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Kerala's ASHA workers received their August honorarium and festival allowance before Onam for the first time, with the government disbursing ₹12,000 and ₹1,450 respectively.
The ASHA workers celebrated their victory and used the occasion to criticise the previous LDF government
Former minister K N Balagopal criticised the new government's ₹3000 ASHA worker honorarium hike, deeming it a 'mountain giving birth to a mole', despite earlier promises.
Government earmarked ₹3,820 crore for the Chief Minister’s Sthree Suraksha Scheme.
Even at the highest pay of ₹12,000 a month, the daily wages of ASHA workers in the state now remain ₹220 below that of prisoners.
The court was informed that the committee’s recommendations had been implemented
Union Minister of State George Kurian responded to the move, calling it election-time populist tactics.
In the agriculture sector, the Chief Minister announced that the support price for rubber will be increased from ₹180 to ₹200 per kg from November 1.
The panel has recommended only a negligible increase in honorarium based on their service period.
Committee submitted report to Health Minister Veena George
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