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Punjab Govt Employees Suspends Agitation After Assurance

(Chd,Pb)Punjab Govt Employees Suspends Agitation After Assurance
Punjab government employees on Saturday suspended their agitation after they were assured by a minister that some of their demands will be met
Under the banner of the Punjab State Ministerial Services Union, they had gone on mass casual leave on August 19.
They had observed a pen-down strike from August 6 to 14 too.
We have decided to suspend our agitation from Saturday, union president Megh Singh said, adding that Cabinet Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Friday assured them that some of their demands will be met.
Notifications for these demands are expected to be issued on Monday, said Singh.
On reduction in their mobile allowance, Singh said a meeting will be held with state government representatives on Wednesday.
Employees have also been seeking the rollback of the decision due to which new recruits will be paid on a par with the central scale.
They have also been protesting the restructuring of departments and demanded the release of pending instalments of dearness allowance, arrears, implementation of the sixth pay commission recommendations and restoration of the old pension scheme.
On August 19, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal had urged them to withdraw their agitation to help the state government in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Capt Govt Urges Punjab’s Employees to take Voluntary Salary Cut

(Chd,Pb) Capt Govt Urges Punjab’s Employees to take Voluntary Salary Cut
State ministers have already decided to donate their three months’ salary to the CM’s relief fund.
The appeal to the employees was made after a meeting of the finance sub-committee, headed by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
At the meeting, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said the state was expected to earn at least Rs 22,000 crore less than its estimates for the current fiscal.
Against the estimated revenue receipts of Rs 88,000, the state will be able to generate only Rs 66,000 crore in the light of the curfew/lockdown, which has brought all business to a standstill, the minister said.
Later, Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh issued an appeal asking all government employees to contribute to the fight against coronavirus.
The chief secretary suggested that Grade A and B employees should contribute 30 per cent of their salary while Grade C and D staff can take 20 per cent and 10 per cent cut for April, May and June.