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Anganwadi pensioners stage protest in Madurai
Members of the Tamil Nadu Noon Meal Anganwadi Employees Pensioners Association staged a demonstration near the District Collectorate in Madurai on Tuesday, demanding implementation of long-pending issues.
The members urged the State government to implement a series of benefits that were promised in the past. The demonstrators demanded a minimum monthly pension of ₹7,850, along with gratuity, medical insurance, medical assistance and family pension provisions.
They also sought an increase in Pongal cash gifts for retired anganwadi workers.
State Vice President of the association P. Ayyankalai said, 'Even after serving for over 40 years the retired workers are receiving a mere ₹2,000 as pension'.
The association has resolved to organise the protest following a State executive committee meeting held in Tiruchi on April 30. The association said the continued inaction from the government had left them with no alternative but to stage a protest and urging the authorities to fulfil their demands.
