India
pti-PTI
Puducherry
Home
and
Education
Minister
A
Namassivayam
said
on
Wednesday
that
teachers
working
in
government
aided
schools
in
the
Union
Territory
would
be
paid
salaries
as
per
the
recommendation
of
the
Central
Seventh
Pay
commission.
He
said
in
a
release
that
the
government
had
issued
the
necessary
order
effecting
the
disbursement
of
salaries
as
per
the
Seventh
Pay
commission’s
report.
Puducherry,
being
a
union
territory,
follows
the
pattern
of
salaries
and
allowances
for
employees
in
the
territorial
administration
on
par
with
the
system
prevailing
in
the
Central
sector.
There
has
been
a
demand
from
teachers
of
aided
schools
here
that
they
too
be
paid
salaries
as
per
the
Central
Pay
commission
recommendations.
A
delegation
of
teachers
of
aided
schools
called
on
the
Home
Minister
here
and
thanked
him
for
the
announcement
that
benefits
them.
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Pay
Commission:
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hiked
by
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for
central
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Meanwhile,
Chief
Minister
N
Rangasamy
told
reporters
today
that
the
government
had
instructed
the
police
department
to
zero
in
on
‘ganja’ peddlers
in
the
Union
Territory,
and
keep
a
close
vigil
on
the
alleged
sale
of
ganja
and
other
narcotics.
“We
will
also
form
a
separate
wing
in
the
police
department
to
handle
the
crime
of
ganja
sales
here,”
he
said.
Talking
about
the
spread
of
influenza
A
virus
(H3N2)
in
the
Union
Territory,
Rangasamy
said
there
was
no
need
for
panic.
“The
government
hospitals
and
primary
health
centres
are
operating
separate
booths
to
treat
those
turning
up
with
complaints
of
influenza,”
the
Chief
Minister
said,
adding
that
all
hospitals
were
fully
equipped
to
rise
to
any
exigency.
“The
Health
department
has
reported
that
the
number
of
cases
will
come
down
by
this
month
end,”
he
added.