Pay, health, promises; protests
Telangana’s employee unions hit the streets over DA arrears, the stuck PRC and cashless treatment gaps. The Congress government in Telangana has been “directing” reports; employees want decisions that show up in payslips and hospital desks.
Employees are seeking orders on dearness allowance, the PRC and cashless treatment.
Employees, teachers and pensioners aligned with TGEJAC staged district-level dharnas on August 27, pressing four basics: release pending DA/DR, submit the second PRC report, and make the Employees Health Scheme actually cashless at empanelled hospitals. Karimnagar saw a joint protest by employees, teachers, pensioners, labourers and Anganwadi teachers at the Collectorate; Hanamkonda’s TGOs and TNGOs rallied at the District Collectorate the same day. The unions have flagged a Hyderabad programme next — a “Chalo Hyderabad”/mahadharna proposed for September 10 if nothing moves.
What is on record: the EHS exists on paper with a portal, logins, a helpline and empanelled hospitals. The government also said in May the Chief Minister had instructed officials to submit the PRC report “immediately”. What is not on record yet: how many DA instalments are actually pending by the Finance Department’s own count, whether the PRC report has been submitted, and whether Health/EHS have fixed the cashless-treatment complaints the unions are raising.
At Hanamkonda, BRS leader T. Harish Rao backed the employees’ long list — six DAs, PRC, EHS — as a political demand; treat those numbers as his party’s charge until the departments publish the figures. TGEJAC and the Telangana Gazetted Officers’ Association both say they will escalate in Hyderabad if the government stays in press-release mode.
The unions have put their dates on the calendar. The Congress government in Telangana should put its orders on the file — and into salaries and hospital counters — or meet everyone at Indira Park on September 10.