Salary of Resident doctors after 6th pay commission

Ever heard of 6th pay commission recommendation actually reducing pay?
Resident doctors working in various Delhi Government hospitals are an anxious lot these days. The revised recommendation of 6th pay commission does not mention the non-practicing allowance, bringing down their pay scales. The allowance is given when doctors do not practice on their own outside duty hours. "The salary recommended in the 5th pay commission was revised in 1998 after the doctors protested, as this allowance was missing in the initial reommendation. The finance ministry has yet again missed this allowance in the revised 6th pay commission reducing our basic pay packet," said Dr Akhil Kumar, vice president, resident doctors association at Lok Nayak Hospital.
“We support the doctors. Since 1986, resident doctors have been getting salaries as per revised scales. We will write to the government over the issue,” said Dr Anil Bansal, assistant secretary, IMA. According to resident doctors, the government has created huge disparity amongst medical professionals. “Staff nurses with less than one year of experience would be drawing more salary that senior resident doctors. This is just not done,” said Dr Dhirendra Dhiraj, coordinating secretary, federation of resident doctors association (FORDA).
Resident doctors across government hospitals in the Capital went to work wearing black badges on Monday. They will go on strike if the Ministry does not look into the problem within 48 hours.