Annoyed over assurances of contract increase, over 1,500 enumerators of the Planning, Economic, Statistics department demanding increase of contract started indefinite strike here from Tuesday at the Neelam Palak under the banner of MP contractual employee and officers Mahasangh.
Notably, on recommendations of thirteenth Commission about 1510 enumerators have been appointed through MP Online in the state in birth and death registrar office, economic census, NSSO survey, Employment – unemployment survey, Vaseline survey and other important works. The department ended contract period of all the enumerators while closing the financial year on March 31, 2015 and did not issued any extension of contract orders.
After that the enumerators carried out demonstrations and agitations and even rounded off the bungalow of minister concerned following that Planning and Statics Economics department sent a proposal to extend their contract to the state government and finance department. The department mentioned in its proposal that department need services of these enumerators because in absence of them work of the department is getting affected. Keeping this in mind the contract period of these enumerators should be increased. It has been a year that the proposal is under consideration and whenever senior officials of the department and minister are approached it is assured that that soon action would be taken over the proposal but till now no order has been issued over that.
This has spread discontent in the enumerators and forced them to go on indefinite strike.
President of the Mahasangh Ramesh Rathore informed that if no action is taken on their demands within three days than they would start strike till death.