Government Employees  

The Kerala government has decided to grant pay to those who participated in the nationwide strike on January 8 and 9. 

 
 

Palaniswami appealed to teachers who went on strike under the banner Joint Action Council of Tamil Nadu Teachers' Organisation Government Employees Organisations (JACTO-GEO) and have demanded scrapping of the contributory pension scheme and reverting to the old pension plan, payment of arrears and addressing anomalies in pay. 

Kerala high court ordered state government not to force women under the age of 18 to participate in the women's wall. Also, there are reports that government employees are scared whether they will face transfers and other challenges if they say no to participating in the women's wall
 

While Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said no one can ban RSS shakhas, Congress leader Digvijay Singh the ban already existed in Central government buildings. Congress's manifesto for Assembly polls vows to ban the same.
 

The proposal to deduct a month’s salary of government employees for the flood relief fund has resulted in opposition from various quarters