The Punjab government has issued a Press Release 15 Percent Disparity Reduction Allowance. So, all provincial govt employees are happy after this decision. They are protesting in Lahore. Therefore, the government has decided to give 15% DRA to employees.
However, the AGEGA has started to protest on 15th March 2022. There were AGEGA and other many associations in Lahore. So, they were protesting in front of the Punjab secretariat.
Press Release 15 Percent Disparity Reduction Allowance Punjab
In addition, the services and general administration department has issued a letter on 15th March 2022. Therefore, S&GAD issued this letter for secretaries and Rehman Bajwa. So, the subject of this letter was the redressal of grievances of protesting govt employees.
In other words, the government has scheduled a meeting between govt secretaries and employees on 16th March 2022. The government has decided to discuss on demands of these protesting employees in front of the secretariat.
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So, this meeting was held at 11 AM today in the additional chief secretary committee room. At last, success was there in the form of press release.
Before that, please download the letter given below.
Press Release:
This press release was generated on 16th March 2022 after employees protested in Lahore today. Therefore, the chief secretary has initiated a committee of secretaries of different departments. They hear the grievances of these employees.
After this meeting, they agreed on a few points which are given in the following press release.
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- The government has decided to pay 15% DRA on running basic pay for Punjab govt employees. So, they allowed the payment from 1st March 2022. Therefore, the finance department will initiate the process to approve the summary from the cabinet.
- Eligibility criteria for special allowance @25% in 2021.
- Pay and service protection case within 30 days.
- Upgradation of LHWs Lady Health Workers within 30 days.
- The SED will analyze the up-gradation of the Lab-attendants case in the relevant forum.