By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved a proposal to upgraded and convert as many as 2836 mini Anganwadis into Anganwadi centres in Odisha.
Out of 74154 Anganwadi centres in the State, there were 10416 mini Anganwadis. Out of them 2836 mini Anganwadis have been upgraded.
For this, 114 posts of supervisor have been created across the State, according to an release issued by the Chief minister’s Office.
With this upgradation, one Anganwadi Helper will be appointed in each Anganwadi Center to assist the Anganwadi Worker. Thus 2836 Anganwadi Helpers will be recruited and in addition, 2836 mini Anganwadi worker posts will be upgraded to Anganwadi Worker posts. For this, the State Government will spend an additional Rs 18.75 crore annually.
