Rising Heat in India Extreme weather, particularly excessive heat in India, intensifies occupational health risks and reduces the work capacity of accredited social health activists, front-line women community health workers. The absence of legal protections against heat exposure makes their work increasingly precarious. Rising temperatures and humidity underscore the need for research, adaptive measures, supportive […]
In 2012, Rekha, a 34-year-old Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) from a Scheduled Caste (SC) community, was posted in Sihol, a predominantly upper-caste village in Petlad block of Anand district in Gujarat. She was an accomplished health worker with a higher secondary education and, in the words of her immediate supervisor — the Auxiliary Nurse […]
Seven reasons that led to Left’s downfall in Kerala The red flag did not fall. It was lowered, slowly, by the hands that claimed to hold it highest. Rejimon Kuttappan Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/seven-reasons-that-led-to-lefts-downfall-in-kerala-3991580
Police detained several protesters amid heightened tension. Statesman News Service | Kolkata | January 21, 2026 7:01 pm https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/asha-workers-protest-chokes-city-traffic-thrown-out-of-gear-1503544455.html Kolkata witnessed widespread traffic disruption on Wednesday as thousands of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers took to the streets in a massive protest, affecting large parts of central Kolkata, Salt Lake and arterial highways in several districts. […]
Download the whole book “Every Responsibility Falls on the ASHA”It was time for the biweekly ASHA meeting at the hospital where Meena worked. Fifteen or twenty ASHAs sat on the floor, on a large carpet spread out in the hallway. We took a seat near Meena on the floor.Chairs were lined up in front of […]
https://www.epw.in/journal/insight/privatisation-and-postmodern-governance.html Posted here for comparison with ASHA demands- The workers’ demands went beyond wages; they included calls for job regularisation, protection from arbitrary wage cuts, and recognition of their contribution to the city’s public health and urban infrastructure. At the core of the agitation was the fear that privatisation would lead to significant reductions in […]
The reason for the Swasthya Bhavan drive on Tuesday, January 7, was to meet with health officials to find a solution and to demand their due rights. But the first and main demand – that the minimum wage of Rs 15,000 be paid to ASHA workers as set by the state government – remained unresolved. […]
AIUTUC aligned ASHA Workers Union in W Bengal is on strike today. They will appeal to the CM of West Bengal for improved work conditions said Secretary Ismat Ara Khatun. A continuous work stoppage has been called across the state by the West Bengal ASHA Workers’ Union to press for various demands. There are approximately […]
Raising slogans for dignified wages and work, thousands of ASHA workers took to the streets of Patna on 12 August 2025. The massive protest, organised under the banner of Bihar Rajya ASHA Karyakarta Sangh (Gope) and affiliated to AICCTU, demanded immediate steps to increase the honorarium in line with the August 2023 agreement. The 31-day […]