services and conferring the status of permanent employees of government on anganwadi workers and for matters connected therewith————(shri hansraj gangaramji ahir, mp)mgipmrnd—291ls(s5)—19022008