Leaders of the Andhra Pradesh United Teachers’ Federation (APUTF) have urged the State Government to ensure payment of their salaries on the first day of every month and release the pending arrears worth ₹18,000 crore immediately.
At a press conference, here on Saturday, the APUTF State president N. Venkateswarlu and general secretary K.S.S. Prasad said that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, ahead of the 2019 Assembly elections, had promised payment of salaries and DAs and an improved Pay Revision Commission (PRC). However, after nearly four years in power, government employees were being paid their salaries on the 17th day of every month, the DAs were not being announced in time and even if they were announced, they were not paid on time, they alleged.
They further recalled that in a Joint Staff Council meeting held on August 24, Ministers had assured the representatives of various employees’ unions that all pending arrears would be paid by September, but failed to keep their word.
