L-G writes to Manish Sisodia over delay of payments to Anganwadi workers

Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) of Delhi, Anil Baijal, has written a letter to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday regarding issues of delay in payment of honorarium to Anganwadi workers.

Baijal in his letter explained that this is the first time someone has brought this issue to his notice. He has further requested the minister to ensure that all funds are released on time.

"I have been informed that all the payments have been made. But some payments are pending due to insufficient funds. I have checked with the concerned department, too," Baijal said.

He further said that as per the status report received from the department, the payment of rent to Anganwadi premises is up to date (till January 2018) and sufficient funds are available under this head.

"Being both the finance minister in-charge of Budget preparation and minister heading the department of women and child development, Deputy Chief Minister would like to introspect why the Budget could not be planned in a more meticulous manner and the provisions for the additional requirement were not made timely," a statement from the L-G house said.