Chandigarh, Oct. 30 -- The Punjab government on Wednesday told the Punjab and Haryana high court that it has released the pending honorarium to anganwadi workers up to the month of September.

During resumed hearing of a suo motu plea, the state's counsel informed the court that payments for April to September 2025 - Rs.4,500 per month for anganwadi workers and Rs.2,250 per month for helpers - has now been released.

The government attributed the delay to "a technical issue", which has since been resolved in coordination with the Centre. The court had taken suo motu notice on October 3 over reports of non-payment of dues to over 50,000 anganwadi workers in the state.

A compliance affidavit was also submitted by the state's chief secretar...