There are many types of expectations from the budget of 22 lakh government employees of Himachal Pradesh. If one needs a revised pay scale as per the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, one needs a regular job. The contract workers of the state are demanding a concrete policy to reduce the contract period from 3 years to 2 years. Temporary workers are demanding to make policies or bring them on contract. At present, the state government has been giving salary to its employees on the basis of Punjab. Punjab has not yet given revised pay scales to its employees. Employees of various departments of the state are demanding to implement the old pension scheme. Apart from this, an increase of honorarium from the budget, reduction of regularization period, regularization of water guards, Anganwadi workers, Asha workers, sewing teachers, contract, period based teachers, etc. There are many expectations like policymaking.

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The state employees have been demanding from the government that they should also be linked to the central pay scale on the lines of other states of the country, Uttarakhand, and Haryana so that they can also get new pay scales on the lines of the central employees. The government is giving interim relief to the employees of the state at 21% on the basic salary in lieu of the revised pay scale. The installment of dearness allowance is being given to the employees at 14.8% of the old pay scale. The government has announced a 5% DA, but the notification has not been issued yet. The government employees are facing financial loss. Vinod Kumar, president of Himachal Pradesh Non-Gazetted Employees Services Association, says that the state's employees have expected from the state budget to issue new pay scales to 2.5 lakh employees along with central government employees. There is no point in linking the state employees with the Punjab government for the pay scale. Virendra Chauhan, president of the Himachal Government Teachers Association, says that the state budget should be increased by five percent from the previous budget for the education sector.

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It is necessary to prepare smart classrooms to improve education in the state. It is necessary to keep an eye on the expenditure of the budget in the education sector so that it can be used properly and qualitative improvement in education can be done. General Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Mangat Ram Negi said that the old pension scheme should be restored in the budget. The Punjab government has also decided. 10 thousand Anganwadi workers, 7 thousand Asha workers, mid-day meal workers, sewing teachers should be regularized in the state so that their future can be protected. Sewing teachers should be posted in the posts of Panchayat Secretaries. President of Himachal Pradesh Water Guard Association, Bali Ram said that the state budget is expected that the government will regularize the water guards, who have been serving for 14 years, and these water guards should be given a one-time exemption in educational qualification. The remaining 700 water guards can also be regularized. In this regard, on 17 February, the delegation has also met Water Power Minister Mahendra Singh. The state government has regularized 1026 water guards.

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