AIZAWL, Dec 6: Activities
in government offices in Mizoram
came to a complete halt
today as the State Government
employees began their threeday
mass casual leave agitation,
to put pressure on their demand
for implementation of the 7th
Pay Commission recommendations
in the State.
Despite the Finance Ministers
appeal to call off the proposed
strike yesterday, the
employees went ahead with
their decision.
The employees, under the
banner of Federation of Mizoram
Government Employees
and Workers (FMGE&W), had
gone on a two-day pen down
strike on November 22 and 23.
Expressing regrets over the
employees strike, Finance Minister
Lalsawta said that he appealed
the FMGE&W to call off the strike yesterday, assuring
them the government intended
to implement the 7th Pay
Commission recommendations.
We cant say when, but the
government intends to implement
the recommendations,
and has set up a committee in
this regard, Lalsawta said.
State Finance officials said
the 42,457 regular State Government
employees would
require an additional allocation
of Rs 563 crore annually if the
Pay Commission recommendations
are implemented.
They also said, 36-37 per cent
of the total State annual budget
is used for paying the salaries
of the employees.
The expenditure on salaries
did not include the salaries of employees
of Lai, Mara and Chakma
autonomous district councils,
teachers working in deficit
schools and contract and muster
roll workers, Lalmalsawma said. -Assam Tribune
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