‘Rashtrawadi’ employees association meet finance minister with fourteen point charter of demands, assured of consideration

After the pro-CPI (M) Tripura Employees Co-ordination Committee (TECC), the state unit of ‘Rashtrawadi Karmachari Sangha’ has come out in the open with a fourteen point charter of demands of all the employees. With the declaration in principle by Centre about constituting the 8th finance commission and the deadline for submission of accounts of expenses on payment of dearness allowance and dearness relief to incumbent employees and pensioners all set to end on November 30 after a one month extension for reimbursement by the 16th finance commission, the employees and pensioners have become restive . Already the gap in DA and DR payment to employees between centre and state has reached 22% again and unless the gap is reduced before November 30 by sanctioning a new installment the pending DA