NGOs' Association Condemns Rail Freight Charge hike

A General Body meeting of the Information Technology Cadre Sub-Committee of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association was held at Port Blair today (21.06.2014) in which various issues of employees belonging to the IT Cadre were discussed.  The meeting among other things discussed the issues of IT Cadre employees to be included in the Memorandum of the Association for the 7^th Central Pay Commission.  Addressing the meeting, Shri D. Ayyappan, General Secretary expressed concern over the sudden increase in the freight charges by the Indian Railway and said that this will be bound to increase the prices of all the items in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.   He demanded the central government to reconsider the freight charge hike.  Shri SL Vinjit and Shri Ikhlak Ali also addressed the meeting.