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Two-Fold Increase In Salaries Of Punjab Govt. Employees

Pay rates will go up 2.59 occasions post converging of dearness allowance (DA) over the suggestions of the fifth Pay Commission.

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In a major bonanza for government employees, the 6th Pay Commission of the Punjab government has recommended an over two-fold increase in the salaries of all employees, with an increase in minimum pay from Rs 6,950 to Rs 18,000 per month, with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016.

Additionally, all other kinds of special pay and additions to basic pay will be adhered to. Alongside, The medical allowance for staff and pensioners will be fixed at Rs 1,000 a month. The max limit of death-cum-retirement gratuity will go up to Rs 20 lakh from 10 lakh and the dearness allowance will continue to follow the Central government’s pattern.

On a normal, there is relied upon to be an addition of 20% in the pay rates and benefits of staff. Pay rates will go up 2.59 occasions post converging of dearness allowance (DA) over the suggestions of the fifth Pay Commission.

An exertion has been made to adjust essential compensation structures with the Central government structure. While the new scales will be executed on July 1, the unpaid debts will be paid in an amazed way. 

At the point when the Punjab government is wrestling with a bothered economy, in the midst of the second flood of the pandemic, the state account office will look at the report presented by the Commission prior to sending it to the Cabinet for endorsement.



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