Anganwadi Worker & Helper Recruitment in Chandigarh – May 2025

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📌 Notification Details Order No.: ICDS Cell/2025/833 Date: 13th May 2025 Issued by: Director, Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, Chandigarh Admini...

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📌 Notification Details

Order No.: ICDS Cell/2025/833
Date: 13th May 2025
Issued by: Director, Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, Chandigarh Administration
Basis: Revised SOP as per guidelines of Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India (F. No. 11/4/2021-CD-I(e-95706), dated 01.08.2022)

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🟡 Essential Requirements for Direct Recruitment

For Both Anganwadi Worker (AWW) and Anganwadi Helper (AWH):

Educational Qualification: Minimum 10+2 (Senior Secondary) pass
Age Limit: Minimum 18 years, Maximum 35 years
- Relaxation:
- OBC: 3 years
- SC: 5 years
Residence:
- Female candidate from local village/community where the Anganwadi Centre is situated
- Local area includes 3–5 km radius
- If no suitable candidate is found in the local area, applications may be invited from within the SDM zone.

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🔖 Acceptable Proof of Residence

Aadhaar Card
Voter ID (issued by Electoral Registration Officer)
Other valid government proofs (Electricity bill, Water bill, etc.)

Special Note:

Newly married women must submit husband’s residence proof + marriage certificate and update own Aadhaar within 2 months of joining.
Candidates without valid Aadhaar must update their Aadhaar to the address of local area within 2 months of joining.

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🟢 Promotion Quota

50% of AWW posts are reserved for promotion from eligible AWHs.
Promotion eligibility:
- Minimum qualification: 12th pass
- Minimum 5 years of satisfactory service as AWH
- Additional marks for higher education will be considered
- If no eligible AWH is found, vacant AWW posts will be filled through Direct Recruitment with competent authority’s approval.

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⚖️ Reservation Policy

For Direct Recruitment (AWW & AWH):

SC: 18%
OBC: 27%
PwD: 4%

For Promotion of AWHs to AWW:

SC: 15%
PwD: 4%
OBC: Not applicable in promotions

Required Documents:

SC/OBC/Disability certificate issued by a competent authority
Disability certificate must mention candidate is physically and medically fit to perform Anganwadi duties (issued by Civil Surgeon)

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🧓 Retirement Policy

For AWWs and AWHs recruited after 1st January 2025, retirement age is 60 years
For those recruited before 1st January 2025, retirement age remains 65 years
Uniform retirement date: 30th April every year

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🏛️ Selection-cum-Promotion Committee

Programme Officer, ICDS U.T. Chandigarh – Chairperson
Consultant, CB & BCC, Poshan Abhiyaan – Member
Consultant, PM & E, Poshan Abhiyaan – Member
Consultant, Health and Nutrition, Poshan Abhiyaan – Member
Concerned Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) – Member

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📝 Criteria for Direct Recruitment

Minimum education: 12th pass (for both posts)
Selection through interaction (interview) with the committee
CDPOs and Area Supervisors will publish vacancy lists on https://chdsw.gov.in and circulate locally
CDPOs are responsible for the entire recruitment process

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🧾 Merit Criteria for Promotion of AWH to AWW

To be eligible:

12th pass
Minimum 5 years of satisfactory service
Promotion will be from finalized seniority-cum-merit list

Merit Marking System:

Experience:
- 1 mark for every 2 years of service beyond 5 years (max 10 marks)
12th Qualification:
- 10 marks
Graduation in Home Science, Nutrition, Child Development, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, etc.:
- 5 marks

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📋 Promotion Process Guidelines

Tentative seniority-cum-eligibility list is finalized every year in September
List remains valid for 1 year
Objections can be raised within 15 days of tentative list
Final list prepared after resolving objections
CDPOs will fill AWW posts based on this final list

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🗓️ Leave Rules

AWWs and AWHs entitled to 12 days leave/year
Leave beyond this is without honorarium
Maximum 3 days leave can be approved by CDPO/Supervisor
Leave beyond 3 days must be approved by Director with valid justification and documents such as:
- Medical certificate
- Hospital proof
- Other supporting documents
Leave record is maintained by supervisor
If leave rules are violated, the post may be declared vacant after two warnings

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🔧 Roles & Responsibilities

🔸 Anganwadi Worker (AWW)

Community engagement and support for Poshan 2.0
Data feeding in Poshan Tracker App
Monthly weighing of children, maintain growth charts
Conduct household surveys and preschool activities
Organize supplementary nutrition for children and mothers
Provide health/nutrition education to mothers
Help register births
Undertake home visits
Maintain records and coordinate with PHC/ANM
Assist in immunization, health checkups, Vitamin A, IFA distribution
Identify and report special needs children
Act as depot holder for contraceptives, RCH kits
Assist in Polio and Adolescent Health programs
Maintain COVID-19 protocols
Handle any other duties as assigned

🔹 Anganwadi Helper (AWH)

Serve food and maintain cleanliness of center and children
Bring children to Anganwadi center
Assist AWW in all duties
Take over AWW’s duties during her absence
Perform any task assigned by senior staff

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📝 Application Form (Annexure III)

The application form asks for:

Personal details (name, DOB, marital status, category, address)
Educational qualifications (12th, graduation, computer, etc.)
Experience details (if any)
Declarations
Attachments of documents (DOB proof, Aadhaar, residence, qualifications, category certificate, etc.)

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🔗 Official Website & Contact

All recruitment details including vacancy lists, application form, and interview dates will be uploaded at:
🔗 https://chdsw.gov.in
🔗 Official Notification and Application Form