Cabinet to meet tomorrow: Employees DA, regularization of daily wagers on cards: Srinagar, Sep 3, After a gap of over a month, the State cabinet is scheduled to meet on September 4 with the government likely to take a call on the issues of daily wagers and announcement of 10 percent Dearness Allowance (DA) to the employees pending since January 2014. Top sources revealed to Sachnews Jammu Kashmir that the cabinet will meet here on September 4 under the chairmanship of chief minister Omar Abdullah and the issues on priority would be the regularization policy of the daily wagers. The cabinet sub- committee is submitting its detailed report over the issue and the same shall be discussed on priority in the state cabinet. Earlier in the state legislature the government had clarified that daily wagers engaged before January, 1994 shall be eligible for regularization in the government services. However, it is yet to frame any policy about the casual and need based workers engaged in various government departments with their number being estimated around 53,000. The state authorities earlier had stated that it will be framing a policy about the casual and need based workers in near future.Also, during the cabinet meet on Thursday, the government is likely to announce 10 percent enhancement in the DA of the state employees as the same was due in their favor since January 2014. Sources said that 50 percent of the plan allocation has been approved by GoI and the DA in employees favor shall be disbursed after Thursday’s cabinet meet. Sources also stated that the major administrative including that of civil and police reshuffle is on cards. “The Cabinet is likely to effect an administrative reshuffle also,” sources said. Pertinently the cabinet meeting got delayed because of a bickering between the two coalition partners over various issues including reservation for Paharis and resettlement of refugees. resettlement of refugees.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:29:55 +0000
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