SHILLONG, JAN 14: Health Minister Wailadmiki Shylla has assured that the pending salaries of 288 contractual nurses will be released within this month.
“It is not that we are waiting for them (NGOs or political parties) to demand… we are already in the process (to release the pending dues),” Shylla told reporters on Wednesday.
The minister explained that the delay was due to a technical issue with the personnel department, which had approved the extension of contracts for only 200 nurses, instead of all 288.
“We have sent it back for correction that we want all 288 should be approved. That is why it took time,” Shylla added.
The contractual nurses’ contracts ended on November 1, 2025, and the department has since worked out the issues and is set to release the pending salaries this month.
“In this month itself they will be getting their salaries,” the minister assured.
