The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has revised the salaries of around 4,000 Multi-Tasking Staff employees in its Public Health department to Rs 18,000 a month, plus variable Dearness Allowance, under the principle of equal pay for equal work. The revised payments will be credited directly to the workers’ bank accounts, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday.
The revised pay is based on the minimum of Level 1 of the pay matrix. The decision will increase the civic body’s annual expenditure by around Rs 52 crore, Mayor Pravesh Wahi said at a felicitation event at the MCD headquarters.
The employees were recruited during Delhi’s 1996 dengue outbreak and have since worked on public-health activities, including door-to-door outreach, according to Gupta. The Chief Minister said the decision recognised nearly three decades of service by the workers and reflected the government’s commitment to the dignity and welfare of employees working on the ground.
Gupta added that improved remuneration and job-related security would help raise employee morale. The workers form part of the MCD’s field-level public-health workforce, whose duties have included community outreach linked to the civic body’s disease-control responsibilities.
Wahi said the salary revision was approved after the Delhi government was informed about its annual financial implications. The Mayor said the MCD was working with the Delhi government to implement development initiatives, while confirming the financial impact of the revised pay structure.
MCD Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar said the posts had been created during the 1997 dengue outbreak and were later redesignated as MTS positions in the Public Health department. The revised payments bring the workers’ salaries to the minimum Level 1 pay-matrix amount, along with the applicable variable DA.
The announcement also included a recruitment plan for 2,500 sanitation workers. Wahi said the MCD intends to fill these posts to improve cleanliness across Delhi, particularly in markets, ahead of Diwali. The proposal adds a staffing measure to the pay revision at a time when the civic body is preparing for increased cleanliness requirements in public and commercial areas.
The two decisions address separate parts of municipal service delivery: the pay and employment conditions of existing public-health staff, and the proposed expansion of the sanitation workforce. The MCD has not provided a recruitment timeline in the announcement for the 2,500 posts.
The salary revision is expected to provide the affected workers with a monthly pay structure linked to the Level 1 minimum and variable DA. According to the officials, the revised payments will be made directly into bank accounts. The MCD’s next steps are to implement the revised payment arrangement and proceed with the proposed sanitation recruitment.
