BHUBANESWAR, Feb. 27 -- Leader of Opposition (BJP) Pradipta Kumar Naik on Wednesday demanded in the State Assembly that outsourcing and contractual appointment in various Government jobs be stopped at the earliest.

"As per the Supreme Court direction, employees should get equal pay for equal work. However, the Government is violating the order by appointing employees on contractual and outsourcing basis. It is very difficult on parts of qualified teachers in schools, lecturers in colleges and other contractual employees to manage their families at a very low amount of salary. Thus contractual and outsourcing systems should be withdrawn at the earliest," demanded Naik.

He demanded that a House Committee be formed to look into the matter. ...