Non-Practicing allowance of Government Doctors – Loksabha GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1960 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21sT DECEMBER, 2018 NON-PRACTICING ALLOWANCE OF GOVERNMENT DOCTORS 1960. SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN: Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state: (a) whether the doctors of Government hospitals are doing private practice despite taking non-practicing allowance, if so, the reaction of the Government thereto indicating the number of the doctors doing private practice across the country including West Bengal; (b) whether any steps are being taken by the Government to control it, if so, the details thereof; and (c) if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY) (a): Health being a state subject, information pertaining to the doctors doing private prac...