Govt employees demand with black badges
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By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Oct 29: Demanding payment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to the full as entitled to them, State Government employees have been protesting by wearing black badges.
Speaking to media persons at Model Higher Secondary School, Takyel today, Manipur Government Services Federation (MGSF) vice-president Laishram Sarat decried that the State Government raised the DA by just 3 per cent at a time when the State Government employees have been demanding DA to the scale entitled to Central Government employees.
MGSF has been urging the State Government to grant all the rights and shares entitled to the employees, Sarat said.
He also decried that the Government has not been paying pensioners what are due to them for the last three years.
Even as the MGSF made repeated attempts to talk with Government authorities concerned on the matter, the authorities have been running away, he said.
Taking strong exception to the Government’s indifferent attitude, employees have been protesting by wearing black badges since October 27.
If the State Government continues to ignore the demands of employees and pensioners, all the employees will undertake a pen down strike on November 4, Sarat said.
He claimed that the MGSF’s ongoing agitation is being supported en masse by employees working at the district level.
Claiming that payment of DA to employees to the full scale would improve the State’s economy, the MGSF vice-president asserted that the Government’s idea of improving the State’s economy without paying DA to the full scale is misplaced.
He then appealed to the State Government to see that all the rights and entitlements of employees are granted at the earliest.
Pointing out that the Central Government has approved the recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission, Sarat further appealed to the State Government to take up necessary steps in order to implement the 8th Pay commission’s recommendations with respect to the State Government employees.
He added that the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations are still not implemented fully at some institutes in the State.
IMPHAL, Oct 29: Demanding payment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to the full as entitled to them, State Government employees have been protesting by wearing black badges.
Speaking to media persons at Model Higher Secondary School, Takyel today, Manipur Government Services Federation (MGSF) vice-president Laishram Sarat decried that the State Government raised the DA by just 3 per cent at a time when the State Government employees have been demanding DA to the scale entitled to Central Government employees.
MGSF has been urging the State Government to grant all the rights and shares entitled to the employees, Sarat said.
He also decried that the Government has not been paying pensioners what are due to them for the last three years.
Even as the MGSF made repeated attempts to talk with Government authorities concerned on the matter, the authorities have been running away, he said.
Taking strong exception to the Government’s indifferent attitude, employees have been protesting by wearing black badges since October 27.
If the State Government continues to ignore the demands of employees and pensioners, all the employees will undertake a pen down strike on November 4, Sarat said.
He claimed that the MGSF’s ongoing agitation is being supported en masse by employees working at the district level.
Claiming that payment of DA to employees to the full scale would improve the State’s economy, the MGSF vice-president asserted that the Government’s idea of improving the State’s economy without paying DA to the full scale is misplaced.
He then appealed to the State Government to see that all the rights and entitlements of employees are granted at the earliest.
Pointing out that the Central Government has approved the recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission, Sarat further appealed to the State Government to take up necessary steps in order to implement the 8th Pay commission’s recommendations with respect to the State Government employees.
He added that the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations are still not implemented fully at some institutes in the State.