Journalists meet MP governor over Wage Board issue

Bhopal, Mar 25: Madhya Pradesh Governor, Rameshwar Thakur, today assured that he would take up the issue of delay in the notification of G S Majithia Wage Board report for journalists and non-journalists with the Centre.

A delegation of PTI and UNI journalists and non-journalists met the Governor and submitted a memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, demanding immediate notification of the Wage Board report.

The Governor, after hearing about the problems faced by the employees of the fourth estate, specially in view of rising inflation, assured to take up the matter with the Centre.

The Wage Board report was submitted on December 31, 2010 to the Centre, but it has not yet been notified.

PTI