Appeals to the Finance Department to release their salaries
DIMAPUR, JUNE 14 (MExN): Employees of the National Health Mission, Nagaland State and other financial components like Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) and Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) have not received their salaries for the last ten months.
NHM staff on Tuesday said the Finance Department is yet to release their salaries to the Department of Health and Family Welfare despite the fact that the central ministry has already sanctioned the fund to the State Government. This is also despite the fact that the stipulated time mandated by the Central government for release of central funds to the respective department within 15 days from the day of the receipt of funds.
Owing to the non-release of salaries, the NHM staff said it has affected the working morale of the employees and the implementation of all the important health programmes in the state, and thus lowering the health care standards significantly within the last ten months.
In this connection, the NHM employees has made an earnest appeal to the state Finance Department to release all the pending funds till date while pointing out that this is not only affecting the medical employees but also indirectly harming the public in general as health care is a basic necessity for all.
If the Finance Department fails to release the sanctioned central fund to the health department, the NHM employees said it would have no other choice but to appeal to the central health ministry.
