7th Pay Commission: State Government employees in Manipur to take mass casual leave

Key highlights:

• State Government employees in Manipur will be taking a mass casual leave on October 25
• It is in protest against the State Government's failure to implement the 7th Pay Commission
• BJP-led promised that they would implement the 7th Pay Commission if voted to power

The State Government employees in Manipur will be taking a mass casual leave on October 25 in protest against the State Government's failure to implement the 7th Pay Commission. State Government employees affiliated to the Manipur Government Services Federation (MGSF) would take a mass casual leave on October 25 in protest against the state government's failure to implement the 7th Pay Commission, according to a Kangla Online report.

MGSF and a large number of government employees have expressed their strong grievances against the BJP-led coalition government's attitude to taking their demands, said the report.

It further said that the BJP's Vision Document published ahead of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly election had even promised that they would implement the 7th Pay Commission if they were elected into power.

The MGSF has reaffirmed its decision to launch different modes of agitation after communications with the employees' union of different departments.

Even employees of the Civil Secretariat have decided to take a mass casual leave on the same day, says the report..

A meeting was held by the Manipur Secretariat Services Association (MSSA) where it was decided to take the casual leave on October 25.

The MCS officers too expressed their support to the proposed agitation, this is after they have been asked to support and join the agitation.

The previous government led by Okram Ibobi had given in-principle approval to implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations at the Cabinet meeting held on October 26 last year.

It also decided to make a committee headed by the Chief Secretary to ascertain the extra expenditure needed by the State Government to implement the 7th Pay Commission recommendations.

At present, the Manipur State Government has been spending over Rs 200 crore every month to pay salaries and employees. If the employees recruited by the previous government and newly regularised contract employees are taken into account, the State Government is likely to bear an additional financial burden of Rs 400 crore to Rs 700 crore annually, the report said.

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