New Delhi: Over 8,000 officers of the country's largest power generation company, NTPC, will go on a Japanese style of protest from Tuesday demanding streamlining of their wages, by working more - 12 hours instead of their stipulated eight hours.
Secretary- General, of NTPC Executives' Federation of India (NEFI) Rakesh Pandey said, "this step has been done to draw the attention of Government for resolution of their long standing and just demands."
The officers are demanding merger of 50 per cent DA with basic pay from January 1, 2005. They have demanded financial autonomy to Public Sector Units in respect to salaries perks and allowances for their employees and removal of monetary ceiling on payment of gratuity.
The officers also staged a protest on August 1-2 and submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 17 signed by employees of Coal India, Singreni Coal Company, SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) and NHPC (National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd).
The protest has been represented by a total 46,000 officers from these PSUs.
"It is ironic that having extended the benefit of merger of 50 per cent DA with basic pay to its own employees, the government is dragging its feet when it comes to giving the same benefit to the employees of PSUs," said Rakesh Pandey.
"The financial burden arising on this account is to be borne by the individual PSUs and not by the government of India," Pandey added.
Demanding similar pay parity oil PSUs will also go on a strike on September 5.
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