TIWN March 28, 2017
AGARTALA, March 28 (TIWN): Demanding equal salaries with Central Govt employees Tripura teachers to go for en mass protest on April 23rd at Agartala, with their much awaiting demand for pay scale and DA hike. In a historical move, Tripura's almost all the Teachers’ Associations including CPI-M backed TGTA, CPA, TOKS and other federations including private posted teachers will raise their voice under a joint forum demanding a standard pay commission in state. After a decade long protests the "Joint Teachers’ Movement Committee" are now getting other Teachers’ Association beside them who will jointly fight against the long deprivation of CPI-M Govt. Talking to TIWN, Ranajit De, Committee President on Monday evening, he mentioned that on April-23rd there will be a mass protest before Durga Bari demanding equal pay scale of the employees.
Talking further De also said that after 3rd pay commission, till day no pay commission has been implemented by Tripura Govt, resulting huge difference between state and central govt employees.
Reportedly, Tripura Govt provides 80 % DA, whereas the central govt employees get 125 to 127 DA. Moreover, a primary teacher is given the pay scale of an LD clerk whereas graduates are treated as UD. In other states post graduates are paid like College lecturers but for Tripura the standard of a Central D scale employee is equivalent with A class gazetted officer. With this pay scale when Tripura officers go to Delhi they are kept with D-scale employees, which is a huge insult to the officer ranks as a School HM.
Manik Sarkar had planned the poor scale of teachers equaled with an LD Clerk was in the name of ‘Historical Equalization’ policy.
In the name of employees welfare Tripura Govt announced a 600 crores of budget for the employees without mentioning anything about pay hike or DA.
Already the Central Govt employees are getting the amount from 2016 since 1st January. In the Pay Commission announced by the Central Govt 125 % DA was added with the present basic salary, whereas more 30 % basic has been increased.
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