Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 5: The J&K committee of All India Registered Nurses Federation (AIRNF) has raised strong objections to the Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department over the recently issued draft service recruitment rules for the five new Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) of the Union Territory.
The Federation has termed the proposed policy “discriminatory,” pointing out that it mandates seven years of qualifying service at each stage for promotions within the Nursing Cadre, in contrast to the existing rules in GMC Jammu, GMC Srinagar, and SKIMS where the requirement is only three years.
Highlighting this disparity, the Federation said the variation in promotion criteria within the same Union Territory was unjustified and amounted to unequal treatment of Diploma, Graduate, and Postgraduate Nurses. It has demanded immediate rectification of the draft rules to ensure uniformity across all medical institutions in J&K.
In its representation to the H&ME Department, the AIRNF J&K committee has put forward three key demands: removal of the seven-year qualifying service clause and adoption of the three-year promotion norm across all GMCs, upgradation and rectification of Nursing pay scales in line with other States and Union Territories, and adoption of the revised Nursing Nomenclature introduced by the Union Health Ministry in 2016.
AIRNF J&K president reaffirmed the Federation’s stand, stating that the organization had consistently opposed discriminatory service rules and had this time too submitted official orders, supporting documents, and comparative references to substantiate its objections. “We expect the Government to address these genuine concerns, rectify the pay scales, and treat all nurses across J&K equally,” he said.
The Federation stressed that nursing professionals are the backbone of healthcare delivery and therefore deserve fair and uniform service conditions. It urged the H&ME Department to give priority to the issue, warning that the new rules, if implemented without correction, would adversely affect the career progression and morale of the Nursing Cadre across the Union Territory.
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