National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) appealed to
the Prime Minister to immediately constitute Seventh (7th) Pay Commission headed
by C Rangarajan, former Governor of RBI along with five others noted economists
of the country as its members and the announcement to this regard be made in the
ensuing winter session of parliament beginning from Nov 22.
Addressing a largely attended NMC workers rally
at Vijaypur (J&K) on November 17, Shastri further pleaded that till new Pay
Commission is constituted and its recommendations implemented, 50% DA be merged
with the basic pay/pension and interim relief of 20% of the basic pay/pension be
provided to the Central and State Government employees.
Enhancement in the wages of daily wagers from
Rs. 125 to Rs. 300 per day, beside their regularization, issuance of
regularization orders of 180 daily wagers working in the Rural Development
Department, release of pending salary of motivators working in IWDP project
Akhnoor, increase the medical
allowance from 300 to 1,000 per
month and removal of all pay anomalies of clerical staff were other demands
highlighted in the rally.
Among those who also addrssed the rally
included Rajan Babu Khajuria, Sham Lal Sharma, lRakesh Padha, Ashok Khajuria,
Anil Singh Slathia, Sunil Kochhar, Surinder Kumar, Ram Lal, Ram Pal Sharma,
Barkat Ram, Girdhari Lal Bhagat, Vijay Kumar Bhagat, Jograj, Sukhdev Singh,
Kamal, Subash Sharma, Mohd Shafi, Gopal Dass and others.