#ASHAs, who are among the frontline healthcare workers fighting the #coronavirus pandemic, have struck work in the capital to press for better wages and employment conditions.
An ASHA gets a monthly salary of Rs 3,000 and there’s a “core incentive” of equal amount. The incentive is paid based on how many “points” out of six the ASHA earns, each point being worth Rs 500 and assessing her performance in undertaking her main functions. The pay is often delayed and several ASHAs Newslaundry spoke with said they never received the incentive in full, no matter how hard they worked.
Read the full #groundreport by Anusuya Som: https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/07/24/delhi-sent-this-asha-on-pandemic-duty-and-all-but-abandoned-her-when-she-caught-the-virus
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