{"id":281042,"date":"2026-04-12T00:03:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=281042"},"modified":"2026-04-12T00:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:33:27","slug":"bihar-bans-private-practice-by-govt-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/bihar-bans-private-practice-by-govt-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"Bihar bans private practice by govt doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PATNA, 11 Apr:<\/strong> The Bihar government on Saturday announced a complete ban on private practice by doctors employed in government hospitals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a notification issued by the state health department, the decision was taken under the state&#8217;s flagship programme &#8216;Saat Nischay-3&#8217; (seven resolves) for the 2025-30 period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Under the resolution &#8216;accessible health, secure life,&#8217; the state has decided to prohibit private practice by government doctors,&#8221; the notification said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The department will issue separate guidelines regarding compensation through a non-practising allowance (NPA) for government doctors, subject to approval by the competent authority, it added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The provision will apply to all government doctors and faculty members in state-run hospitals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had earlier indicated that such a policy would soon be introduced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing a gathering during his &#8216;Samriddhi Yatra&#8217; in West Champaran district in January, Kumar had said the government would bring a new policy aimed at strengthening healthcare infrastructure and curbing private practice by government doctors. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PATNA, 11 Apr: The Bihar government on Saturday announced a complete ban on private practice by doctors employed in government hospitals. According to a notification issued by the state health department, the decision was taken under the state&#8217;s flagship programme &#8216;Saat Nischay-3&#8217; (seven resolves) for the 2025-30 period. &#8220;Under the resolution &#8216;accessible health, secure life,&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-281042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281057,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281042\/revisions\/281057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}