Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 7: Reiterating its demand for early release of pending 6 percent DA installment, president of the National Mazdoor Conference (NMC), Subash Shastri today urged the Finance Minister to release the said installment in favor of State Government employees and pensioners and announcement in this regard be made in the upcoming budget.
Addressing a workers meet here, Shastri said that this becomes necessary as Central as well as several State Govern-ments have already released this DA installment while another installment of DA has also become due from January 1, 2018. He said this would ultimately pile-up the arrears thus adding extra burden on State Government. “An early release of DA installments is need of the hour and the employees as well as pensioners have high hopes from PDP and BJP led Coalition Government.” he said.
He also highlighted some other demands, such as early amendment in SRO 520, creation of wage head for regularly disbursement of wages of daily rated workers, issuance of orders of regularization 180 daily rated workers working in the Rural Development Department falling under SRO 64, release of all pending wages of casual laborers working in Irrigation & Flood Control Department, PDD, PWD beside enhancing the wages of daily rated workers to rupees three hundred fifty per day.
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