Overview

• More than 15,000 employees under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) in Mizoram began a three-day strike on April 15, demanding job regularisation.
• The All Mizoram CSS Employees Coordination Committee (AMCECC) is spearheading the strike, citing government inaction on implementing a regularisation scheme notified in June 2024.
• The Mizoram government insists that only workers recruited through proper procedures can be regularised, citing constitutional restrictions on illegal appointments.
• State Chief Secretary H Lalengmawia warned of severe consequences, including possible dismissals, if the strike continues, further escalating tensions.
• Workers have criticised the enforcement of the CSS Rules, 1964, and the ‘No Work No Pay’ policy during negotiations, calling these measures intimidating and dismissive of their demands.