Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram   

Unions proffer budget ideas to Minister

Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac convened a pre-budget discussion with Government employees' organisations here on Monday to gather their ideas on resource mobilisation.

The Federation of State Employees' and Teachers' Organisation described the discussion an extremely fruitful one. In a release, it said the unions used the occasion mainly to share their views with the Minister on how to tone up revenue collection and ensure financial discipline in the Government.

According to the organisation, issues concerning employees also came up at the meeting. It said that the Minister responded "creatively" to issues such as dearness allowance, group insurance scheme, housing loan and anomalies in pay revision, which the unions raised at the meeting."This is the first time that the employees' unions are being called for a pre-budget discussion," the organisation said, praising the Government's "approach".

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Increase in night-time road accidents
`Fewer soulful songs these days'
Yesudas award presented
UDF protest against price rise
Unions proffer budget ideas to Minister
Corporation employee suspended
VIP gathering
Syllabus to be reviewed
Around the City
In Thiruvananthapuram Today

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu