An Article on "Homoeopathy: Strategic strength & global acceptance" contributed by Anjana Panda, IAS, Director, AYUSH, on the occasion of "World Homoeopathy Day 2026" published in the daily newspapers The Political Business Daily & Around Odisha on dated 10.04.2026.
🚨 THE PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF AYUSH ASSISTANTS’ LABOR 🚨
1,199 AYUSH Assistants serve Odisha’s rural healthcare under unimaginable conditions:
REALITY:
•Running doctor-less AYUSH dispensaries in remote areas
•No water, electricity, toilets - YET successfully implementing govt AYUSH schemes
•Directed to perform ALL tasks at Ayushman Arogya Mandir WITHOUT additional remuneration (Doctors & ASHAs receive higher pay for same work)
•Working in Medical Colleges on deployment WITHOUT any sanctioned posts
•Handling Stock & Store responsibilities + computer work in District AYUSH offices
SHOCKING INJUSTICE:
✅ House Surgeons (trainees): Higher stipend than Group C employees after MASS STRIKES
✅ Allopathic Pharmacists: Level-7 (₹2,400) in AYUSH hospitals despite ZERO AYUSH training
❌ AYUSH Assistants: Level-3 (₹1,800) - Peaceful advocacy COMPLETELY IGNORED
OUR LEGITIMATE DEMANDS:
1️⃣ Pay Scale Revision: Immediately change the initial Pay Level-3 (GP 1800) to Pay Level-8 (GP 2800)
2️⃣ Post Creation: Create AYUSH Assistant posts in all Homeopathic , Ayurveda and Integrated AYUSH Hospitals
3️⃣ Promotion Timeline: Reduce the promotion eligibility period from 8 years to 5 years for Senior AYUSH Assistants post
45 YEARS. 4 PAY COMMISSIONS. ZERO CHANGE IN PAY SCALE.
Despite peaceful requests for decades, government maintains “stepmotherly attitude” toward every AYUSH Assistant.
If government continues testing our patience, All Odisha AYUSH Assistant Association will be forced to adopt extreme measures to secure our legitimate rights.
@CMO_Odisha@HFWOdisha@MohanMOdisha@MahalingMukesh@OdishaAyush
Rural AYUSH healthcare’s backbone has reached breaking point.
#Justice4AyushAssistant #PayLevel8 #45YearsInjustice #OdishaHealth #GroupCJustice
🚨 THE PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF AYUSH ASSISTANTS’ LABOR 🚨
1,199 AYUSH Assistants serve Odisha’s rural healthcare under unimaginable conditions:
REALITY:
•Running doctor-less AYUSH dispensaries in remote areas
•No water, electricity, toilets - YET successfully implementing govt AYUSH schemes
•Directed to perform ALL tasks at Ayushman Arogya Mandir WITHOUT additional remuneration (Doctors & ASHAs receive higher pay for same work)
•Working in Medical Colleges on deployment WITHOUT any sanctioned posts
•Handling Stock & Store responsibilities + computer work in District AYUSH offices
SHOCKING INJUSTICE:
✅ House Surgeons (trainees): Higher stipend than Group C employees after MASS STRIKES
✅ Allopathic Pharmacists: Level-7 (₹2,400) in AYUSH hospitals despite ZERO AYUSH training
❌ AYUSH Assistants: Level-3 (₹1,800) - Peaceful advocacy COMPLETELY IGNORED
OUR LEGITIMATE DEMANDS:
1️⃣ Pay Scale Revision: Immediately change the initial Pay Level-3 (GP 1800) to Pay Level-8 (GP 2800)
2️⃣ Post Creation: Create AYUSH Assistant posts in all Homeopathic , Ayurveda and Integrated AYUSH Hospitals
3️⃣ Promotion Timeline: Reduce the promotion eligibility period from 8 years to 5 years for Senior AYUSH Assistants post
45 YEARS. 4 PAY COMMISSIONS. ZERO CHANGE IN PAY SCALE.
Despite peaceful requests for decades, government maintains “stepmotherly attitude” toward every AYUSH Assistant.
If government continues testing our patience, All Odisha AYUSH Assistant Association will be forced to adopt extreme measures to secure our legitimate rights.
@CMO_Odisha@HFWOdisha@MohanMOdisha@MahalingMukesh@OdishaAyush
Rural AYUSH healthcare’s backbone has reached breaking point.
#Justice4AyushAssistant #PayLevel8 #45YearsInjustice #OdishaHealth #GroupCJustice
🚨 THE PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF AYUSH ASSISTANTS’ LABOR 🚨
1,199 AYUSH Assistants serve Odisha’s rural healthcare under unimaginable conditions:
REALITY:
•Running doctor-less AYUSH dispensaries in remote areas
•No water, electricity, toilets - YET successfully implementing govt AYUSH schemes
•Directed to perform ALL tasks at Ayushman Arogya Mandir WITHOUT additional remuneration (Doctors & ASHAs receive higher pay for same work)
•Working in Medical Colleges on deployment WITHOUT any sanctioned posts
•Handling Stock & Store responsibilities + computer work in District AYUSH offices
SHOCKING INJUSTICE:
✅ House Surgeons (trainees): Higher stipend than Group C employees after MASS STRIKES
✅ Allopathic Pharmacists: Level-7 (₹2,400) in AYUSH hospitals despite ZERO AYUSH training
❌ AYUSH Assistants: Level-3 (₹1,800) - Peaceful advocacy COMPLETELY IGNORED
OUR LEGITIMATE DEMANDS:
1️⃣ Pay Scale Revision: Immediately change the initial Pay Level-3 (GP 1800) to Pay Level-8 (GP 2800)
2️⃣ Post Creation: Create AYUSH Assistant posts in all Homeopathic , Ayurveda and Integrated AYUSH Hospitals
3️⃣ Promotion Timeline: Reduce the promotion eligibility period from 8 years to 5 years for Senior AYUSH Assistants post
45 YEARS. 4 PAY COMMISSIONS. ZERO CHANGE IN PAY SCALE.
Despite peaceful requests for decades, government maintains “stepmotherly attitude” toward every AYUSH Assistant.
