Punjab 6th Pay Panel Recommends 2-Fold Increase For Government Employees
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The recommendations of the commission are likely to lead to an additional expenditure of Rs 3,500 crore per annum from 2016, said an official spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office.
Punjab's sixth pay commission has recommended an over two-fold jump in salaries of all state government employees, and an increase in minimum pay from Rs 6,950 to Rs 18,000 per month, with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016, an official said on Tuesday. The recommendations of the commission are likely to lead to an additional expenditure of Rs 3,500 crore per annum from 2016, said an official spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office. The average increment in salaries and pensions of employees is expected in the range of 20 per cent, with salaries in for a 2.59 times increase over the fifth pay commission recommendations, said the spokesperson. All major allowances are proposed to be revised upward, with rationalisation in certain allowances, as per the recommendations of the sixth pay commission.More Related News