Employees protest; September 10 gets pencilled in
Telangana government employees, teachers and pensioners protested across the state over pay, health cover and retirement benefits. A larger Hyderabad mobilisation is proposed if the government continues to treat deadlines as decorative.
Employees’ groups have proposed a larger Hyderabad mobilisation on September 10 over pending pay, health and retirement-benefit demands.
Telangana government employees, teachers, pensioners and other employee groups held protests at district collectorates and other locations on August 27, with a gathering at Hyderabad’s Indira Park, according to a report on the demonstrations. Their demands include implementation of the second Pay Revision Commission, release of six pending dearness allowance instalments, functioning Employee Health Scheme services, restoration of the Old Pension Scheme, and settlement of pending bills and retirement benefits.
TGEJAC chairman M. Jagadeeshwar said, “Yet, the issues remain unresolved. The employees are very angry with the State government.” The committee has proposed a larger Hyderabad mobilisation on September 10 if the demands remain unresolved. The second PRC’s reported deadline is September 30.
The government’s own records show movement, but not resolution: its EHS portal lists a June 29 order for a 1.5% basic-pay/basic-pension contribution, while Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said in January that he had signed a DA file costing ₹225 crore a month and cited ₹11,000 crore in outstanding employee-benefit dues. The deadline, unlike the dues, is still waiting to be paid.