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ASHA workers protest, demand higher honorarium, oppose handling SAMASTA application

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ASHA workers protest, demand higher honorarium, oppose handling SAMASTA application
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ASHA workers staging a protest in Shivamogga on Monday.
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ASHA workers staging a protest in Shivamogga on Monday. | Photo Credit: S.K. Dinesh

Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers staged protests in Shivamogga and Hassan on Monday, demanding a monthly honorarium of ₹15,000 and relief from handling the SAMASTA application.

The State government introduced the SAMASTA application to digitise public health data and entrusted ASHA workers with the responsibility of entering the data. The workers alleged that they were not given good-quality mobile phones or tablets to use it, and that the government had also stopped the monthly ₹280 rent it paid to those using their personal phones for the work.

Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 5, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com
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