Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 25: National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) today appealed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to take up the issue of provision of Rs 9,000 crore of special budgetary package to ward off expenditure on regularization of nearly 61,000 daily rated workers working in various departments of the J&K State and also implementation of the 7th Pay Commission (PC) report in the State, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Addressing a well attended NMC workers meet here, NMC president, Subhash Shastri pointed out that about 60 percent of the total population of the State connected with the salaried class, pensioners and daily rated workers and their long pending issues requires redressal without any delay.
The NMC president said, “Since the resources of the State Government are limited, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government at the Centre should arrange such exemplary grant for the regularization of this utility workforce and payments on account of revision of pay based on recommendations of 7th PC report so that long pending demands of the State Government employees and pensioners are settled once and for all.”
Shastri disclosed that the NMC has already submitted a memorandum in this regard to the recently visited All Party Delegation adding that the State as well as Central Governments cannot ignore the plight of the salaried and working classes who are efficiently manning the public utilities at very nominal costs. These classes also suffer on account of delayed payment of wages, he added.
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