The ASHA programme is now active in 33 states (except Goa, Chandigarh & Puducherry). Selection criteria for ASHAs In the countryside ASHA must primarily be a village woman who is married, widowed, or divorced, and ideally between the ages of 25 and 45. She should be a literate woman,  (Full form of ASHA) with preference given to those who are qualified up to the tenth grade, wherever...