Guwahati, June 23 -- Reported by Mrinal Banik

Agartala: The Tripura cabinet has approved a proposal barring faculty members and medical officers of the state-run Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital from private practice in exchange for a 20 per cent increase in basic pay as non-practising allowance, minister Sushanta Chowdhury said on Tuesday.

GB Pant hospital and Agartala Government Medical College are the prime referral tertiary care health facility of the state which has been providing medical care in various speciality and superspeciality disciplines at a very negligible to free cost.

Addressing a press conference after a cabinet meeting, Tripura Cabinet spokesperson and minister Sushanta Cho...