Publish Date: | Sat, 26 Feb 2022 03:13 PM (IST)
Bhopal, Navdunia Representative. The Finance Department of the state has kept the files related to increasing the salary of contractual workers stuck. These are the files of more than 12 departments including the State Education Center. These departments had sent files for approval from the Finance Department to increase the salary of contractual workers. On which the Finance Department had to give permission, which has not been given. Due to this thousands of contract workers are suffering. At the same time, there are a dozen departments including Women and Child Development Department, Sports Department, Academy of Administration, Revenue Department, in which the proposals related to increasing the salary of contractual workers have been agreed. The employees working in these departments are happy.
1.20 lakh contract workers in the state
There are 1.20 lakh contract workers in the state. It is working in almost all the departments. Their number is being told the highest in the MP unit of the National Health Mission. For these contract workers, the General Administration Department had made a policy on June 5, 2018, in which provisions have been made to regularize the contract employees and make their salary at par with the vacant regular employees in the departments, giving them dearness allowance. Since then the contract workers are demanding salary as per this policy, which is not being fulfilled. Only select departments have not followed this policy. 90% of the departments have not yet complied. Due to which there is increasing dissatisfaction among the contract workers.
Expenditure of public representatives immediately allowed, injustice to government servants
On behalf of the President of MP Contract Officer Employees Federation, Ramesh Rathore has alleged that the officials of the Finance Department have given immediate permission to the files related to the purchase of vehicles for some public representatives. Whereas the files related to increasing the salary of contractual workers are kept stuck. This discrimination is not right. The officials of the federation allege that the officials of the Finance Department are not giving permission to the files. Various barriers are being put in place.
Crores of rupees will lapse due to permission
Most of the contract workers of the state are employed in central schemes. There are crores of rupees in these schemes, which have not been utilized. This amount will lapse on March 31 like every year. Contract workers say that they and their family members could have got the benefit of this amount, but due to the attitude of some officers of the Finance Department, they are not getting it, which is unfortunate. Ramesh Rathore has said that the contract workers do not have any objection to the expenditure being made on the public representatives, but those who work hard should also be taken care of, which is not being kept.
Government should implement old pension system
The Ajax unit of the MP Ministry employees has demanded the MP government to implement the old pension. The example of Rajasthan government has been given. Unit President Ghanshyamdas Bhakoriya said that the Rajasthan government has issued instructions to give benefits of old pension to its employees. Other governments including Chhattisgarh are also making efforts to restore old pension. Let us inform that the demands for restoration of old pension have been continuously arising in MP.
Posted By: Ravindra Soni