32% hike in basic pay of Haryana staff

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 26

Haryana would be the first in the country to award the Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC) benefit to its employees from January 1, 2016, Chief Minister ML Khattar announced here today.

Addressing a press conference after a Cabinet meeting, he said the state government had decided in principle to grant the benefit of the revised pay package to its employees broadly on the pattern of the pay package given by the Central Government to its employees.

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Khattar said contractual employees, such as anganwari workers and data entry operators, and those engaged under the outsourcing policy would also be benefited for which departments would submit their proposals within a week.

Also, risk allowance given to police personnel would continue up to March 31, 2017.

About 2.5 lakh employees in Group A, B, C and D will get a hike of 32 per cent over their basic pay as on January 1, 2016. Against the 32 existing grades, 21 pay levels have been prescribed of which 14 are the same as that of the Central Government. The pay matrix is simpler, easier to understand and closer to the Government of India pay structure.

By introducing only 21 pay levels, inter-departmental disparities would be settled to a large extent and the demand of Group C employees for a wage pattern akin to that of the Central Government met to a large extent. The pay of employees will be fixed uniformly by multiplying a fitment factor of 2.57.

Group D posts have been retained on the demand of employees' unions and to meet administrative needs. The pay grade of Group D (Rs 1,300 and Rs 1,400) has been merged with the higher pay grade of Rs 1,650. Their minimum pay now will be Rs 16,900.

Assured Career Progression (ACP) will be more attractive for Group C and D employees, benefiting about one lakh employees, — 40,000 in Group D and 60,000 in Group C.

The Haryana Cabinet today also approved the Haryana Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, and the Haryana Civil Services (Assured Career Progression) Rules, 2016.

It authorised the government to issue necessary instructions for disbursing arrears on account of revision of pay in a manner proposed in the report.

Meanwhile, the Haryana Government has constituted a three-member committee under the Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, P Raghavendra Rao, for revision of pension as per the recommendations of the pay commission.The other members on the committee are Anil Malik and Shrikant Walgad, IAS.