No time frame for 7th Pay adoption

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | July 25

Deputy chief minister Yumnam Joykumar who holds the finance portfolio while replying to a joint question by opposition members K. Ranjit and Okram Henry of Congress in the Assembly today said that steps are on for implementation of the 7th pay commission.

Finance minister informed that there are around 74,200 state government employees excluding some employees working in the educational institutions, judicial services etc as per information provided by the state chief secretary led feedback committee which was set up on December 14 last year to study the feasibility of implementing the 7th pay commission.

Explaining the reason for the government’s inability for the implementation of the 7th pay at this juncture, he said the state government will have financial implications of about Rs 1768.33 crores only on salaries (without pension).

He said presently the government couldn’t pronounce the time frame, he added.

Job seekers

Labour minister Th. Radheshyam said the total number of job-seekers registered with the state employment exchanges is 8,16,888 including 2,45,305 as on January 31 this year. Those registered do not include those who are self-employed and working in private sectors.

The minister further said a person on getting a job can also register in employment exchanges as an employed person on production of no objection certificate to the effect that the employer has no objection on applying for a better job. The minister was replying to Opposition member Surjakumar Okram.

Healthcare

The health minister L. Jayantakumar told the state assembly that the state has a total of 697 doctors against sanctioned post of 1384. Of the 697, 197 are pursuing MD and MS while 40 of them are engaged in Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences.

Stating that because of shortage of doctors the minister said the government cannot provide adequate doctors at district hospitals, community health centres, primary health centres and public health sub-centres.

The minister said the government is planning to recruit 300 doctors 11 dental surgeons through Manipur Public Service Commission. Jayantakumar was replying to Congress member K. Meghachandra.

 

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Information and public relations minister Th. Biswajit told the Assembly that the information department and other departments spent Rs. 55,00,371 on advertisements. The DIPR has not made any payment while the other departments made the payment except for an amount of Rs. 34,928. The minister was replying to Surjakumar Okram.