Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 5: President of the National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) Subhash Shastri today strongly urged the Chief Minister to enhance the monthly Medical allowance from Rs 300 to Rs 1000 and announcement in this regards should be made in the ongoing Budget session of JKUT Assembly while presenting next Financial year budget tomorrow.
Addressing a NMC workers meet here, Shastri said that this genuine demand is based on the steep rise in the cost of medicine’s and Medical expenses over the last two decades. Shastri has further cited that UT of Ladakh has already implemented a Rs 1000 per month Medical allowance to its employees and pensioners, from April Ist 2020.
Shastri pointed out that all the Union Territories except JKUT are providing one thousand Medical allowance to their pensioners, but in JKUT they are being provided only Rs 300 per month, hoping that this genuine demands of the pensioners will be sorted out in the tomorrow’s budget.
Additionally, Shastri also demanded the release of 18 months pending DA arrears from January 2020 to June 2021.
Shastri also appealed the Prime Minister and Union Finance Minister to release the outstanding 3 DA installments arrears blocked while releasing the same to its employees and pensioners since long.
Shastri further hoped that the Central Government will consider the burning demand of both Central/States/UTs employees and pensioners in releasing the 3 DA installments blocked arrears beside 3 percent DA due from first January 2026.
The Govt must regularise the services of all daily rated workers in the tomorrow budget and fulfilled it’s commitment made by the ruling alliance from time to time to these daily wagers, Shastri added.
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