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ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) community was launched by sir Manmohan Singh by the ministry of health and family welfare government of India the idea behind forming this community was for the rural women who are widowed, divorced, and married women who lie in the age group of 25-45 years. Their responsibilities are community mobilizations and health planning work, creating awareness among people for symptoms of breastfeeding, skill birth of baby, survey health and related data according to what ministry says, also informing the people about new diseases and preventions method. But there is one condition that women should have basic knowledge till 10 and 12 class. And the color of women’s uniform is pink saree, this is a nice step taken by the ministry for forming this community but workers in ASHA has to still face challenges such as ASHA workers should be trained but they do not get effective training the way should day serve, the biggest the difficulty for ASHA worker their only source of earning through this only but many women have complaints is they do not get salary nearly 5-6 months to run their house is challenging for them. Some rural people still think why should we pay to the hospital the delivery charges when we can deliver the baby at home. Some Asha workers get less income due to their village is small and workers who have big villages they large income. There should be an equal division of income for all the workers. Also, poor infrastructure and health care facilities need improvement because it is a risk for ASHA workers and the health of people. The ASHA worker has a lot of work to do but they are able to perform all the task because of shorter villages and landmarks in result they get less income. The health care ministry needs to listen to the ASHA worker’s challenges and need to constructive steps regarding that.