JAMMU, Sep 12: President of the National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) Subash Shastri on Saturday pleaded that 8th pay commission chairman Justice Rajana Parkash Desai, officer member secretary Pankaj Jain and part time member Pulak Ghosh should recommend to the central government in its first interim report for merger of 50 percent Dearness allowance (DA) release of 18 months pending DA installments arrears and payment of 20 percent interim relief in favour of both central as well as all state governments employees and pensioners beside release of 4 percent DA due from July 1, till the commission submit its final report to the central government so that employees and pensioners would get sigh of relief from rising prices and essential commodities and inflation.
Addressing NMC workers meet here , Shastri pointed out that inflation has impact on the government employees and pensioners also. High Prices of day to day goods make it difficult for government employees and pensioners to afford even the basic commodities in their lives.
Shastri also suggested that 8th central pay commission should be also recommended to the central government to arrange the resources for the states and union territories having facing financial constraints to enable them to implement its all recommendation’s in one go.
Pleading the cause of J K U T pensioners, Shastri has also urged the Chief Minister to enhance the monthly medical allowance to Rs.300/- to Rs 1000 and decision in this regards should be taken in the upcoming cabinet meeting, added that this genuine demand is based on the steep rise in the cost of medicines and medical expenses over the last two decades.
Shastri has further cited that union territory of Ladakh has already provided Rs.1000/- per month medical allowance to its pensioners w.e.f April first 2020.Shastri pointed out that all the union territories expect J K U T have providing one thousand medical allowance to their pensioners, but J.K.U.T. administration are providing only three hundred per month only,hoping this this demand of the pensioners will be sort out at the earliest.
Regularization of the services of all daily rated under SRO 64, setting up off New National wage commission to evolve National wage policy for working class of the country, implementation of all Central labour laws in J K U T and declare Jammu/Srinagar as B -1 cities were others demands highlighted in the meeting.
Among others who were in the meeting included Rajan Babu Khajuria, B.S.Jamwal ,Surinder Kumar, Ram Singh, Ramesh Sharma, Jog Raj, Girdhari Lal Bhagat, Shail Singh, Subash Sharma, Darshan Bawa, Subash Sharma,Ghara Ram,Sardhari lal, Paramjeet,Kamal kumar, Sukhdev Singh, Vinod Kumar and others.