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Hans India
26-06-2025
- Business
- Hans India
New body for outsourcing services remains a pipe dream
Hyderabad: The proposal of establishing a separate Corporation for outsourcing services still remains on cards. But the way outsourcing employees have been shown the door in recent months has raised doubts if the State government was seriously considering such a proposal in the near future. There are some 700 outsourcing agencies in the State with about 2 lakh workforce working for the Government. The present basic pay ranges from Rs 15,600 to Rs 22,750 and the total salary between Rs 18,135 to Rs 26,439 (Basic + EPF + ESI). After deductions, the net salary ranges from Rs 13,611 to Rs 19,849. The Agency Commission and GST respectively range from Rs 3,990 to Rs 5,816. The JAC has argued that in case Corporation is established, there will be a hike of net salary from Rs 13,611 to Rs 17,601 and those getting Rs 19,849 will get Rs 25,665. 'If agencies are abolished and salaries are provided through a corporation, the salary will increase by Rs 4,000 to Rs 6,000 for each employee without burden on the government,' says Lakshmaiah Puli, state president of Outsourcing Employees JAC. 'The unavailability of any monitoring system over recruitment agencies and lack of HR Policy for outsourcing employees is leading to their exploitation and harassment by agencies'. This was the observation of Telangana Employees JAC, which in the recent months held discussions with the 3-member 'Officers Committee' to resolve employees' issues. V Lachi Reddy, Telangana Employees JAC chairman, argued that since there is no guarantee of jobs and yearly increase in payment, it was time for the government to consider coming up with the Corporation. 'There is no compensation to outsourcing employees on termination of contract or in the case of death. Many such cases have come to our notice where employees have died under stress, unable to sustain with their meagre salaries,' he pointed out in the representation submitted to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. However, official sources have pointed out that such a proposal would take time as a separate Corporation means additional burden on the Government exchequer. Moreover, the finances do not support materialisation of this type of new idea and those at the helm continue with lip service. The JAC leadership was reportedly asked not to raise issues of outsourcing employees with the government at this juncture. Despite the plan of establishment of a separate corporation for outsourcing services on the lines of AP government, the way hundreds of outsourced employees were asked to leave from different departments gives a different picture altogether. With the month of June drawing to a close, several outsourcing employees kept their fingers crossed as some or the other department workers would be losing their job. Beginning from the GST wing from April where some 95 were shown the door, the latest were workers of Degree colleges and TSGLI department, numbering around 50, who got the news just before the beginning of June. 'I was working in Mahbubnagar for Minority Welfare. Now that I lost the job, I started trying my luck in Hyderabad by trying to catch hold of influential people. Outsourced employees are losing their jobs, primarily in departments where Junior Assistants are freshly recruited,' says a former outsourcing employee working for TMREIS, on condition of anonymity. Lakshmaiah demanded that the outsourcing employees be provided job security and health security by issuing health cards. 'Employees in many departments are being removed after they have served for 15 years. It's high time the State government resolves the issue at the earliest, otherwise the lives of 2 lakh workers will be in jeopardy,' he said.
Hans India
07-06-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Employees appreciate DA hike but push for broader reforms
Hyderabad: Thanking the government for declaring two Dearness Allowances (DAs), Telangana Employees JAC Chairman V Lachi Reddy on Friday stated that the 'people's government' in the state stands by the employees. The JAC Chairman added that the government was committed to the development and welfare of employees, noting that long-pending problems were being resolved in a phased manner. He expressed happiness over the decisions taken by the state cabinet on Thursday regarding employees, thanking Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, ministers, and government officials for decisions taken on the payment of two DAs, the formation of a trust for the implementation of the health scheme, the release of Rs 700 crore every month for the payment of pending bills, the return of employees transferred during the elections to their home districts, and other issues. The Telangana Employees JAC Chairman further stated that a friendly government was operating in the state, which is why the government has formed a three-member committee headed by Naveen Mittal, comprising three IAS officers, to address employee issues, holding discussions with all employee unions in the state and taking up their requests. The JAC demanded that cashless medical treatment be provided to all employees, pending bills be released, the new pension scheme (CPS) be abolished and the old pension scheme (OPS) be reinstated, a special corporation be set up for employees of neighbouring services, and some other types of transfers be provided through 317 GO. Apart from this, it has been requested that 24 issues not immediately impacting the government exchequer be resolved first, with the remaining 14 issues that have a financial impact to be resolved in a phased manner. Employees requested that bills below Rs 10 lakh be cleared through e-Kuber, and for this, the government has agreed to clear Rs 700 crore every month, which will be of great benefit to every employee. A trust will be set up for an improved health scheme to provide cashless medical treatment through the Employees Health Scheme (EHS), and it has been stated that difficulties will not arise as the trust is designed in such a way that only senior officers and employees are members. The JAC leaders thanked Revenue Minister Srinivasa Reddy for the cabinet decision and also called for initiatives to resolve the problems of the remaining revenue employees.
