The Tips For Health

Global News And Health Tips
Menu
  • Home
  • Healthy Habits
  • Health Tips
  • Beautify
  • Lifestyle
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Home
Healthy Lifestyle
West Bengal: Urban healthcare workers’ pay hiked by 44%-95%

West Bengal: Urban healthcare workers’ pay hiked by 44%-95%

Jessica Lane January 14, 2021

Acknowledging “the irreplaceable importance” of medical staff in its fight against the coronavirus, the West Bengal government on Wednesday increased honorarium and terminal benefits for two categories of municipal healthcare workers.

Urban Development and Municipal affairs Minister Firhad Hakim tweeted, “The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak helped the world understand the irreplaceable importance of our healthcare workers. While they continue to fight this battle every day, it gives me immense pleasure to inform that the State Finance Department has accorded approval for enhancement of honorarium & other benefits of health workers of urban local bodies.”

According to Hakim, contractual honorary health workers (HHW) will now get Rs 4,500 a month against the earlier Rs 3,125 — a 44 per cent raise. Similarly, the honorarium for first tier supervisors (FTS) has been increased 94.72 per cent to Rs 6,500 a month from Rs 3,338. Terminal benefits for both categories have been hiked to Rs 3 lakh.

A senior official of the Municipal Affairs Department said the decision was taken after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announce the honorarium hike for Asha workers in rural areas. “As a result, the honorarium of urban health workers became less than that of Asha workers. So, the government decided to do the same for urban healthcare workers,” said the official.

Prev Article
Next Article

Related Articles

Jessica Lane January 13, 2021

Donald Trump impeachment LIVE updates: US House debates ‘insurrection’ charge against President

Jessica Lane January 13, 2021

10 things to do before getting your newborn home

About The Author

Jessica Lane

Highly dedicated and conscientious Community Health Worker with an outstanding customer service record and background in community service. Adept multitasker able to handle a high volume of simultaneous healthcare tasks and concerns with professionalism and accuracy. Especially killed in providing ongoing health education for individual patients and family members.

DISCLAIMER

Any information published on this website is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through this website is for general information purposes only. You should not take any action before consulting with a healthcare professional.

    Legal

    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Disclaimer
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Service
    • Privacy Statement (UK)
    • Cookie Policy (UK)
    • Privacy Statement (EU)
    • Cookie Policy (EU)
    Loading

    The Tips For Health

    Global News And Health Tips

    Recent Posts

    • Dr. Sunil Kota: “What are the most …
      January 15, 2021 0

    Explore More

    • Home
    • Healthy Habits
    • Health Tips
    • Beautify
    • Lifestyle
    • About Us
    • Contact Us

    Policy

    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Disclaimer
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Service
    • Privacy Statement (UK)
    • Cookie Policy (UK)
    • Privacy Statement (EU)
    • Cookie Policy (EU)
    Copyright © 2021 The Tips For Health

    Any information published on this website is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through this website is for general information purposes only. You should not take any action before consulting with a healthcare professional.

    Ad Blocker Detected

    Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

    Refresh