Anganwadi, ASHA workers will now get ESIC, EPFO benefits

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The Centre would soon extend benefits under ESIC and EPFO to the Anganwadi, ASHA and mid-day meal scheme workers in the country, Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said here today. "We are going to give all Anganwadi workers, ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers, mid-day meal workers. 90% of them are women. The idea is to give them ESIC and EPFO. They have been agitating for years now.