‘Giving with one hand, taking away with the other’ Updated: Updated: Hiked salaries bring them no cheer Share Article Hiked salaries bring them no cheer The denial of the benefits of various government schemes to ASHAs and Anganwadi workers led to a widespread resentment among the staff in the district. "It would have been better had we been just homemakers," is the common refrain now among a vast majority of them. The presence of two premier health entities, the Institute for Pregnant Women, and the Children’s Hospital, each with a 300-bed capacity, has turned Chittoor district into a hub of activity for ASHAs. Compared to a decade ago, the health activists say that their work load has almost tripled.