Sixth Pay Commission to increase 30 pc hike for government employees


Team Udayavani, Feb 1, 2018, 10:58 AM IST

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Sixth Pay Commission on Wednesday submitted its first report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recommending a 30 per cent hike in basic salary including for pensioners.

The report is said to be placed in the next cabinet meeting and the cabinet is expected to approve the same since the elections are approaching. According to the report, there are 5.2 lakh state government employees, 5.73 pensioners and 73,000 employees working in aided institutions.

Previously, the recommendation stated that the government employees will have minimum pay of Rs.17,000 and maximum will be Rs.1,50,600 and allowances whereas for the pensioners minimum pension will be Rs.8,500 and Maximum pension will be Rs.73,000 per month besides dearness allowances.

The additional expenditure to the state government due to the revision of pay, allowances and pensions as recommended by Commission is estimated at Rs 10,508 crore per year. The retirement age however remains 60 years and the minimum qualifying service for voluntary retirement will be reduced from 15 years to 10 years while the eligibility for receiving full pension will be reduced to 30 years from the previous 30 years.

The maximum limit of death cum retirement gratuity will be increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh. The Commission has also recommended payment of additional pensions of 20 per cent to 100 per cent for to all pensioners aged above 80 years.

Chief Minister also said that the commission was constituted eight months back. The state has submitted its first report after consulting the neighbouring states and after considering the recommendations of the Central Pay Commission.

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