Haryana Power discoms have decided to allow the benefits of the seventh pay commission to their employees, effective from January 1, 2016 on the pattern notified by the State Government.
The decision will benefit about 18350 odd regular employees of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVNl) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN), said an official spokesman.
He said that the basic structure of the pre-revised has been kept intact and merged/upgraded on the analogy of State Government. The UHBVNl and DHBVNl employees will now get the revised pay from their May 2017 salaries.
The arrear for the period January 2016 to April 2017 shall be paid in June 2017. The pay revision will put an additional burden on UHBVNl and DHBVNl of Rs 14 crore per month approximately. The tentative out go of arrears of 7th Pay Revision shall be tune to Rs 224 crore approximately, he said.
The spokesman said that the minimum pay has been increased from existing Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000 per month. A fitment factor of 2.57 has been applied for pay revision of all employees and the rate of annual increment has been retained at three per cent.
In the revised pay total (18+1) pay matrix has been prescribed. The minimum pay as per the pay matrix in the revision would be Rs 16,900 per month and maximum would be Rs 2,24,100 per month, added he.