Close on the heels of the announcement by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday regarding the implementation of Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, comes a similar announcement from the Gujarat government.
According to the government spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas , “The secretaries’ committee will submit its report to the Cabinet sub-committee , formed early this year on what the sixth pay commission may mean to Gujarat.”
The announcement was based on a suggestion to the Cabinet on Wednesday that officials must first examine the sixth pay panel suggestions before putting them into effect. Vyas said, “The official committee will submit its report to the sub-committee , which in turn will get Cabinet nod before putting the sixth pay panel recommendations into gear.”
Various State Employees’ Unions have been demanding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations ever since the central government approved the new pay scales for its five million employees.
As a consequence of the revised salaries and allowances, the central government’s wage bill is expected to increase 21 per cent on account of an additional expenditure of Rs 22,100 crore in the current financial year (2008-09). Of this, Rs 15,700 crore will be accounted for by the central government employees and Rs 6,400 crore by the railway staff.
Source: http://www.newspostonline.com
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