The National Informatics Centre (NIC), an organisation of scientists and Information Technology (IT) professionals that constitute the Government’s technical backbone, has threatened a nationwide strike that could cripple “official IT infrastructure” indefinitely over what insiders termed the Centre’s “doublespeak” on their welfare.
Over 200 NIC employees staged at protest at the CGO Complex here on Friday demanding the resolution of various internal lacunae that ranged from delayed promotions and the lack of clear mandate defining its role to the lack of flexible working timings and a Director General at the helm of the organisation.
“As many as 3,500 of our employees posted across the country have provided the technical wherewithal and expertise to various Government projects such as the Central Government’s Mygov platform and now the Digital India initiative – but have received more than a raw deal in return,” said Sreejith NP, Scientist B, NIC. The Government had assured the NIC that their concerns would be discussed on Monday failing which the union of NIC officials had decided to go ahead with a nationwide strike.
