Mid-Day Meal Workers' Union in stir mode
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 04 2022:
Mid-Day Meal Workers' Union, Manipur has urged its members not to prepare mid-day meal at their respective institutions until their pending honorariums are released.
Speaking to media persons at Manipur Press Club here on Monday, Union president Y Indrani Devi pointed out that the government is yet to release the honorariums of the cooks since September, 2020 .
Payment of honorarium has stopped because of Covid-19 pandemic.
But the Central government continues to provide the fund as it is a centrally sponsored scheme, she maintained.
Though serving of mid-day meal was suspended owing to closure of educational institutions to contain the spread of Covid-19 the pandemic situation has been improving and classes started resuming, Indrani pointed out while urging the government to release the pending honorariums without further delay.