AN eMAIL RECEIVED FROM MY FRIEND Mr RAJA ACHARYA GIVES A GLIMPSE OF LACKLUSTRE ATTITUDE OF THE GOVERNMENT TOWARDS ITS EMPLOYEES WHO WORK FOR DAY AND NIGHT AND KEEPS INDIA MOVE UNINTERRUPTEDLY. FROM LAST TWENTY YEARS THE EMPLOYEES OF IMD WHO WORK FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS IN FOUR SHIFTS GET A MEAGRE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME AT THE RATE OF 18.10 PER HOUR. THIS MEANS THAT FOR Ex. A PERSON IN 'NIGHT(12 Hrs)' SHIFT HAS TO CONTINUE FOR 'MORNING(06 Hrs)' THE TOTAL DUTY HOURS IS EIGHTEEN BUT THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME PAID (IF AT ALL PAID-AFTER SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS) IS Rs108/- AND THAT TOO TAXABLE, BUT THE DAILY WAGES MESSENGER GETS Rs155/- FOR CARRYING MET./RADAR Etc. REPORTS. WHAT A SHAME THAT GRADUATE (B Sc) ARE PAID LESS THAN 10th FAIL. BUT THE FOLLOWING RTI QUERY GIVES A RAY OF HOPE OF IMPROVEMENT IN OVERTIME ALLOWANCE AND NIGHT DUTY ALLOWANCE FOR THE STAFF IN SHIFT DUTIES.
Milind Phadke
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