I-T dept staff to hold day-long strike today

Over 50,000 employees of the Income Tax (I-T) Department will go on a day-long countrywide strike on Thursday to press for their service-related demands.

“As no action has been taken by the CBDT on the <g data-gr-id="22">demands given</g> by the central joint action committee (of the associations), the employees have decided to go on a one-day strike tomorrow, October 8. More than 50,000 officers and staff of the department will participate in the strike as a result of which normal work in all I-T offices of the country will be stalled,” a statement issued by two major associations of the department said.

The two prominent groups – Income Tax Employees’ Federation (ITEF) and Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association (ITGOA) – represent about 97 <g data-gr-id="13">per cent</g> of the department’s workforce and have already notified the decision to the <g data-gr-id="12">apex-policy</g> making body of the department, the Central Board of Direct Taxes. The remaining three <g data-gr-id="14">per cent</g> <g data-gr-id="15">work force</g> of the department comprises of officers drawn from the Indian Revenue Service.