Lucknow: About four Anganwadi workers in Uttar Pradesh will get smartphones to improve their efficiency and the state government will also train them to use the devices.
A training plan has already been drawn up for this.
According to the government spokesperson, Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed the officials concerned to ensure their deployment to help those essential to the implementation of women and child welfare schemes in rural areas.
The Anganwadi workers, working in the field to facilitate issues concerning women and children regarding health and nutrition, were an important tool in the Minister’s plan, including the effective implementation of Corona control.
All details regarding women’s and children’s schemes will now be in the hands of Anganwadi workers.
According to the spokesperson, this will result in maximum transparency in the implementation of the schemes.
Decisions related to the schemes will be made without delay on the basis of real-time data, and the scope for corruption will be reduced.
“After being equipped with smartphones, the various schemes in rural areas, including nutrition and child welfare, will be implemented more effectively,” he said.
There are 1.89 lakh Anganwadi centers available in the state with about four lakh workers.
Source: Telangana Today