IMPHAL, May 13: The JAC of the All Manipur Trade Union’s Council and the All Manipur Government Employees’ Organisation expressed their gratitude towards the State cabinet ministers for raising the DA/DR of government employees by 8% and 10% in two doses.
A statement of the JAC however, said that although the doses of the DA/DR of the central government employees are distributed in the months of January and July, such is not the case for the state government employees.
The JAC also questioned the statement that the hike in DA/DR will affect the government to spend Rs 26.81 crore, and added out of a total 62 thousand state government employees, only about 30 thousand regular employees are provided the DA/DR.
Also the JAC appeals to the Chief Minister of Manipur to hold a meeting in the first week of the month of June to meet with the JAC’s demands.
