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.