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New Indian Express
5 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Odisha Revenue Clerks' Association stages protest over hike in pay
BARIPADA: The Odisha Revenue Clerks' Association in Mayurbhanj district has launched an indefinite strike from Monday over its 10-point charter of demands in front of the collector's office in Baripada. Their demands include raising the basic pay of district-level revenue clerks to Level-9 under ORSP-2017 rules, creating new posts and restructuring the system based on data submitted by district collectors, granting 100 per cent promotion opportunities within the Odisha Revenue Service cadre, providing skill enhancement training to new revenue assistants, and replacing the New Pension Scheme with the Old Pension Scheme. The association accused the state government of delaying the fulfillment of their long-pending demands and showing a 'step-motherly attitude' towards district-level revenue clerks. It said that it had earlier sent multiple representations to the government, held discussions at various levels, and met officials through different channels. When no concrete action was taken, clerks had resorted to wearing black badges while on duty as a symbolic protest. With no response from the government, the association began a complete work stoppage from Monday. They have warned the strike will continue, with peaceful protests, until all demands are met. They submitted a memorandum to Mayurbhanj collector Hemakanta Say, who assured that he would look into the matter.
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Govt forms 16-member panel to ensure Kotia's development
1 2 3 4 Bhubaneswar: To usher in development in Kotia, the govt on Thursday formed a committee that will help define the structure of an umbrella agency which will work to ensure progress in the region while also propagating Odia language, literature, tradition, culture and festivals in the disputed gram panchayat that both Odisha and Andhra Pradesh claim to be their own. The 16-member committee, to be headed by revenue and disaster management minister Suresh Pujari, will define the special agency's structure, hierarchical and funding pattern, and convergence of schemes. It will also conduct a comparative analysis of schemes offered by Andhra and recommend measures for Kotia's development to chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, an order issued by the revenue and disaster management department stated. Additional chief secretary (revenue), Deoranjan Kumar Singh, will be the member convenor of the inter-departmental committee, which will include secretaries of home, law, rural and ST/SC development among others. A govt officer said the committee is the outcome of a meeting chaired by the chief minister on Kotia on April 22 when the govt decided to form a single agency headed by an officer belonging to the Odisha Administrative Service or Odisha Revenue Service with an independent office for the development of Kotia. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Добро пожаловать в Аравию SAUDI Забронировать Undo The dispute over 21 of 28 gram panchayats in Kotia dates back to the 1960s. The Supreme Court on March 30, 2006, had disposed of a suit filed by Odisha in 1968, stating that Parliament alone can determine the territorial jurisdictions of states and ordered status quo till then. The panchayats have a population of around 5,000.
