Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Expert Panel to Discuss Junior Doctors’ Stipend Hike
A government committee will meet to talk about increasing junior doctors’ stipends.
The meeting will take place on Thursday at 5 pm in Mangalagiri.
The money would be for interns and doctors studying advanced medical courses.
The Health Secretary will lead the five-member committee.
Other members include medical education officials, a university registrar, and a junior doctors’ representative.
The doctors previously protested about the stipend issue.
They stopped protesting after the AP High Court became involved.
The government is considering a 10% increase, but the doctors want a 13% increase.
A five-member expert committee will meet Thursday at 5 pm in Mangalagiri to discuss stipend increases.
The proposed hike would cover interns, postgraduates, and students in super-speciality, MDS, and DNB courses.
The committee is headed by the Health Secretary and includes senior medical and university officials.
The committee was formed after the AP High Court directed the government to address the doctors’ concerns within two weeks.
The government is considering a 10% increase, while junior doctors are seeking 13%, creating an earlier deadlock.
- Who
- A five-member government committee, junior doctors, and the AP High Court are involved.
- What
- The committee will discuss a proposed stipend hike for medical interns and doctors in postgraduate and other advanced courses.
- When
- The meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 5 pm; the articles do not provide a date.
- Where
- The meeting will be held at the Health Wing head office in Mangalagiri, near Vijayawada.
- Why
- The meeting follows junior doctors’ demands and an AP High Court direction to address their concerns within two weeks.
Government Proposal
Junior Doctors’ Demand
Size of stipend increase
Government Proposal
The government is understood to be considering a 10% increase.
Junior Doctors’ Demand
Junior doctors are seeking a 13% increase.
Negotiation position
Government Proposal
The proposed increase is lower than the doctors’ demand, and the difference contributed to an earlier deadlock.
Junior Doctors’ Demand
Doctors have maintained their request for a 13% increase after earlier talks failed to resolve the gap.
- Committee size
- Five members
- Meeting time
- 5 pm on Thursday
- Meeting location
- Health Wing head office, Mangalagiri
- Committee chair
- The Health Secretary
- Government proposal
- A 10% stipend increase
- Doctors’ demand
- A 13% stipend increase
- Courses covered
- Internships, postgraduate, super-speciality, MDS, and DNB courses