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Andhra Pradesh contract health staff pause strike after talks
Contract health employees across Andhra Pradesh will resume work on October 11 after pausing their strike.
The employees, including nurses, had stopped work on October 6.
They are seeking regular jobs and payment of gross salaries.
The state government has said it cannot meet those main demands because of its financial situation.
In talks on October 10, officials indicated that a special committee would examine the employees’ demand for an incentive equal to 30% of their existing basic pay.
The employees said they had not dropped their main demands and were giving the government more time to resolve them through discussions.
Andhra Pradesh contract health staff agreed to pause their strike after talks with health officials on October 10.
The staff had stopped work on October 6 to press for regularisation and payment of gross salaries.
The government said it could not meet those main demands because of the State’s financial situation.
The staff said they had not withdrawn their major demands and would resume duties from October 11.
Officials indicated that a special committee would examine the staff’s demand for a 30% incentive.
- Who
- Contract health employees in Andhra Pradesh and state health officials.
- What
- The employees agreed to pause their strike after talks. They said their main demands remained unresolved.
- When
- Talks took place on October 10, 2026. Staff were due to resume work on October 11.
- Where
- Andhra Pradesh, India.
- Why
- The staff were seeking regularisation of their services and payment of gross salaries.
Andhra Pradesh contract health employees
Andhra Pradesh government
Regularisation and salaries
Andhra Pradesh contract health employees
The employees demanded regularisation of their services and payment of gross salaries.
Andhra Pradesh government
The government said it could not grant these demands because of the State’s financial situation.
No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
The Joint Action Committee called for a boycott of duties after its demands remained unmet.
The committee discussed its demands with health officials and decided to pause the strike.
Contract staff across the State were due to resume duties.
- Strike began
- October 6, 2026
- Talks
- October 10, 2026
- Return to work
- October 11, 2026
- Incentive demand
- 30% of contract employees’ existing basic pay
Sources
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