Delayed, dedcuted salaries: Employees of Sewa Kendras across Punjab to stage protest

August 1, 2025

Today, employees of all the  Sewa Kendras (service centers) across Punjab are staging a protest outside the offices of administrative officers in their respective cities. Due to which, people will have to face a lot of problems in getting their work done. There are a total of 41 service centers in Ludhiana, which will remain completely closed today. Let us tell you that in total there are over 540 Sewa Kendras in Punjab.

More than 300 employees work in 41 service centers of Ludhiana. Today, all the employees will join the protest. This protest will be held outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office at around 10 am.

Employees are upset due to salary cuts – Gurpreet Singh

District Service Center Union President Gurpreet Singh said that the salary of the employees is always delayed by 2 months. Even the salary that comes after delay of 2 months, some deductions are made. He added that the salary of each employee is Rs 10500, but after deductions, it comes down to Rs 2800 to Rs 3200.

Talked to the management many times but there is no response from them. It is always said that you will get an email, but no email comes. All the employees are working continuously without any leave.