Bengaluru: In what could be a pre-poll bonanza for government employees in the state, the sixth pay commission set up by the Karnataka government has recommended a 30% hike in the basic salary for government employees. The committee headed by former IAS officer Srinivasa Murthy submitted its report to the chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday also recommending an equal hike for pensioners in the state.
"We came up with these recommendations comparing it with central government pay scale and also that of neighbouring states. We have recommended that these revisions be notionally effected from July 1, 2017 and the financial benefit of it be paid from April 1, 2018. Now it's up to the state government to take decisions on it," said Srinivasa Murthy.
The report is expected to be tabled in the upcoming state cabinet. The revision of pay and allowances now recommended by the sixth pay commission will be the eleventh pay revision for employees since the formation of the state in 1956 and will cost the state government an additional Rs 10,508 crore per year. The existing pay and allowances were last revised with effect from April 1, 2012. The state government employees estimated by the report is about 5.20 lakhs and pensioners expected to be benefited from this are numbered around 5.73 lakhs.
Here are ten key recommendations of the committee:
- Increase of 30% in the pay of government employees numbering about 5.20 lakhs
- Increase in pension of retired employees of the state government aided institutions and local bodies as also of family pensioners by 30%
- The minimum pay in revised pay scales will be Rs 17,000 and the maximum pay Rs 1,50,600 plus allowances
- After revision, the minimum revised pension will be Rs 8,500 with the maximum pension fixed at Rs 75, 300 per month plus dearness allowance
- Family pension will have an upper limit of Rs 45,180 per month with dearness allowance
- Revised pay of employees will involve increasing the basic pay of each employee as on 1.7.2017 by 30% and then adding the dearness allowance of 45.25% payable from that date
- Present age of retirement of government employees at 60 years to continue
- Minimum qualifying service for voluntary retirement be reduced from the present 15 years to 10 years and the eligibility for receiving full pension be reduced from the present 33 years to 30 years
- The Commission has recommended payment of additional pensions to all pensioners aged above 80 years
- The Commission has also recommended an increase of subsidy for the purchase of motorized/mechanical vehicles for differently-abled employees from the present Rs 25,000 to Rs 40,000. The educational allowance for handicapped children of employees is proposed to be doubled from Rs 500 per month per child to Rs 1000 per month per child
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