Overview
- Senior ministers met representatives of AP JAC Amaravati and other associations to review a consolidated memorandum of 23 demands from government employees.
- The government has scheduled a Joint Staff Council meeting to put those demands before the Chief Secretary and to seek input from the finance minister before final action.
- Unions are asking for release of pending arrears, payment of dearness allowance instalments and implementation of Pay Revision Commission recommendations.
- Ministers have appealed to employees to defer planned agitation while consultations continue and said the meeting could be moved earlier if needed to speed a resolution.
- Officials said the state will hold similar, issue-specific consultations with other employee organisations and that any settlements will be weighed against the state’s fiscal limits.