We deliver babies, clean health-care centres, in just ₹3,000 per month: Maharashtra’s part-time women attendants demand justice

From all over Maharashtra, which dare to rains and the end of September, part -time female medical officials, hundreds of Anshakalin Stree Paricars have been organizing an uncertain seating in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan since September 16, 2025.

Every day slogans echo throughout the ground, “Awaz Do, Hum Additional Traitor! … Phool Nahi Chingari traitor, Hum Bharat that the bitch traitor!Mangala Arun Meshram (55) of the Mahila Parichar Union from the village of Adam in Kuhi Taluka from the Nagpur region, Mangala Arun Meshram (55) ““ Nevertheless, no minister has met them. ”

In Maharashtra, there are 10,673 officials working in the lower centers in rural areas and in primary health centers (PHCs) and the nurse midwife (ANM). To get this job minimum VII. Class VII.

Anshakalin Stree Parichar category was created in 1966 by Maharashtra’s Zilla Parishads. Although it is described as “part-time ,, these women work over full-time hours, 08: 00-17: 00 and sometimes overnight and take a variety of responsibilities in health centers and primary health centers (PHC).

His studies include assistance of births (usually independent), execution of vaccine drivers, door to door health research, helping surgeries, blood pressure, sanitation tasks, cipulating, moping, even grass cutting and RT-PCR test and vaccination drives. They are even deployed in Ayurveda, allopathic and homeopathic dysphanners ruled by the government. Ms. Meshram, colleagues working by 700 governments throughout the state, said the dispensary.

In an orange color file, Mrs. Meshram maintained the evidence of his work in the form of colorful photographs clicked on mobile phones with a statement of his work and work. Uz We have prepared to present them to the ministers we are invisible.

They work from Monday to Saturdays and have to work in case of emergency such as birth or any health camp. They don’t have any holidays and they can’t get patient leave.

Despite such challenging studies, a fee that has not changed since 2016 is paid only 3,000 per month. There is no pension, supply fund, travel allowance, health insurance or occupational safety. Many, especially widows and abandoned women, hopes for permanent status that has never been in service for decades.

A official from Sangli, “We are delivering on our own, but credit and incentives go to Asha and Anms.” Do you not get a salary already? ” ‘He said.

Bai Gavai, a sixty -year -old Narda from Balapur Taluka Kajikhed Village in Akola region, started to work as a 22 -year -old officer. Initially, it was very excited that it was a great deal of agreement. At that time, my salary was only ₹ 50 and I delivered this amount of babies, I took out the placenta from the uterus, I cut the umbilical cord, the baby cleaning, laundry, mop and all kinds of work. All our lives began to wait for wage increase. ₹ It doesn’t take 3,000 two weeks. ”

Sulochana Mamurkar (48) from the village of Kursipar in Saoner Tehsil from the Nagpur Region remembered free of charge for 11 months before taking 500 a month. “27 years ago, just 500 for the amount of work was not like a house, it was not like a slavery. Money gradually increased with an increase of 1,100 and raised two daughters in this money. But this is enough for exploitation. Even when the protest came, they were threatened by doctors and medical staff, they threw us because we fired us”.

Women told the disturbing incidents of their colleagues who died in the task while one of the COVİD-19 task in a traffic accident, the other while cutting grass in a pHC, and the others told the centers to be assigned during the vaccination driving long distances.

Meshram, “One of our colleagues, Durga Gomkare, Mumbai’deki protest in the village of Nagpur’daki Kelwad village had an accident and had severe head trauma and passed away.” He said.

Timeline of Stagnant Fees: Between 1966-1985, payment was ₹ 20 per month; 1986–1987 la 50; From 1988 to 1995, it was increased to LA 80; In 1995, the state gave ₹ 400 and center ₹ 450; In 2000, the state gave 500 and the center gave 100; In 2008, he raised the state wage to 800 and the center was still giving ₹ 100; In 2010, the government increased the wage to 1,100 and stopped paying the center; From 2016 to the present day, the state pays 2,900 and gives the center with 100.

Female officials demand official recognition as at least 26,000 la 26,000 per month and part -time health workers and are not part -time officials.

In 2020, at the Labor Court in Nagpur, the minimum wage law is 6,000 per month. In February 2023, the Court may be compared with the minimum wage law, but accepted their exploitation by stating that they had left the final decision to the government.

Repeated meetings with health ministers and authorities led to promises. “On July 17, 2025, the Minister of Health said he would prepare an offer. He repeated the assurance on 12 August. But nothing has yet reached the cabinet.

State Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Abitkar said, “They do not need to protest while discussing the issue, and positive steps will be taken to address their long -term demands. We cannot disclose any details about the payment scale hike and whether they can make permanent personnel at this stage.”

The protesting women said that they slept on the railway platforms at night and turned to Azad Maidan to raise the slogan the next morning and prepared there. Mamurkar, “It was difficult, we are fighting money and we left our children home to come here. Now we spent 70 70 lunchs for us to meet. Despite all this, we will not leave until our demands are met because we have enough exploitation,” he said.

“Anshakalin Stree Parichars, even before the workers of Sheriff and Anganwadi. Maharashtra’s public health system is the backbone of the public health system, but the most neglected. The government has neglected their existence and they exploited their existence for years because they have never known their rights, rural, insufficient women,” he said.