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The final report of the seventh pay commission recommended a 27.5 per cent hike in basic pay to all state government employees. The minimum wage of government employees will increase to Rs 27,000 per month from Rs 17,000 if the report gets implemented.
Seventh pay commission submits its final report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: The Seventh Pay Commission on Friday submitted its final report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recommending a 27 per cent hike in basic pay of Karnataka Goverment employees. The pay commission was headed by former chief secretary K Sudhakar Rao, commission members PB Ramamurthy, Srikanth B Vanahalli, and chief minister’s economic advisor Basavaraj Rayareddy were present when the final report was submitted to Siddaramaiah.
“Seventh Pay Commission has submitted its final report recommending a 27.5 per cent hike on the basic pay of government employees. As per the recommendation, the report has recommended increasing the minimum salary of government employees from Rs 17,000 to Rs 27,000 per month. The state finance department will study the report and the final decision will be taken after that,” Siddaramaiah said speaking after receiving the final report.
An interim hike of 17 per cent has already been announced
The Chief Minister said that the government has already released an interim hike of 17 per cent on basic pay to all state government employees. Around 12 lakh government employees and retired employees would benefit if the final report gets implemented, Tv9 Kannada reported.
Seventh pay commission’s final report implementation likely to be delayed
The Election Commission of India is announcing dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election on Friday. After the election date announcement, the code of conduct will come into effect. The state finance department will take a few days to go through the Seventh Pay Commission’s final report, so the implementation of the final report is likely to be delayed.
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