Five thousand nurses at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi will go on a mass casual leave today to protest against “discrimination” by the Seventh Central Pay Commission. Listing out the nurses’ demands, Harish Kumar Kajla, president of the AIIMS Nurses’ Union, said that “the entry pay grade for staff nurses should be enhanced to Rs 5,400 from the existing Rs 4,600 and the nursing allowance should be enhanced by Rs 7,800”. Furthermore, “risk allowance and night duty allowances should be given to all nurses” Kajla added. The Union has threatened to go on an indefinite strike from March 27 if their demands aren’t met.