Loyalty bonus sanctioned for NHM contractual staff

Jammu, April 30

The J&K Government has announced grant of loyalty bonus for contractual staff of the National Health Mission (NHM) for financial year 2020-21 for their service through the pandemic.

According to an order issued by the health and medical education department, the sanction has been accorded for 10 per cent experience-loyalty bonus to those employees who have completed minimum three years of service in the NHM.

Moreover, employees who have already drawn the loyalty bonus for the period of three years and completing five years of service during the financial year (2020-21) will be entitled to the deferential percentage (ie 15-10) of 5 per cent of experience-loyalty bonus, it said.

Choudhary Mohammed Yasin, Mission Director, NHM, J&K, thanked Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education Department, for according formal approval for releasing the experience-loyalty bonus in favour of NHM employees for recognition of their services.

Yasin said the bonus would be drawn as arrears by all DDOs which would be the part of monthly remuneration of NHM employees.

He added that in these unprecedented and challenging times of the pandemic, “Covid warriors” of the health and medical education department, including NHM employees, have risen to the challenge and are effectively and selflessly providing holistic health care services to counter the Covid spread. — PTI