AGARTALA, Jan 30 (TIWN): With 17 charters of demands Tripura Government Employees association (TGEA) on Saturday placed deputation before Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. The deputation was followed by a gathering before the RS Bhavan.

The demands include economic demands, authority’s demands and genuine demands.

The economic demands mention to cancel the recommendation of the 7th pay commission against the interest of the employees and to implement it in the state along with its introduction by the centre, to give the pending DA, to provide one increment as training incentive, introduce hazard allowance for risky jobs, to create new vacancies and immediate recruitment in vacant posts, to set up districts and sub division treasury, to set up nursing college in the state, to provide reimbursement and total medical expense even in case of Group-D, pay scale on regular basis to fixed pay employees after 3 years of job instead of 5 years include them in LTC,GPF and Group insurance and medical imbursement opportunity if referred to other state for medical purpose, proper transportation for the employees of sports and youth Affairs adjacent to secretariat, Gorkhabasti office complex and Badarghat stadium, to regularize the home guards who are working since 20 to 30years on daily payment and to introduce pension for them.

The authoritative demands are to cancel article 310and 311 (2) (b) (c) of the constitution, reject PFRDA Act and to stay benefit pension scheme applicable.

Among the genuine demands there are repression of militant activities to prevent communalism, separatism and religious fundamentalism.

To complete the extension of railway line up to sabroom in the state and to complete broad gauge conversion on scheduled time to prevent price hike of essential commodities to reject the decision of subsidy in case of fertilizer seeds, pesticides and irrigation towards the interest of farmers, to take initiative to prevent crime against women and protect women empowerment and others.

However, with 17 charters of demands the TGEA on Saturday staged mass deputation before Chief Minister Manik Sarkar