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Pay Commission reference a big relief: Maken

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: The Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Ajay Maken, on Thursday said the reference to the constitution of the Sixth Pay Commission in the Presidential Address to Parliament earlier in the day had come as a great relief to lakhs of Government employees across the country.

Mr. Maken had been in the forefront of seeking the constitution of the Sixth Pay Commission and even led a delegation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to personally apprise him of the sentiments of the Government servants.

He expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister for responding to the sentiments of lakhs of employees and addressing their concerns.

The president of the National Confederation of Employees and Workers, I. A. Siddiqui, and its general secretary, S. L. Motwani, had accompanied Mr. Maken along with Jagdish Bisht, president of the Central Secretariat and Allied Officers Association.

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