Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, October 30
Employees working under the Centrally-sponsored Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) scheme held a pen-down strike over non-payment of salaries for the past five months in Kapurthala today.
They said it had become difficult for them to run their households in such a situation. Yadwinder Singh, one of the employees, said the Centre had 60 per cent share while the state had to contribute 40 per cent of the share. There are around 500 employees working under the scheme in the Agriculture Department.
The employees have been holding pen-down strike for around three days.
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