Hyderabad: The Telangana government has constituted a cabinet sub-committee for the resolutions of the issues of government employees. The committee will be holding department-wise meetings after the Deepawali festival.
The committee is headed by deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka, with ministers D Sridhar Babu and Ponnam Prabhakar as its members, and advisor to government on public affairs K Keshava Rao as its special invitee.
The decision was taken during chief minister A Revanth Reddy’s meeting with the representatives of employees’ JAC on Thursday, October 24. The chief minister told the JAC representatives that by Friday evening a decision will be taken on the pending dearness allowances (DA).
During the meeting, CM Revanth Reddy assured the government’s commitment to addressing employee concerns. He noted that the cabinet sub-committee on GO 317 has submitted its report.
The employees of JAC have put forth a total of 51 demands, highlighting six immediate concerns that require urgent attention. These demands include the release of five pending DAs dating back to July 2022, the revocation of the E-Kuber system, and the reinstatement of the previous treasury department bill clearance process.
Other key demands include the implementation of the Second Pay Revision Commission (PRC) report with a 51% fitment, effective implementation of the Employees Health Scheme (EHS), and the reinstatement of the old pension scheme by revoking the Contributory Pension Scheme.
Additionally, they are calling for a revision of GO 317.
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