Orissa constitutes panel to study Sixth Pay Commission report

Orissa constitutes panel to study Sixth Pay Commission report

Last updated: 09/08/2008 02:04:01

Bhubaneswar (Orissa) :The Orissa Government has constituted a six-member fitment committee to study recommendations made by the Sixth Pay Commission before implementing it in to the state, official sources said on Sunday.

The committee is to be headed by Additional Chief Secretary cum-Development Commissioner R N Bahidar, who has been asked to submit its report within three months.

The other members of the committee are Home Secretary T. K Mishra, Agriculture Secretary U.P Singh, Water Resource Secretary Arabinda Behera, Additional Finance Secretary K.C Mishra and Finance Department Special Secretary D P Das.

Meanwhile the Sixth Pay Commission report came in to existence in the month of August and it was implemented by the Union govt. too.

Tamilnadu is the first state authority to implement it as it is prepared by the center and after that, the U.P, Himachal Pradesh and other states are implement it.

Though government employees have welcomed the state government's move to form a committee to study the recommendations, but they have rejected the time limit three month period for preparation of the final report.

The state has to take an additional burden of Rs 1,400 crore per annum after implementation of the recommendations of the Pay Commission, sources said, adding that an amount of Rs 2,100 crore would be required if the pay fixation was made effective from January 1, 2006.


Source: http://www.odishatoday.com/orissa/Orissa_constitutes_panel_070908-67844767889.html