RAIPUR : Faced with a shortage of doctors in rural and Naxalite areas, the Chhattisgarh Government has formulated an action plan to provide special allowances, insurance cover and other perks to medical professionals so as to motivate them to serve in remote villages. Under the National Rural Health Mission, Rs 4.57 crore has already been allocated for the plan, to be known as Chhattisgarh Rural Medical Core.'Providing health facilities in the rural areas is a major challenge because of the shortage of doctors in the state,' state Health Secretary R S Vishwakarma said, adding that the doctors would be given special allowances and incentives, including commuting facilities, insurance cover and leave travel concession. Vishwakarma said district collectors of all 18 districts have been asked to identify remote villages that require health facilities, and to report to the National Rural Health Mission. Once such areas are classified into