Bhubaneswar: Considering the request of the students of Nursing, Pharmacy and Allied Medical Students for enhancement of their stipend, and taking into account the importance of services being rendered by them, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved enhancement of stipend amount in their favour.
After this enhancement, these students will get stipends per month in the following manner.
D.Pharma- Rs 500
ANM- Rs 2,000
B.Sc (N) – Rs 5,000 for internship,
M. Phil in Clinical Psychology -Rs 10,000.
M.Phil in Psychatric Social Work- Rs 10,000
The above category of students were earlier provided with stipend amount per month at Rs.250 for D.Pharma, Rs.1000 for ANM, Rs.2500 for B. Sc(N) internship, Rs.7000 for M. Phil in Clinical Psychology and Rs.7000 for M.Phil in Psychiatric Social Work.
The enhancement in stipend will encourage students to extend better services to the people and will further strengthen health services in Odisha, the CM has hoped.
It may be mentioned here that the Government of Odisha in Health & FW Department is running different Degree and Diploma Courses such as B.Sc. in Nursing, Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery (ANM) course, Diploma in Pharmacy, M.Phil in Clinical Psychology and M.Phil in Psychiatric Social Work in Government institutions.
The Government provides stipend to students of these courses for the period of their education during which they also provide clinical services at health institutions.
