KOCHI, April 11, 2015
Akshaya staff to strike work
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
The Association of IT Employees (CITU) has called for a token strike involving Akshaya workers on April 13 to protest against a decision by the authorities concerned to cut the service charge for renewal of election identity card and Aadhaar seeding.
A State convention of Akshaya workers has decided not to undertake registration for the election identity card and the Chief Minister’s people’s contact programme.
“They will also not receive Aadhaar registrations on April 13 as part of the strike,” said A. D. Jayan, general secretary of the association, here on Friday.
‘Meagre fees’
Mr. Jayan said the authorities had cut down the service charge for registration and renewal of election identity card from Rs. 25 to Rs. 10.
The government has also not made any commitment on increasing the Rs.10 collected as service fee from people attending the Chief Minister’s mass contact programme for preparing their complaint besides scanning it and taking its printout.