More Govt Perks For Odisha Doctors

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved incentives for doctors under Odisha Medical Health Services Cadre.

According to official sources, doctors will super specialisation from medical college recognised by MCI will get an incentive of Rs 30,000 a month and the postgraduates Rs 20,000 a month.

Similarly, doctors with postgraduate diploma recognised by the Odisha government will receive Rs 10,000 a month.

This will be over and above those like place-based incentives. However, these are not linked any post and purely based on the required qualification, the sources added.

In August 2017, the State Cabinet had decided to extend monetary incentives to doctors posted in the new medical colleges in Odisha. To retain medical professionals at their places of posting, the government had annouced 100 per cent incentives for the medicos posted in in KBK and KBK-plus region (Zone -I) and 25 per cent for those appointed in medical colleges in other areas located at least 100 km from medical colleges (Zone-II) set up prior to 2017.

According to the Cabinet decision, the financial incentive for a professor was Rs 1.25 lakh while an associate professor would get Rs 1 lakh and an assistant professor Rs 50,000 a month in Zone I. Similarly, a professor posted in Zone II area will get an incentive of Rs 35,000, an associate professor will receive Rs 25,000 and an assistant professor will get Rs 15,000.