Protest enters 4th day
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 20 2021:
The protest of Manipur Government Services Federation (MGSF), Manipur Secretariat Services Association (MSSF) and Trained Nurses' Association of India (TNAI) demanding payment of DA and DR to Government employees as per 7th Pay Commission entered 4th day, today.
Briefing media persons at the conference hall of Old Secretariat, today, general secretary of MGSF and MSSF, L Purujit claimed that the implementation of 7th pay commission in Manipur is mismatched with other States.
He further claimed that DA and DR of only 7 percent is given to Government employees of Manipur as compared to 28 percent of other States.
Though an agreement on this issue has been signed, the Government is remaining silence, he charged.
He also urged the Heads of Government departments to make their stand clear on this issue.