Meeting of the Employees of Agriculture Department

          A meeting of the employees working in the Agriculture Department was held at Port Blair today (19.07.2014) under the chairmanship of Shri Mahanand Biswas.  The employees expressed their willingness to join the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association and accordingly decided to form a Sub-Committee of the Association in the name and style Agriculture Department Sub-Committee. The meeting discussed in detail the issues to be included in the Memorandum for the 7^th Central Pay Commission to be submitted by the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association in respect of Agriculture Department.  

          Addressing the employees, Shri D. Ayyappan, General Secretary of the Association said that the central government’s proclaimed policy of privatisation and outsourcing of government work will go against the interest of   government employees. The ban on creation of posts and recruitment in central government services lead to increasing unemployment among educated youths while the employees are denied of their legitimate promotion to higher posts.    Shri HL Prasad, Vice President of the Association called upon the employees of Agriculture Department to organise themselves under the banner of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association to achieve their various demands.  Shri TS Sreekumar, Asst. General Secretary assured the employees that their issues will be taken up by the Association in a proper manner.    Shri Sanjeev Kumar Singh also addressed the meeting.