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Kejriwal announces 37 pc wage hike in Delhi

| | Mar 04, 2017, at 08:21 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS) : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced a 37 per cent hike in minimum wages, which it claims the biggest raise for workers.

The move, announced on Friday,, was  cleared by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, media reports said.

It is the third big announcement in 24 hours by the Aam Aadmi Party Government before the three municipal corporations in Delhi.

Kejriwal has already announced that patients can go to designated private hospitals at public expense when public hospitals are too crowded.

His deputy Manish Sisodia has raised salaries of temporary teachers by 70 to 80 percent.

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