Kochi: While opposition fronts UDF and NDA try to use ASHA workers' demand for an increased honorarium as a political tool by declaring a hike in respective local bodies, the move could head ...

The ASHAs have been demanding a hike in their monthly honorarium from the current ₹7,000 to ₹21,000 and a lumpsum retirement benefit of ₹5 lakh The Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs ...

The government decided to call them Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA in Hindi means hope). In 2005, the Centre launched the National Rural Health Mission, and nominated ASHAs to be the ...

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The Left government in Kerala is drawing flak for its handling of the agitation by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), and rightly so. Their protest, demanding a higher honorarium and other ...

For weeks, in Kerala, tens of thousands of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) have been fighting for fair remuneration, retirement benefits, and formal recognition of their occupation.

Times News Network Thiruvananthapuram: With the govt offering nothing new besides demanding the withdrawal of their strike on Wednesday, ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activists), who have been ...

A billboard marks the spot where 9-year-old Asha Degree was last seen alive. For years, her bright eyes have gazed out at drivers on North Carolina Highway 18 as they whiz past, silently imploring ...

The hunger strike by three ASHAs began a day after the talks with the officials of National Health Mission (NHM) and health minister Veena George failed to produce a desirable result The Congress ...

ASHA workers protest in front of the State secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, to press their demand for a hike in honorarium, retirement benefits and improved service conditions | Photo Credit: TH ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: ASHA workers are gearing up for a showdown with the government, planning a massive protest march to the assembly when the session resumes on Monday. The march will see ...