Agartala, Jan 11, 2023, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala Jan 11: Lower Division Clerks (LDC), appointed under Mid-day-Meal (PM-Poshan) Scheme on Wednesday placed deputation to the Director of Elementary Education pressing for the demand of increase in salary.

The members of the delegation alleged that other similar employees appointed under various other schemes are receiving higher salary than that of those under Mid-Day-Meal scheme.

Talking to the reporters, LD Clerk, Kishore Majumder said, “In November, 2012, 27 Lower Division Clerk(LDC) were appointed under Mid-Day-Meal now PM-Poshan Scheme on contractual basis with a salary of Rs 6,350”.

“After long 11 years our salaries were increased to Rs 15,262 which is insufficient to maintain livelihood in these days when prices of essential commodities are skyrocketing”, he added.

“Those Lower Division Clerks like us who are working under Sarva Shiksha and other schemes are getting double of our salaries, but we are deprived from this for long time”, said another protesting LD clerk.

The LDC under Mid-day-meal scheme employees, demanded salary as per regular LDC scale under state government at the earliest.