Bhubaneswar

SAIl workers' minimum pay hiked to Rs 15,830

PNS

Coming under the pressure of the National Joint Committee for Steel (NJCS) member unions including CITU, INTUC, HMS and AITUC, the SAIl management approved to enhance the minimum salary of a worker to Rs 15,830 from the present Rs 8,630 at the NJCS Pay Scale Sub-committee meeting held in New Delhi on Monday.

Accordingly, the revised salary for S1grade would be Rs 15,830-Rs 22,150, for S2 Rs 16,300- Rs 23,200, for S3 Rs 16,800 - Rs 24,110, for S4 Rs 16,900- Rs 25,540, for S5 Rs 17,000- Rs 27,540, for S6 Rs 17,100-Rs 30,070, for S7 Rs 17,200 -Rs 31,230, for S8 Rs 17,300 - Rs 32,420, for S9 Rs 17,400-Rs 35,480, for S10 Rs 17,500-Rs 42,030 and for S11 it would be Rs 17,600- Rs 43, 950. Besides, the decision of 3 per cent increment per year till 2017, car allowance from S6 grade and implementation of S12 grade would be taken soon, sources said. The trade unions also urged for a full fledge NJCS meeting to take a final decision on the pending issues.