Demonstration held against ICDS funds cut

January 21, 2017 01:10 am | Updated 01:10 am IST - Mandya:

Centre of Indian Trade Unions members and anganwadi workers protesting against the reduction of funds for the Integrated Child Development Scheme, near the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Mandya on Friday.

Centre of Indian Trade Unions members and anganwadi workers protesting against the reduction of funds for the Integrated Child Development Scheme, near the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Mandya on Friday.

The Mandya district unit of State Anganwadi Workers Association, affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), took out a massive protest rally here on Friday against the slashing of funds for the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).

Hundreds of anganwadi workers from different parts of the district marched from the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway to the Deputy Commissioner’s office where they staged a demonstration. According to the protestors, the Centre, on the pretext of restructuring the ICDS programme, has slashed the funds and also attempting to privatise the programme.

Social security benefits

The agitators demanded social security benefits such as minimum wage, provident fund, gratuity, job security, and leave facilities. The Centre was also urged to strengthen Akshara Dasoha, National Rural Health Mission, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya scheme and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). They also demanded social security benefits for Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA).

Pushpavathi, Shobha, Champakumari, Sunitha, Prameelakumari, M. Raveendra, Chandrashekar, Manjula, Jayalskhmi, Padma, Parvati, Vasanta and others took part in the protest.

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