STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Apni Party Provincial Secretary / District President Jammu Urban, Dr Rohit Gupta has appealed to the Govt to regularize all the daily wagers.
In a statement to the press, Dr Gupta said that the daily wagers have been put to unnecessary financial suffering with low wages as the prices of the essential commodities and school fees have spiked up to an unbearable level.
He said that these poor daily wagers are facing exploitation from the Govt which is responsible for the protection of the rights of the people as per the rule of the law.
He said that “The Govt had made commitments with them from time to time for regularization but till date nothing was done. It is time for the Govt to consider the long pending demand of the daily wagers and implement the minimum wage act in J&K like rest of the states in the country so that
they can enjoy constitutional protection.”
He also demanded release of their pending wages and regular monthly wages. He said that the enhancement of their wages of daily wagers from Rs 225 to Rs 300 before the arrival of the Prime Minister was an eyewash, he said. He demanded their regularization without further delay.
Meanwhile, he said that National Youth Crops (NYC) volunteers were recruited from time to time by the Govt but they were paid wages of Rs 83 per day.
They have been working in the scheme launched by the Govt since 2010. However, their wages should be enhanced to a respectable amount.