AP employee associations demand pending DA arrears payment

Andhra Pradesh Non Gazetted Officers Association (AP NGOs) and other public sector employees today demanded the government to settle the payment of pending three instalments of DA (Dearness allowance) arrears before May 15.
About 110 government employees associations of the state held a meeting here today under the chairmanship of P Ashok Babu to discuss the long pending issues and also to bring pressure on the government to meet their demands.
Later, Babu told reporters that their prime demand is to settle the pending three instalments of DA arrears before May 15 this year, finalising the retirement age of all public sector employees on par with AP government employees at 60 years.

Other demands include regularisation of contract employees and minimum wage of Rs 10,000 for outsourcing employees in various government departments.
He said that previously government had announced to hike retirement age at 60 for all government employees but only employees of (state) government departments have the provision of retirement age of 60.
Babu said that government also failed to implement the 10th Pay Revision Commission's recommendations for public sector employees on par with Government employees.
He said most of the government employees are unhappy with state government's adamant attitude to settle their issues and particularly DA arrears.