Honorarium of ASHAs doubled in Haryana

The fixed monthly honorarium of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in Haryana has been doubled to Rs 1,000 with an aim to motivate and enhance their performance.
The decision, announced by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today while presiding over a meeting of the Health Department here, would benefit about 19,000 ASHAs and cost the state an additional Rs 12 crore, an official release said.
The ASHAs would be entitled to the enhanced honorarium every month in which they earn incentive of Rs 1,000 or above. If the earned incentive in a month is less than Rs 1,000, they would get an amount equal to it as monthly incentive, it said.

Every activist would also be entitled for 50 per cent additional incentive from the state government over and above the Centre's norms subject to a cap of Rs 1,500 per month, the release said.
It was also decided that the ASHAs would continue to get Rs 200 per delivery for facilitating institutional delivery of general category women in government hospitals.