Announcing a big relief to doctors working in ESI hospitals, the state government has announced Non-Practising Allowance (NPA) at par with the doctors of Provincial Health and Medical Services (PHMS) cadre working under the UP Health Directorate. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting held in Lucknow on Tuesday.
A government official told this reporter that under the new decision, the doctors working in ESI hospitals would get20 per cent of the basic pay scale as NPA. “If a doctor’s basic is Rs 1 lakh, he or she will get NPA of Rs 20,000 per month,” sources said.
Earlier, doctors were getting just Rs 10,000 per month as NPA. The ESI hospitals are operated under UP’s Labour department. The PHMS doctors get 20 per cent of the basic as NPA. The ESI doctors were up in arms for last many years demanding an increase in their NPA. This decision is likely to benefit over 200 doctors working in ESI hospitals across the state.
In another decision, the state cabinet gave its assent to an allowance of Rs 6,000 per month to triple talaq victims. The modalities will be framed by the Minority Welfare Department. “The government has agreed in principle to pay this allowance. The exact burden on the exchequer will be known only after guidelines are framed,” the source said.
The state government has approved a decision to increase the cremation fund of freedom fighters. The freedom fighters get pension in their life time and after their death, their families get cremation fund.
The cabinet has allowed use of technology in Aishbagh Ramlila in Lucknow. Officials said it would make the Ramlila tourism-friendly and footfall would increase. The cabinet also approved the expansion of boundary limit of Nagar Parishad Belha in Mathura-Vrindavan municipal limit. The cabinet also approved construction of 19.4-km-long Gorakhpur-Maharaj-Nichlol link road.