Arunachal Diary

Finally giving respite to the common masses, CoSAAP and government reached an amicable solution and the deadlock between them has ended. The solution was arrived at after 7-long hours of marathon discussion between CoSAAP representatives and the government yesterday.

Under the agreement arrived at yesterday, which was apparently arrived at after taking into the financial health of state of which Finance Minister elaborated in detail to the CoSAAP representatives, the government has agreed to

1. Revoke ESMA.
2. Re-instate the two terminated employees and withdraw all the charges against them.
3. No deduction of pay for the period under agitation.
4. Provide six month arrears in two installment instead of three with two months arrears in cash and one months arrear credited to GPF account for the financial year 2008-09 and one month arrear in cash and two months arrears credited to GPF account for the financial year 2009-10.
5. 30 months arrear would be released to employees as and when the government receive fund from Central government for which the government is pursuing.

On CoSAAP’s part, they have agreed to

1. Call of the agitation with immediate effect.
2. Work 7 days a week instead of 5 to make up for the loss owing to 22 days long pen & tool down strike without claiming Over Time Allowances.

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Hmm…employees in Arunachal Pradesh are not alone which is affected by (non) implementation of 6^th Pay Commission recommendations. It has found a partner in Manipur.

The Government employees in Manipur along with it’s family member has decided not to vote for the candidates of Congress and coalition partner CPI in the coming parliamentary elections, over their demand for implementation of 6^th pay commission recommendation in Manipur.

Government employees in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, who have been demanding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, have now decided to take stronger action.

The 64,000 Manipur employees have announced that they and their families would not vote for the candidates of the Congress or its coalition partner CPI in the coming Parliamentary elections.

(Source: The Hindu)

Meanwhile, there is no sign of respite to the ongoing standoff between Government and CoSAAP with government not budging from their stand and threatening to emulate Tamil Nadu where around 100000 employees were terminated under this draconian act and CoSAAP deciding to intensify the ongoing democratic movement and continuing their agitation.

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Amidst the employees discontentment over 6^th Pay Commission Recommendation implementation in Arunachal Pradesh, whose solution is yet to see the light, it is interesting to know that Government is contemplating recruiting 200 computer staff for various departments of State Secretariat.

Dabi said the government would recruit 200 computer staff in various departments of the state secretariat soon.

I wonder, with Government not able to comply with 6th Pay Commission package owing to financial crunch, how would they pay for the services of 200 Computer Staff that they are contemplating recruiting?

Any answers?

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