The government has ruled out payment of salary based on the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations to employees of loss-making statutory bodies.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy said the demand made by employees working in loss-making public sector undertakings and societies was not acceptable to the government.
In the case of employees of profit-making corporations and societies, the Chief Minister said they would get the pay commission recommended salary after the Centre provided assistance. The government had sought ₹540 crore from Union government to make up for the shortfall arising out of pay commission implementation.
Despite financial constraints, the administration had implemented the Commission’s recommendations to government employees.
Appealing to the employees of public sector undertakings not to resort to unlawful protests, he said the government would take stern action against those indulging in violence.
The government had been providing budgetary support to the loss-making units, he said, but the present demand for salary was unreasonable.
Coming down heavily on AINRC for staging a walkout in the Assembly over non-implementation of welfare measures, he said former Chief Minister N. Rangasamy was solely responsible for the mess in PSUs. Just to satisfy his constituency, the AINRC chief employed men overlooking rules and vacancies. This, he said, caused a huge strain on the finances of PSUs.
