Mangalore, March 10: Members of the Karnataka State Government Workers' Association will hold a 'satyagraha' protest on March 15, demanding salaries in accordance with the sixth pay commission from the state government.
Addressing mediapersons at the Press Club in Mangalore on Saturday, H Sanjeeva, President of the DK district unit of the Association, said that most states in the country have implemented the sixth pay commission scale salaries for state government workers. “The Karnataka government is still paying us salaries based on the fifth pay commission. On the other hand, the neighbouring state of Kerala which is not as economically sound as our state, has implemented the sixth pay commission for its workers”, he said.
Owing to relentless appeals and efforts of the Sangha, the state government formed a remuneration committee on 15-06-2011 placing IAS officer Subir Harisingh, the Principal Secretary to the Government, as its in-charge, and has asked it to submit a report in nine months' time. The period will complete on March 15. The protest is being held to draw the government's attention towards the approaching deadline. If there is no response from the state government by March 15, the protest will be intensified, Mr. Sanjeeva said.
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