Sixth Pay Commission: Pay bonanza for state govt employees

Sixth Pay Commission: Pay bonanza for state govt employees

JAIPUR: With elections round the corner, it's raining goodies for state government employees.

The Raje Cabinet on Saturday gave its in-principle approval for implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for the 7.5 lakh state government employees. The Cabinet also cleared a five-day week for the employees that the chief minister had promised in her Independence Day speech.

Parliamentary affairs minister Rajendra Singh Rathore, told reporters at a briefing that the Cabinet had taken the decision to raise salaries of state government employees but did not specify when it would be implemented. He said a high-power committee would be set up to look into the matter.

Rathore also did not specify if the state government would follow the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Panel or implement the higher scales cleared by the Union government.

"We received the central notification on pay revision of central government employees only last night and did not get enough time to study the notification. The finance department is studying the notification and will take an appropriate decision." he said.

Besides higher pay, the state employees will now need to work only five days a week. Effective, September 1, their hours will be revised to 9.30 am to 6 pm, which will include a half-hour lunch break.

As a pre-poll bonanza, the Cabinet also raised the limit of medical advance for the state employees from Rs 1.2 lakh to 3 lakh and also gave its nod for availing of medical facilities in private and charitable hospitals. However, the reimbursement would be based on the rate of the same treatment in government hospitals.

The Cabinet decided in favour of a Rs 1,500-crore loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the development of basic infrastructure facilities at 32 small cities in the state.

It also cleared the new Rajasthan Nagar Palika Act 2008 under which the mayor, municipal council chairman and municipal chairman will be elected directly.

The Cabinet decided to constitute committees at various levels to decide on the installation of statutes and naming of roads.

Rathore said the Cabinet decided to earmark Rs 1 crore each for the proposed universities at Alwar, Bharatpur and Shekawati region and decided to regularise 167 junior engineers posted in the rural development and panchayati raj department.

Also, the pension of the MISA and DIR prisoners have been increased from Rs 2500 to Rs 6000. In addition, they will get an additional medical allowance of Rs 600 per month.


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