Tamilnadu employees not happy with "Pay Hike", Declare mode of stir on thursday.

The Tamil Nadu Government Employees Association (TNGEA) will announce its agitation programme on Thursday against the anomalies in the Sixth Pay Commission report, after consulting with other unions.The Association’s State president K Rajkumar and general secretary R Muthusundaram told Express that there exist a lot of anomalies in the implementation of Sixth Pay Commission report, including the non-payment of arrears for one-year till January 1, 2007.Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has assured to enforce the Central pay revision in toto they noted and sought clarification from him on 30 per cent pay hike.“While the city compensatory allowance was doubled for State staff by granting Rs 150 to Rs 350 for those residing in cities no such sop is given for staff in small towns,” they said. “In HRA, a last grade Central government staff in Chennai would get 30 per cent of basic pay, subject to a ceiling of Rs 1,500. Even though the HRA was doubled, the State government staff will get only Rs 325,” they said.When a Central government staff would get Rs 1,000 as educational expenses of one child and Rs 3,000 as hostel fee for a student per month a state employees would get no such sops, they rued.“As per our recommendations, there would be periodical promotions in the 4th, 9th and 13th years of their service,” said Secretary of the Association Dr K Senthil in Chennai. “Presently, our first promotion only comes after 18 years,” he clarified.
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