Pant’s assurance to staff over perks

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, August 5

Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prakash Pant has assured the agitating state government employees of sympathetic consideration of their demand for salary and other perks at par with the Central government employees.

Talking to mediapersons shortly after holding talks with a delegation of state government employees association, Prakash Pant held that the state government employees’ demand would be taken up for consideration in earnest. After that all the suggestions would put before the Cabinet. He apprised that the facility of U- health card as per the concerns raised by the employees will also be done at the earliest.

The finance minister said that it had also been agreed upon in the meeting that an early decision would be taken on the issues such as option of place of posting of their choice be given to the employees in their last year of their service before retirement.

Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh, Secretary Finance Amit Negi and state government employees association’s convener Naveen Kandpal were prominent present during the meeting.