{"id":197210,"date":"2026-03-26T13:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=197210"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:23:07","slug":"iiojk-healthcare-workers-stage-protests-in-favor-of-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/03\/26\/iiojk-healthcare-workers-stage-protests-in-favor-of-demands.html","title":{"rendered":"IIOJK healthcare workers stage protests in favor of demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195036\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/protest-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jammu: Angry healthcare workers in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have intensified protests against the occupation regime&#8217;s decision to scrap a decades-old allowance, affecting services in several hospitals and medical colleges.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the Joint Action Committee (JAC)-led strike has entered its second day, with employees terming the January 20 order &#8220;unjustified&#8221; and a blow to their benefits. &#8220;The move is a clear violation of the 1991 order and has demoralised the workforce,&#8221; said Jaswant Singh, President of the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Employees Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Protests were held in Rajouri, Poonch, and Jammu, with employees vowing to escalate the agitation if demands aere not met by March 30. A three-day strike is planned from April 1-3 if the authorities fail to restore the allowance and release pending dues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: Angry healthcare workers in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have intensified protests against the occupation regime&#8217;s decision to scrap a decades-old allowance, affecting services in several hospitals and medical colleges. According to Kashmir Media Service, the Joint Action Committee (JAC)-led strike has entered its second day, with employees terming the January 20 order &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":194572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/protest.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197211,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197210\/revisions\/197211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}