27 Nov : The Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday has decided to implement the sixth Pay Commission recommendations from 1st January 2006.In a cabinet meeting the government decided to accept the SAT Rizvi Committee’s recommendations, set up to implement the Pay Commission recommendations, UP Chief Minister Mayawati told newspersons at Lucknow on Thursday.
She said that it would benefit state government employees, including teachers of aided and technical institutions.The employees would draw the first revised salary in the month of December 2008, she said adding, 80 percent of the arrears would be deposited in the Provident Fund and 20 percent would be payable in cash.
The rates family pension, group insurance, maternity benefits, city compensatory allowance, ex gratia as well as time scale would be as per the recommendations of the Central Pay Commission.
The chief minister said that to meet the additional burden on the state exchequer due to the revision of pay scales, the government has decided to initiate some steps for generating additional revenues.It would also be cutting down on unproductive expenditure, in this regard, she added.