As on date, several doctors are yet to receive the basic pay for at least two months. While the government had offered competitive pay packages, in reality the doctors have not seen their complete wages till now. After working for close to five months without any pay, the doctors received a part of their basic pay recently. As on date, several are yet to receive the basic pay for at least two months. In the case of this doctor, the performance-based incentives added up to ₹70,000 every month with the basic pay fixed at ₹ 1.3 lakh.

Source: The Hindu December 19, 2017 00:33 UTC