Tripura Government announced festival Advance for the ASHA workers too. Earlier the government had given advance to other employees. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in his twitter handle shared this information .
The ASHA workers will get a Festival advance of Rs 2000 from the NHM fund for 2021-22 FY. Deb also said, the decision will benefit the ASHA workers.
The All Tripura Merchant Association welcomed the State Government’s decisions to pay Festival Advance to Government employees, Home Guards, ASHA workers and other such workers.
In a press release, secretary of the Association Sujit Roy said, “This decision of the Government has resulted in an increase in trading activities on the eve of the Durga Puja. We hail Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Finance Minister Jishnu Dev Varma for taking such a decision:”.
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