The TS Government has approved a 15% increase in the stipend and honorarium paid to all medical students and PG students. The hike was sanctioned as part of the promised 15% hike in stipend every two years. The last hike was given in 2021.
The enhanced stipend and honorarium will be applicable from January 1, 2023, and will benefit students pursuing medical courses, including MBBS/BDS (house surgeons), PG degree, PG diploma, MDS and super speciality courses.
Under the revised scheme, the stipend for house surgeons in medical and dental fields will increase from the existing Rs 22,527 to Rs 25,906 per month.
For PG degree courses in the first year, the stipend will be enhanced from Rs 50,686 to Rs 58,289 per month. Similarly, for the second and third years, the stipend will increase from Rs 53,503 to Rs 61,528 and from Rs 56,319 to Rs 64,767 per month respectively.
The stipend of doctors doing the first, second and third year of super speciality courses will increase from the existing Rs 80,500, Rs 84,525 and Rs 88,547 to Rs 92,575, Rs 97,204 and Rs 1,01,829 per month.
Senior residents will also benefit from the revised scheme, with their honorarium being enhanced from Rs 80,500 to Rs 92,575 per month.
The Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA) thanked the government for the stipend hike. They said that their tireless efforts, including numerous meetings and representations, resulted in the hike.
The T JUDA conveyed their gratitude to Health Minister T. Harish Rao and the government for their support throughout the negotiations. They also thanked Dr K. Ramesh Reddy, the Director of Medical Education (DME), for his support.
