Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that ASHA workers will now be given an incentive of Rs 3,000 instead of Rs 1,000. Also, Mamta workers will be given an incentive of Rs 600 instead of Rs 300 per delivery.
Before the assembly elections in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has made another big announcement. CM Nitish Kumar has announced an increase in the honorarium of Asha and Mamta workers. Praising the work of Asha workers in the field of health, the Chief Minister himself has given information about increasing their honorarium on his official X handle.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar wrote on Twitter, ‘Since the formation of the government in November 2005, we have worked extensively to improve health services. Asha and Mamta workers have played an important role in improving health services in rural areas. Keeping this in mind and honoring the important contribution of Asha and Mamta workers in strengthening health services in rural areas, it has been decided to increase their honorarium.
Asha workers will now be given an incentive of Rs 3,000 instead of Rs 1,000. Also, Mamta workers will be given an incentive of Rs 600 instead of Rs 300 per delivery, this will further boost their morale and health services in rural areas will be strengthened.’
Let us tell you that during the last few days in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has made many such big announcements which have given a lot of relief to the common people. On July 17, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had announced to give 125 units of free electricity to electricity consumers on exchange. Earlier on July 16, CM Nitish had directed the Education Department to immediately calculate the vacancies of teachers in government schools and take action to conduct TRE 4 examination soon for appointment on this. Apart from this, under the Bihar Patrakar Samman Pension Scheme, it was also announced to give pension of Rs 15,000 instead of Rs 6,000 every month to eligible journalists.
Tejashwi Yadav accused of cheating
Meanwhile, after this announcement of CM Nitish Kumar, Bihar Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has once again accused the government of cheating. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Tejashwi said that when I was the Health Minister for 17 months, I had started the process of increasing the incentive amount of Asha and Mamta workers, which was in the final stage but by then the government changed. Now the government finally had to bow down to our demand of increasing the incentive amount of Asha and Mamta workers.
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