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  STREE SHAKTI PURASKAR  

As a Indian Women have taken on different roles before and after Independence and excelled in many fields. The achievements of such women are made all the more precious by the fact that in most cases success has been achieved in the face of adversity and difficulties and with the strength of courage, intiative and determination.

It is important that such success should be publicaly recognized so that such women become role models for  the future generations of Indian women. such recognition will also go a long way in moulding so                 

As a measure of recognition of achievements of individual women in the field of social development, the Government of India has instituted six national awards which are to be called Stree Shakti Puraskar. These awards are in the name of the following eminent women personalities in the Indian history who are famous for their personal courage and integrity:-

• Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar
• Kanngi
• Mata Jijabai
• Rani Gaindenlou Zehang
• Rani lakshmi Bai
• Rani Rudramma Devi(For Both men & women)
  
  For further details of the Scheme, the website www.wcd.nic.in of Women & Child Development Department, Government of India may be visited. 

  STATE/NATIONAL AWARD TO ANGANWADI WORKERS  

The Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS) scheme is being implemented at the grass root level by Anganwadi Workers who are honorary women workers.To motivate these honorary grassroots Anganwadi Workers, under the centrally sponsered ICDS scheme and to give reorganization for their exemplary voluntary service in the field of child and development,a scheme of awards had been constituted by GOI in the year 2000 and instructions had been issued to State Governments vide their letter dated 26-5-2000.


LEVELS OF AWARDS
The Award  has two levels, viz at the State level and at the National level.

STATE LEVEL AWARD
Each Award at the Sate level will carry a cash award of Rs. 5000/- and a citation to each selected
AWW as per instructions of Govt. of India. State will make selection of awardees on the basis of performance of Anganwadi Workers, broadly keeping in view the following:-

• Examplary performance of the AWWs in improving the coverage and quality of services to children and pregnant & lactating mothers under the ICDS scheme.
   

• Contribution of the AWWs towards implementation of other programmes/schemes of Central/State Government/Local Bodies.
   

• For selecting the worker for Sate Level Award the following policy has been adopted:-
  
  i) On the basis of exemplary work of AWWs,each C.D.P.O. will send three names alongwith her recommendations to concerned Programme Officer.
  ii) On the basis of recommendation received from the C.D.P.O.,each Programme Officer
  should conduct a wriiten examination at their own level at every district. Headquarter
  to select AWW for State Award.
  iii) On the basis of merit two names from each district should be sent to Directorate
  except Bhiwani and Hissar who will send three names from their district.
  iv) All the Programme Officer will prepare question paper of subjective and objective type on the basis of question bank as given to them and they can add more questions on General Knowledge and current affairs, social evils and about other new schemes being implemented in the district/State etc.
  v) The question paper should be of 100 marks(50 marks for subjective and 50 marks for objective paper).The duration of the exam should not be more than 1.30 hours for both the papers.
  vi) Each Programme Officer will be personally held responsible for maintenance of secrecy of the entire process.
  vii) Achievements/Progress of AWW made for recommendation of the names should be considered upto year ending 31st March(every year) except for nutritional strategy for which achievements upto June should be considered.
  viii) The examination for the selection shoud be conducted upto 20th April and the merit list alongwith recommendation of P.Os should be sent to the Directorate upto 4th or 5th May.If 20th April is a holiday then it will be held on next working day. This procedure will be implemented every year.
  ix) Names of AWWs who have already received the State Award should not be recommended for the next three years.
  x) The answer sheets should be destroyed after two years i.e. from the date of conducting the test.
  
  RECOMMENDATION FOR NATIONAL AWARD
  
  1.     An interview will be organized at H.Q. to select the three names for National Award among the 40 AWWs whose names have been received from the distt. Programme Officers.
  
  2.      A committee under the chairmanship of DWCD will conduct the interview in the month of October.The names of 3 AWWs selected on merit are sent to Govt. of India for National Award.
  
  STATUS OF AWARDS IN HARYANA (SINCE 2000 TO 2004)
  
  As per instructions of GOI, every year 40 selected Anganwadi workers are considered for cash State Awards of Rs. 2500/-.Out of these 40 AWWs the names of three workers on merit are sent to Govt. of India for National Award since 2000-01 to 2003-04(every year).
  
  NEW POLICY OF AWARD
  
  As per latest instructions received from the Govt. of India vide thir letter no.6-3/2003ME dated 20-2-2004 regarding the number of Award fixed for the State of Haryana, the Sate Awards will be 26 instead of 40.Time scheduled for the Award is given below:-
  
  Recommendations from Districts/Block to State Headquarter       30 April,2004
  Finalization of nominations for Sate Level Awards                       30 May,2004
  Forwarding of nominations of National Level Awards                   30 June,2004
  Distribution of State Level Awards                                           Date to be fixed by
                                                                                            State Government
  
  LATEST POLICY OF AWARD
  
  As per latest instructions received from GOI vide their letter no. 6-6-2004-ME dated
  16-2-05 the amount of State Award has increased from Rs 2500/- to Rs 5000/-.
  
  So far under the scheme Smt. Sudesh AWW from distt. Bhiwani, Smt. Sunita Rani AWW
  from distt. Kurukshetra and Smt. Rajesh AWW from distt. Hissar have been presented National Award of Rs 25000/- each for the year 2000-01, 2002-03 and 2003-04 respecively where as nomination for the year 2004-05 and 2005-06 have been recommended to GOI, selection for which is still awaited from them. Nomination for the year 2006-07 has been finalized at Headquarter level and is yet to be sent to GOI in January,2008 as per guidelines of GOI.
  
  Regarding State Level Awards 160 AWWs have been awarded a cash prize of Rs. 2500/- and 78 AWWs have been given a cash prize of Rs. 5000/- each as per revised guidelines of GOI.
           
                               ::Yearwise Distribution of Awards::
                               
  State Level Awards:-
  
  Year                              No. of Awards Given
  
  2000-2001                     40
  2001-2002                     40
  2002-2003                     40
  2003-2004                     40
  2004-2005                     26
  2005-2006                     26
  2006-2007                     26
  
  National Level Awards:-
  
  Year                             Awards Given by GOI
  
  2000-2001                     Sudesh-Bhiwani
  2001-2002                     Not Selected by GOI
  2002-2003                     Sunita-Kurukshetra
  2003-2004                     Rajesh-Hissar
  2004-2005                     Selection Awaited
  2005-2006                     Selection Awaited
  2006-2007                     -do-
  
  
  
  
  
   

  
   
   

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