Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 9: All J&K MGNREGA employees today decided to go on indefinite strike from December 11 in support of their demands.
The announcement in this connection was done by Sandeep Kalotra, provincial president, Jammu, while addressing a press conference here today. Provincial president, Kashmir, John Mohd was also present on the occasion.
While speaking on the occasion, Kalotra said that they have been working on various posts like Technical Assistant, GRS, PO, MIS Operator, Accounts Assistant and Social Coordinator since 2007 in RDD Department through Recruitment Board under MGNREGA scheme but are working in all schemes other than MGNREGA which is run by Rural Development Department (RDD) without any job policy.
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Kalotra said it is very painful that MGNREGA staff is highly qualified but are compelled to work on wages, which are even less than wages of skilled labourers working under MGNREGA and as compared to other centrally sponsored schemes running in J&K.
John Mohd said that SSA and NRHM are giving handsome salary with yearly increment to their employees but salary of MGNREGA staff is very meager and work load is very high. He said that the J&K Government is going to frame job policy for employees of every department except MGNREGA employees, which is a cruel behavior towards them.
He said that on may 23 this year, RDD Minister, Abdul Haq Khan, promised them to frame job policy, 10% hike in remuneration of contractual staff, ex-gratia upto Rs 5 lakh to MGNREGA workers and contractual staff in the event of death during execution of work, etc but even after the lapse of over six months no order has come out in written from the authorities concerned, which has compelled them to go on indefinite strike from December 11.
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