Updated
Updated · ThePrint · Aug 9
SAD's Cheema Demands Punjab Jobs White Paper as AAP Faces Recruitment, Pension Pressure
Updated
Updated · ThePrint · Aug 9

SAD's Cheema Demands Punjab Jobs White Paper as AAP Faces Recruitment, Pension Pressure

3 articles · Updated · ThePrint · Aug 9

Summary

  • Daljit Singh Cheema urged Punjab's AAP government to publish a white paper detailing the state's employment and recruitment position, saying jobless youth and serving staff both lack clear answers.
  • The SAD leader said regular employees are pressing for restoration of the Old Pension Scheme, payment of pending dearness allowance and a time-bound roadmap for unresolved service benefits.
  • Contractual, outsourced and centrally sponsored scheme workers — including MGNREGA staff — are also seeking regularisation, timely salaries, job security and better service conditions, he said.
  • Cheema called for the document to spell out vacant posts, recruitment timelines, pending DA and the status of OPS and other employee categories, framing the issue as a broader governance test for the Bhagwant Mann government.

Insights

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