The Madhya Pradesh government has given the green light to a new stipend structure for junior resident doctors in state-run medical colleges and hospitals, announced Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla. Effective from April 1, 2025, the revised stipends for junior doctors have been increased based on a Consumer Price Index (CPI) factor of 2.94.
Deputy Chief Minister Shukla, responsible for health and medical education, emphasized the crucial role junior doctors play in enhancing the state’s healthcare services with their unwavering dedication. He highlighted that junior doctors not only undergo medical training in colleges but also actively contribute to providing continuous healthcare to patients.
The updated stipend scheme includes raises for postgraduate students in their first, second, and third years, with amounts ranging from Rs 77,662 to Rs 82,441. Interns will now receive Rs 14,337, up from Rs 13,928. Additionally, the stipends for Super Specialty medical courses have been standardized at Rs 82,441 for all three years.
Senior resident doctors will now earn Rs 90,803, up from Rs 88,210, while junior resident doctors’ stipend has been set at Rs 63,324. The decision to revise the stipends followed protests by junior doctors across Madhya Pradesh, led by the Junior Doctors’ Association (JUDA), demanding the implementation of a stipend revision promised in a government order dated June 7, 2021. The strike was called off after Deputy Chief Minister Shukla met with a JUDA delegation in Jabalpur on March 10.
