Overview
- The coordinated work boycott and sit-ins run from November 3 to 5 across district headquarters in Assam.
- Essential services continued as reports indicated partial disruption to other healthcare delivery on the first day.
- The action is led by the All Assam National Health Mission Employees’ Association and the All Assam Health & Technical Welfare Association.
- Demands include regularisation, pay scales aligned with the 7th Pay Commission, pension and gratuity, death benefits, EPF or CPF coverage, and creation and filling of posts.
- Organisers say nearly 20,000 contractual staff have served up to two decades, submitted memoranda to deputy commissioners, and cite equal pay for equal work including a 2013 Supreme Court reference.