Author(s): Meenu kakapuri Raina and Dr. Achla Gakkhar

Abstract:
ASHA workers the backbone of health services in India are paid quite low. Work based incentives and with lots of hard work. Study was conducted at Ghagwal in Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir. 21 ASHA workers were interviewed about their financial status. Most of the ASHA workers (66.7%) received work based incentives between Rs. 10,000-15,000/annum and none of the interviewed 21 ASHA workers had alternate self-income from some other source. Spouse income was found to be less than Rs 50,000/annum for most of the ASHA workers.