Odisha Govt Announces Incentive For COVID-19 Health Care Professionals

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to provide incentive to health care professionals working for COVID-19 related assignments.

The contractual, outsourced and volunteer professionals working under Health and Family Welfare department will be paid the incentive that is equivalent to the consolidated basic remuneration of a month excluding perks, allowances and taxes paid to the staff.

The incentive will be paid to those who have worked from March 1 to June 30. The payment will be made after June 30.

However, the incentive is not applicable to ASHA workers and outsourced staff in medical colleges, according to a department release.