JAMMU, Jun 6: President of the National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) Subash Shastri on Saturday has strongly 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 so that pensioners would get sigh of relief from rising prices of essential commodities and inflation.
Addressing a NMC workers meet here, Shastri said that this genuine demand is based on the steep rise in the cost of medicine’s and medical expenses over the last two decades.
Shastri has further cited that UT of ladakh has already provided Rs 1000/- per month medical allowance to its pensioners, w.e.f April 1, 2020.
Shastri pointed out that all the union territories expect J&K UT have providing one thousand medical allowance to their pensioners, but in J&K UT administration are providing only three hundred per month, hoping that this genuine demands of the pensioners will be sort out at the earliest.
Additionally, Shastri is also demanding the release of 18 months of pending DA arrears from January 2020 to June 2021.
Shastri also appealed the Prime Minister and union Finance Minister to release the outstanding 3 DA installments arrears blocked while releasing the same to its employees and pensioners since long.
Shastri further hoped that the Central Government will consider the burning demand of both Central/States/UTs employees and pensioners in releasing the 3 DA installments blocked arrears beside 3 percent DA due from first January 2026.
The Govt. must regularise the services of all daily rated workers without any further delay and fulfilled it’s commitment made by the Ruiling alliance from time to time to these daily wagers, Shastri added.
Among others who were also present on the occasion included Rajan Babu Khajuria, B.S. Jamwal, Surrinder Kumar, Ram Singh, Ramesh Sharma, Girdhari Lal Bhagat, Dalip Bhagat, Sawarn Bhagat, Shail Singh, Darshan Baba, Subash Sharma, Baldev Raj, Ghara Ram, Vinod Kumar, Jog Raj and others.