Despite their importance in the grand scheme of things, there is a lot of scope to empower the Anganwadi workers and ASHAs further and enhance their efficacy. Our country has a severe shortage of trained healthcare professionals, nursing attendants and doctors. Since the Anganwadi workers and ASHAs are familiar with hygiene, first aid, value of nutrition and other such concepts, they can be turned into skilled basic healthcare providers with the right training, beyond the current Covid-19 pandemic. There is always a need for better healthcare and these trained personnel can be invaluable to any community or universal healthcare schemes that the government may launch in future. Another key requirement is to bring them under the ambit of mainstream healthcare services. The government has recently announced that they will also be given insurance benefits like the doctors, nurses, nursing attendants and other medical staffs. This is a welcome move and once they are given recognition as healthcare workers, their social acceptance and motivation is also bound to be much higher than present.