The disabled employees of the Assam Government have alleged that they are getting a raw deal from the Government and despite repeated requests, the concessions and benefits given to the Central Government employees are not given in the state as yet. The disabled employees made it clear that they are keen on working like any other employee and the only thing they want is certain privileges to overcome their disabilities.The State Government Disabled Employees’ Parishad recently submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister highlighting the discrepancies and sought his intervention in this regard. The Parishad had earlier submitted a memorandum to the Sixth State Pay Commission enlisting their demands but most of the demands were not granted by the Commission.The Parishad, in the memorandum to the Chief Minister, said that the 6th Central Pay Commission provided disability allowance of Rs 1,000 per month, but in case of State Government, the Pay Commission only granted the same allowance of Rs 500 per month.The memorandum said that the child care allowance for the disabled employees should be increased to Rs 2000 from Rs 500 and the quota in the State Government jobs for disabled persons in Government jobs should be increased from three percent to six percent. The memorandum said that the interest subsidy of four percent recommended for disabled persons to procure disabled friendly vehicles is not at all adequate as the cost of such vehicles is much higher due to the modifications required.Members of the Parishad said that in its memorandum to the 6th State Pay Commission, it had demanded several other concessions required for the disabled persons but most of the demands were not met. The Parishad demanded that the disabled employees should be exempted from professional tax and the disabled persons should be provided with quarters near their work place. If the Government is not able to provide quarters to the disabled employees near the work place, they should be provided additional house rent allowance, the Parishad demanded. The Parishad further demanded that the disabled employees should be given 24 casual leaves a year instead of 15 and they should be exempted from certain duties like election duties. The disabled employees should be provided LTC in every two years to enable them to go for regular medical check up outside the state and they should be allowed to travel in ASTC buses at concessional rates. But the Parishad alleged that most of the demands are not met by the State Government and the Pay Commission also failed to make such recommendations.
GUWAHATI, Jan 7 –
Source URl:-http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jan0810/at012
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