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5d ago

Bihar Triples ASHA Pay, Doubles Mamta Incentives Ahead of Elections

Nitish Kumar says the increase honours rural frontline health workers to shore up support ahead of the Assembly polls.

“Mamta” workers will now get an incentive amount of ₹600 per delivery, up from the existing ₹300, the CM said. (File)
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Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in Madhubani on July 26. (HT Photo)

Overview

  • The Bihar government raised monthly incentives for ASHA workers from ₹1,000 to ₹3,000 and doubled Mamta worker payments from ₹300 to ₹600 per delivery, announced by CM Nitish Kumar on social media platform X.
  • Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav accused the administration of copying his earlier proposals and criticised the two-year delay as politically motivated.
  • According to National Health Systems Resource Centre data, over 90,000 ASHA workers and roughly 7,500 Mamta workers in Bihar will benefit from the new rates.
  • Bihar’s move follows sustained ASHA protests in Kerala over matching central-state funding and Assam’s cabinet-approved increase set to take effect in October.
  • The incentive hike is part of a broader pre-election welfare push that includes a state sanitation workers commission and a pension boost for journalists under the Patrakar Samman scheme.