I will do my best on pay revision, AP CM tells employees

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday told State employees, who have been on protest mode over the past few months demanding implementation of the pay revision commission recommendations forthwith, not to have high expectations on wage revision but assured them that he would do "whatever I could do to the best of my ability."

"You should not impose additional (financial) burden on the government. Appreciate the current situation and please get practical here. Just give me 2-3 days time and see what best we can do," the Chief Minister told the employees' associations at his first-ever interaction with them.

At the same time, the Chief Minister indicated that the wage revision would encompass adjustment of the 27 per cent interim relief (being paid from July 2019), bringing little cheer to the employees.

Barring the assurance that the government was considering the release of pending five dearness allowance instalments as the first priority, the Chief Minister made no mention about the other major demands raised by the employees' associations, including the abolition of the Contributory Pension Scheme.

The State government employees have been on an agitation mode for the past few months demanding that the pay revision commission recommendations be implemented forthwith.

Besides, they raised several issues like the abolition of the Contributory Pension Scheme, release of pending DA instalments, regularisation of contract and outsourced employees, implementation of a new health insurance scheme, among others.