The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has approved a proposal to grant 180 days of paid maternity leave to outsourced health workers employed under the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). The civic body will issue a circular to the agency concerned soon, while a contractor has been penalised over delays in salary payments.

The decisions follow a protest by more than 1,700 outsourced health workers at Azad Maidan over pending demands, including the implementation of revised minimum wages and timely payment of salaries.