Gujarat health workers threaten to march to Gandhinagar on March 20 over pay, other issues
Updated: Mar 17th, 2025
Health department employees of Gujarat, who serve in district PHCs (Primary Health Centres) and CHCs (Community Health Centres), have submitted memorandums at district offices on Monday that they will march to Gandhinagar in protest over pay and other issues on March 20.
The health employees are seeking a technical skill-based pay scale and the abolition/exemption of departmental examinations.
The Gujarat Rajya Arogya Karmachari Mahasangh launched an indefinite strike starting on Monday. Their demands are:
Inclusion in the technical cadre, and regarding the current grade pay of 1900 for multipurpose health worker and female health worker cadre to be increased to 2800 grade pay, and the current grade pay of 2400 for multipurpose health supervisor, female health supervisor, and district level supervisor to be increased to 4200 grade pay, and the general for MPHW and FHW cadre.
2. Complete exemption from departmental examinations of the above mentioned cadre and also for the administrative and financial issues of staff nurses (Panchayat).
The health employees had previously staged a protest against the government in Gandhinagar in September 2022. At the time, due to the upcoming assembly elections, the government had held closed-door discussions with the employees to pacify them. However, after their key demands remained unresolved even after more than two years, they have now announced a march to Gandhinagar.
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