Complete the TSRTC merger and pay two PRC arrears to RTC workers

The manifesto highlights promised to complete the merger of TSRTC into the government and to immediately pay two pending PRC arrears to RTC workers. The legal foundation for the merger predates this government: the previous administration passed the TSRTC absorption Act and a gazette notification in 2023, absorbing about 43,373 employees as government employees. The completion of the process, including finalising equivalent posts and the pension framework, was reported to have stalled under the current government in its early period, and no approved-source evidence was found that the two PRC arrears promised to RTC workers have been paid. Because the core absorption is in place but the government's specific commitments to complete the process and clear the two PRC arrears are not evidenced as delivered, the verdict is partial. Budget: the merger carries a recurring cost borne by the state; no approved-source evidence of a specific PRC-arrears payment to RTC workers was found. [source to be replaced: process-status evidence rests on sources outside the strict approved list and should be upgraded when an approved source is available]