Overview
- Thousands of National Health Mission employees are in a coordinated three-day sit-in and work boycott from November 3–5, now in its second day across Assam.
- Organisers say nearly 20,000 contractual staff are participating at district headquarters, with main sit-ins at NHM offices and Joint Director of Health Services campuses.
- Reports from multiple districts describe partial to severe disruption of routine care at hospitals, primary health centres and rural facilities, while emergency services continue.
- Key demands include job regularisation, pay parity aligned with the 7th Pay Commission, implementation of the 2013 Supreme Court ‘equal pay for equal work’ ruling, and inclusion under EPF/CPF, pension, gratuity and death benefits.
- Protest leaders cite unfulfilled commitments they attribute to the chief minister and say the action will extend beyond November 5 up to November 12 if no written assurance or timeline is provided.