State Award Scheme

State Awards to Service Doctors working in Delhi was first started in the year 1997-98. Under this scheme 20 Service doctors from Allopathy, Homeopathy and Indian System of Medicine who are working under Govt. of NCT of Delhi for the last 15 years or more with excellent services to the people of Delhi are conferred with the State award, every year.

The purpose of state award is to motivate the medical and paramedical staff for better quality service to the population of Delhi. In the award function held on 29th August 2006, Hon’ble Chief Minister announced that this award should also be given to Paramedical staff. Each awardee is given a memento, Citation certificate and cash award.

The award seeks to recognize work of any distinction and is given for distinguished and exceptional achievements/service in all fields of activities/disciplines, such as Medicine, Social Work, medical research, Public health, etc.

There ought to be an element of public service in the achievements of the person to be selected. It should not be merely excellence in a particular field but it should be excellence plus.

All Government Doctors and paramedical staff who fulfil the criteria without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for these awards.

The award is normally not conferred to retired Doctors/Officials. However, in highly deserving cases, the Government could consider giving an award to Retired doctor/official if the retirement of the person proposed to be honoured has been recent, say within a period of one year preceding the Award function.

It was proposed that the award may be given to 20 Doctors and 31 Paramedical & Nursing staff during current Year. Hon’ble Chief Minister confers these awards to the meritorious candidates. At present each Doctor is given a cash award of Rs.100000/- and each Nurse/Paramedical staff is given Rs.50000/-.

The criteria of selection to the award are as under:

1.      Meritorious/extraordinary work in the field of healthcare/ health promotion/ social service/ health research/ public health.

2.      15 years or more regular service under GNCT Delhi, MCD or NDMC.

3.      Vigilance Clearance and Annual confidential report/Work & Conduct report of the candidate.

4.      Recommendations from Head of the department.

5.      Representation to different institutions, weaker sections.

6.      Representation to different streams like Allopathy, ISM&H, Local bodies (Municipal Corporations & NDMC).

The HODs/ Directors/ Medical Superintendents will invite application from deserving candidate working in their institutions and scrutinise them. The recommended applications of the most deserving candidate will be forwarded to Director General Health Services. The state award/search committee will decide the final list of candidates to be awarded.

 The Approximate number of Awards:

The No. of Awards to be conferred to meritorious candidates is 51. The details are as follows:-

1.      Doctors = 20

A.      Teaching= 5

B.      Non-teaching=3

C.      General cadre = 8

D.     MCD=1

E.      NDMC=1

F.       ISM&H=1

G.     Dental=1

2.      Nurses – 11 (Nurses, PHNs, ANMs)

3.      Pharmacist/ Technician/ Supervisor /- 10

4.      Peon /SCC/ NO/Drivers & other Staff – 10

The award /search committee on the advice of Government may relax the criteria of 15 years experience in Delhi Government to the extra ordinary deserving candidates.

 Composition of Screening /Search Committee:

The Screening/search committee will consists of following members:

1.      Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare – Chairperson

2.      Dean Maulana Azad Medical College – Member

3.      Special Secretary Health (dealing paramedical Staff) –Member

4.      Medical Superintendent of 500 or more bedded hospital – Member

5.      Medical superintendent of 100-200 bedded hospital – Member

6.      Chief Nursing Officer of LNH or GB Pant or GTB hospital – Member

7.      Director General of Health Services – Convenor

The number of awards conferred so far:

 List of previous awardees is given at annexure I. The application forms are attached as Annexure II, III, and IV. Recommendation Letter from HODs/Directors/Medical Superintendents is attached at Annexure V.

 Fresh applications for the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 are invited. Complete applications duly screened and nominated by Directors/ HODs/ MSs along with vigilance clearance should reach to “The Director General Health Services, Swasthya Sewa Nideshalaya Bhawan, F-17, Karkardooma, Delhi-110032 well before 25^th February 2019.