Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 6: National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) appealed to Prime Minister and Finance Minister to consider the recommendations of Ashok Lavasa Committee set up by the Central Government to look into the anomalies of lower class employees both working in the Central and State Governments.
“Necessary report containing recommendations proving relief against anomalies stand already submitted for acceptance long back”, said President NMC Subash Shastri while addressing meeting of NMC workers here.
Shastri said that Lavasa Committee in its recommendation has enhanced the salary of lower class from Rs 18,000 to Rs 21,000, but despite lapse of over several months, the matter is still pending for acceptance, causing lot of discontent amongst the salaried class. The issue needs to be considered when the Union Cabinet meets next time, so that lower class staff would have sigh of relief from rising prices and inflation, he added.
He demanded enhancement of medical allowance to Rs 1000 per month on the analogy of the Central Government in favor of pensioners.
While focusing on the plight of 60000 daily rated workers, who are passing through a difficult phase because neither they are being paid regular wages nor are being regularized to get their monthly wages under a wage head, he said that under SRO 520 a road map has been drawn by the State Government but a very conversion process has to be undergone by the said category of staff who are manning the quantum of essential services delivery and should be given some liberties in the process of their documents as most of them are not qualified as expected by the higher up of State administration, so that they do not suffers more.
Among others present were Rajan Babu Khajuria, BS Jamwal, Jaipal Sharma, Pardeep Kumar, Darshan Bawa, Madan Lal, Suraj Parkash, Ram Singh, Surinder Kumar, Bhupinder Singh and Ramesh Sharma.
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