Haryana Government on Wednesday announced to give the benefit of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) to its employees from January 1, 2016, the date from which the employees of the Central Government have been given its benefit.
After chairing a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Manohar lal announced that Haryana would be the first State in the country to implement 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC).
The State Government has decided in principle to grant the benefit of revised pay package to its employees broadly on the pattern of the pay package extended by the Central Government to its employees based on the recommendations of the 7th CPC, he said while talking to the mediapersons.
About 2.5 lakh employees of group-A, B, C and D will get a hike of 32 per cent over basic pay as on January 1, 2016. The state exchequer would bear the burden of around `1,650 crore on account of implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission recommendations, he informed.
The Cabinet considered and approved the report of the State committee for Implementation of recommendations of 7th CPC.
The Chief Minister said the contractual employees like Anganwadi workers and data entry operators and those engaged under the outsourcing policy would also be benefitted in the same proportion in which the other employees would get the benefit of the CPC.
The State Departments have been asked to submit their proposals in this regard within a week. Also, the risk allowance of `5,000 admissible to the police personnel would continue upto March 31, 2017, whereas earlier it was admissible upto the year 2015, said he.
For the implementation of 7th CPC, a new system of pay matrix has been introduced. Against 32 existing grade pays, 21 pay levels have been prescribed of which 14 levels are same as of Government of India whereas seven are different.
About two lakh employees of Group A, B and C will have identical pay levels of matrix to that of Government of India. By introducing only 21 pay levels, inter-departmental disparities would be settled to a large extent and the demand of Group-C employees for Government of India pattern will be met to a large extent.
Group-D posts have been retained on the demand of major employees unions and the administrative needs of the State. Grade pay of Group-D `1,300, `1,400 merged with higher grade pay of `1,650 and their minimum pay will be `16,900.
Assured Career Progression (ACP) will be more attractive for Group-C and D employees. About one lakh employees, (40,000 of Group-D and 60,000 of Group-C) will be benefited due to higher ACP structure.
The CM said the Government has constituted a three-member committee under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, P Raghavendra Rao for revision of pension, as per the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission. The other two members of the Committee are IAS officers namely Anil Malik and Shrikant Walgad.
During the meeting, the Cabinet also approved Haryana Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 and Haryana Civil Services (Assured Career Progression) Rules, 2016.
The State Government has also authorised the Government to issue such suitable instructions as deemed necessary to disburse payment of arrears on account of revision of pay in a manner proposed in the report.