Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 24: Employees Joint Action Committee (JK-EJAC) today lauded the centre as well as the J&K Government for increasing the daily wages of casual labours while stating that the revision of Minimum Wages has not been done based on an increase in DA since 2017.
General secretary JK-EJAC Syed Ghulam Rasool Geelani said that the increase in the daily wages of casual labours from Rs 225 to Rs 300 is the first development done by the Central Govt and UT Govt.
He lauded the Minister of Labour and Employment, Bupindar Yadav, Secretary to Ministry of Labour and Employment Sunil Barthwal, Chief Secretary and LG Manoj Sinha.
“Trade union coordination centre J&K and JK-EJAC are working on the facts that what should be the actual revised rate for which I am putting all my efforts and very soon, we will submit our detailed and factual report to labour department of J&K for the necessary corrigendum of the same order,” he said.
He called it an interim measure and not an actual implementation of minimum wages act that they have been assured with and will take a few months for its actual implementation.”
“For a time being, it will bring relief to the working class on this favourable occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr but it is not the permanent solution,” he said.
He strongly demanded the implementation of the minimum wages act and regularization policy in favour of temporary and contractual workers to have a decrease in the suffering of their lives.
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