State, Union Health Minister's meeting Clears Path for Talks with ASHA Workers
Thiruvananthapuram: Amid the ongoing protest by ASHA workers demanding an increase in their honorarium from the state government, Kerala's Health Minister Veena George met Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Tuesday, paving the way for renewed discussions with the protesting workers.
A day after a section of ASHA workers protesting outside the Secretariat here for 51 days intensified their agitation with several of them cutting their hair, state Health Minister Veena George on Tuesday reached Delhi to discuss their issue, among others, with Union Health Minister JP Nadda.
Speaking to the media soon after meeting Nadda, George said the meeting was positive.
"I had raised the demands of the protesting Asha workers first, and he heard it. The Centre gives 60 per cent of the incentive while the state puts in 40 per cent of the total Rs 3,000, while the entire honorarium (Rs 7,000) is paid by the state. We have been demanding an increase in the incentive, and the Minister said the Centre is seriously looking into it," she said, news agency IANS reported.
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