APJAC urges govt. to fulfil pending demands

The Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee (APJAC) has urged the state government to address long-standing demands, including pay revisions and the release of pending dearness allowances. Employee representatives stated that staff are in distress due to the lack of government response over the past several years.
Why it matters
This reflects the ongoing labor tensions between public sector employees and state governments regarding compensation and economic benefits.
Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee (APJAC) of employees, teachers and pensions, have appealed to the government to fulfil their long pending demands.
Addressing State executive committee meeting of the APJAC in Vijayawada on Saturday, committee’s State president A. Vidya Sagar and secretary general K.S.S. Prasad, appealed to the government to appoint Pay Revision Commission (PRC), announce Interim Relief (IR), and Dearness Allowances (DAs) which were pending for several years.
Stating that five DAs were pending and pay revision was done eight years back, Mr. Sagar urged the government to respond to the demands immediately.
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