Telangana AYUSH doctors end 28-day strike after stipend hike assurance

Telangana AYUSH students and doctors called off their 28-day strike on September 1, 2026, after Health Minister C. Damodar Raja Narasimha assured them of an increase in stipends and said an official Government Order, or GO, would be issued soon.

The withdrawal followed the minister’s assurance during the protest over a decade-long pending demand for stipend parity with their allopathic counterparts. The AYUSH students and doctors had announced an indefinite strike, which continued for 28 days before it was called off.

The assurance addresses the central demand raised by the striking doctors: that their stipends should be brought on par with those provided to allopathic counterparts. The research information does not specify the amount of the proposed increase, the current stipend levels, or a date for issuing the GO.

The doctors and students announced the end of the strike after receiving the commitment from the Health Minister. The conclusion of the protest is therefore linked in the available account to the assurance of a stipend hike and the proposed official order, rather than to details of an already issued order.

The decade-long wait cited by the protesters places the demand in the context of a longstanding stipend-parity issue. Further details on implementation, including the revised stipend amount and the contents of the proposed Government Order, were not available in the research material.