Doctors protest against 6th Pay Commission recommendations, minister Balbir Sidhu assures action in a week

Mohali, July 23

On the call of the Joint Government Doctors Coordination Committee, hundreds of doctors from across Punjab held a dharna and a protest march in Mohali on Friday against the 6th Pay Commission recommendations notified by the Punjab Government. Dr Gagandeep Singh Shergill, senior vice-president, PCMSA, said there was resentment among doctors across the state against the government’s privatisation policy and the cut in non-practicing allowance.

He said it was under this policy that the government had reduced the NPA of doctors from 25 per cent to 20 per cent and also separated it from the basic pay. Health Minister Balbir Sidhu was later given a memorandum. He said the doctors’ demand regarding the NPA would be met within a week. — TNS

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