Amid agitation by over 62,000 neighborhood useful resource individuals below the Odisha Livelihood Mission over non-payment of remuneration of greater than seven months, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday alleged the Mohan Majhi authorities within the state was conspiring to cease their salaries.
BJD MLAs elevate slogans within the nicely of the Odisha Meeting, demanding the speedy launch of salaries of the Mission Shakti girls, on Tuesday. (PTI)
“I strongly condemn this. As you know more than 70 lakh women are in the Mission Shakti. We in the Biju Janata Dal have always supported to Mission Shakti women. We will continue to support them,” Patnaik instructed reporters outdoors the State Meeting on Tuesday.
Over 62,000 neighborhood useful resource individuals below Mission Shakti, financial institution mitras below panchayatiraj division, krishi mitras below agriculture division and prani mitras below animal assets division have been agitating in Bhubaneswar since Monday demanding cost of their month-to-month remuneration which was stopped in Could this 12 months. The protest, organised by the All Odisha Gram Panchayat Stage Federation (GPLF) and different supporting organisations, highlighted the plight of staff who haven’t acquired their remunerations.
Deputy chief minister Pravati Parida mentioned the difficulty was mentioned within the Meeting on Monday and nobody ought to mislead the protesters. “We will take all the steps that are in the interest of the women,” she mentioned. BJP MLA Manas Kumar Dutta alleged that the BJD was chargeable for non-payment of salaries to Mission Shakti girls because the earlier authorities had not prolonged the service settlement that expired in April 2024.
The protestors, led by Nirupama Nayak, president of GPLF, expressed their frustration over the delay in wage funds and the shortage of job safety. “We perform our duties with utmost honesty, but we are not receiving the basic salaries that are rightfully ours,” Nayak mentioned. The employees have been interesting to officers and ministers for months however have solely acquired assurances with none concrete motion.
Aishwarya Biswal, president of the Odisha BJP Mahila Morcha, mentioned the appointments made by the earlier BJD authorities have been for 5 years, which resulted in April. “Our government is deliberating on how to regularise or extend the employment period of the community resource persons and other employees,” she mentioned.
As per the rules issued by the Odisha Livelihood Mission below the panchayatiraj division of Odisha, the neighborhood useful resource individuals have been getting something between ₹6,250-10,750 each month as remuneration. The remuneration system that started in April 2019, resulted in April this 12 months and was not renewed afterwards. The Odisha Livelihoods Mission is a centrally sponsored scheme, with the Centre and state sharing funds in a 60:40 ratio. It was aimed toward assuaging poverty via rural livelihoods promotion by mobilising the poor and susceptible households into totally different neighborhood degree establishments like SHGs, federations and producer teams/organisations. Whereas the CRPs facilitate the opening of Financial savings Financial institution accounts for SHGs, the grasp e-book keepers are chargeable for sustaining the monetary accounts of Gram Panchayat Stage Federation. The financial institution mitras handle assist desks in assigned financial institution branches performing as banking correspondents. The Krishi Mitras present agricultural help to farmers, together with technical steering and provide of farm inputs whereas the prani mitras present livestock help, gather info on livestock, and put together exercise plans for interventions.
The SHG teams had turned out to be an important issue within the electoral success of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who remained in energy for twenty-four years, as he showered them with monetary package deal ranging from loans to outsourcing authorities work in numerous departments. The ladies rallied behind BJD in at the least three meeting and Lok Sabha polls.