Around 70,000 Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers in Maharashtra have decided to end their strike after the Maharashtra government agreed to increase their salaries by ₹1,000 and give them an additional ₹500 as a COVID-19 allowance. Earlier, ASHA workers received around ₹6,000 per month, which included ₹1,000 as a COVID-19 allowance from the Centre.