If government continues testing our patience, All Odisha AYUSH Assistant Association will be forced to adopt extreme measures to secure our legitimate rights.
@CMO_Odisha@HFWOdisha@MohanMOdisha@MahalingMukesh@OdishaAyush
Rural AYUSH healthcare’s backbone has reached breaking point.
#Justice4AyushAssistant #PayLevel8 #45YearsInjustice #OdishaHealth #GroupCJustice
🚨 THE PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF AYUSH ASSISTANTS’ LABOR 🚨
1,199 AYUSH Assistants serve Odisha’s rural healthcare under unimaginable conditions:
REALITY:
•Running doctor-less AYUSH dispensaries in remote areas
•No water, electricity, toilets - YET successfully implementing govt AYUSH schemes
•Directed to perform ALL tasks at Ayushman Arogya Mandir WITHOUT additional remuneration (Doctors & ASHAs receive higher pay for same work)
•Working in Medical Colleges on deployment WITHOUT any sanctioned posts
•Handling Stock & Store responsibilities + computer work in District AYUSH offices
SHOCKING INJUSTICE:
✅ House Surgeons (trainees): Higher stipend than Group C employees after MASS STRIKES
✅ Allopathic Pharmacists: Level-7 (₹2,400) in AYUSH hospitals despite ZERO AYUSH training
❌ AYUSH Assistants: Level-3 (₹1,800) - Peaceful advocacy COMPLETELY IGNORED
OUR LEGITIMATE DEMANDS:
1️⃣ Pay Scale Revision: Immediately change the initial Pay Level-3 (GP 1800) to Pay Level-8 (GP 2800)
2️⃣ Post Creation: Create AYUSH Assistant posts in all Homeopathic , Ayurveda and Integrated AYUSH Hospitals
3️⃣ Promotion Timeline: Reduce the promotion eligibility period from 8 years to 5 years for Senior AYUSH Assistants post
45 YEARS. 4 PAY COMMISSIONS. ZERO CHANGE IN PAY SCALE.
Despite peaceful requests for decades, government maintains “stepmotherly attitude” toward every AYUSH Assistant.
If government continues testing our patience, All Odisha AYUSH Assistant Association will be forced to adopt extreme measures to secure our legitimate rights.
@CMO_Odisha@HFWOdisha@MohanMOdisha@MahalingMukesh@OdishaAyush
Rural AYUSH healthcare’s backbone has reached breaking point.
#Justice4AyushAssistant #PayLevel8 #45YearsInjustice #OdishaHealth #GroupCJustice
🚨 THE PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF AYUSH ASSISTANTS’ LABOR 🚨
1,199 AYUSH Assistants serve Odisha’s rural healthcare under unimaginable conditions:
REALITY:
•Running doctor-less AYUSH dispensaries in remote areas
•No water, electricity, toilets - YET successfully implementing govt AYUSH schemes
•Directed to perform ALL tasks at Ayushman Arogya Mandir WITHOUT additional remuneration (Doctors & ASHAs receive higher pay for same work)
•Working in Medical Colleges on deployment WITHOUT any sanctioned posts
•Handling Stock & Store responsibilities + computer work in District AYUSH offices
SHOCKING INJUSTICE:
✅ House Surgeons (trainees): Higher stipend than Group C employees after MASS STRIKES
✅ Allopathic Pharmacists: Level-7 (₹2,400) in AYUSH hospitals despite ZERO AYUSH training
❌ AYUSH Assistants: Level-3 (₹1,800) - Peaceful advocacy COMPLETELY IGNORED
OUR LEGITIMATE DEMANDS:
1️⃣ Pay Scale Revision: Immediately change the initial Pay Level-3 (GP 1800) to Pay Level-8 (GP 2800)
2️⃣ Post Creation: Create AYUSH Assistant posts in all Homeopathic , Ayurveda and Integrated AYUSH Hospitals
3️⃣ Promotion Timeline: Reduce the promotion eligibility period from 8 years to 5 years for Senior AYUSH Assistants post
45 YEARS. 4 PAY COMMISSIONS. ZERO CHANGE IN PAY SCALE.
Despite peaceful requests for decades, government maintains “stepmotherly attitude” toward every AYUSH Assistant.
If government continues testing our patience, All Odisha AYUSH Assistant Association will be forced to adopt extreme measures to secure our legitimate rights.
@CMO_Odisha@HFWOdisha@MohanMOdisha@MahalingMukesh@OdishaAyush
Rural AYUSH healthcare’s backbone has reached breaking point.
#Justice4AyushAssistant #PayLevel8 #45YearsInjustice #OdishaHealth #GroupCJustice