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PF, gratuity yet to be paid to ST employees: Maha minister

Kolhapur, Mar 12 (UNI) Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday informed the Maharashtra Assembly that amount of provident fund and gratuity of State Transport employees are yet to be paid.
Replying to the issue of Employees Provident Fund raised by the members Anil Parab of Shiv Sena (UBT) and Shashikant Shinde of NCP (Sharad Pawar) in the lower house, he said, “An amount of Rs 2,214.47 crore of PF and gratuity is yet to be paid. We will pay it as per the availability of funds."
He further said, “In the meantime, the ST workers went on strike. Even so, we have given a salary hike to the employees. On other hand, we have not received a single complaint regarding the provident fund. At the same time, no amount of the fund will be spent on the salaries of the employees in this way in the future."
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