Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 24: National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) hoped that upcoming State budget for the year 2017-18 will be a balanced budget which will give enough room for all sections of the society of the State to mitigate their problems.
President, NMC, Subash Shastri while giving his opinion on the upcoming budget which is likely to be presented in the State Assembly on January 7 by the State Finance Minister, urged him to comprehensively provide sufficient financial resources for the implementing the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission in favor of State Government employees and pensioners and proper announcement to that effect may be made in the budget document.
“States like Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand despite their financial constraints have already announced implementation of 7th Pay Commission and the Jammu & Kashmir should also implement the same”, Shastri said while talking to reporters, here today.
He once again reiterated that further delay in this regard will pile up financial implications further which in turn will pose very complex and difficult problems for the State Government.
Expressing confidence in the Chief Minister and Finance Minister’s qualities of leaderships and caliber, Shastri further hoped that immense professional of the present Finance Minister will see to the generation of resources and revenues for the regularization of 62,000 daily rated workers contributing to maintenance the essential utility services in the State.
“Since the NDA Government at the Centre has fixed the minimum wage at the rate of Rs 350 per day, the same yard yardstick should be applied for payment of daily rated workers of both organized and unorganized sector”, he added.
Shastri also pointed out that budget allocations to different departments should include separate wage heads in respect of daily rated workers so that this class is not put to harassment and unnecessary delay in the payment of their wages.
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