KOKRAJHAR, May 15 : The Assam State Employees Federation (ASEF), Kokrajhar District Committee demanded before the Assam Pay Commission, 2008, that the State Government employees working within Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) area should be provided 15 per cent extra allowance in the revision of pay scale at par with Central Government employees.
In a memorandum submitted to the Chairman of Assam Pay Commission, Bhaskar Baruah, during his visit at Kokrajhar on Tuesday, the secretary of the federation, Kamal Das said that the cost of living in BTC districts is higher than other districts of the State and employees of almost all departments have to bear additional strain, fatigue and responsibility in addition to their normal work in BTC region.
The release said that, the federation was hopeful of recommendation of Assam Pay Commission would ensure reasonable and adequate living standard through the desired monetary support having parity with 6th Central Pay Commission plus neutralized higher cost of living in Asom of India.
On the other hand, the Sadou Asom Zila Parshasan Karmachari Santha in their memorandum demanded creation of a separate ‘Identical Scale of Pay’ in higher rate for the employees of DC’s amalgamated establishment considering the work load, nature of risk bearing multifaceted works. The president of the Santha, Nirpendra Chandra Ray, in their memorandum stated the demand of ‘Identical Scale of Pay for them which started from 1994.
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