Extending a largesse to state employees, the UP government on Saturday announced to implement the revised pay scale band for Class IV employees as recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission.
The decision, which will benefit three lakh Class IV employees, was taken in the meeting of the state cabinet presided by Chief Minister Mayawati here today.
The pay committee, which was set up by the state government in early 2007 to study and suggest measures for the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission report, had recommended pay band of Rs 4470-7440 and grade pay of Rs 1,400 for Class IV employees.
The UP government, however, on the patterns of the Center today decided to give the pay band of of Rs 5,200-20,200 and grade pay of Rs 1,800 to Class IV employees of the state. The UP government had announced to implement the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission for state employees in August 2007 and the decision was formally implemented from December 2007.Along with the Sixth Pay Commission benefit, the state government accepting the recommendations of the Pay commission has decided to ban further recruitment in Class IV and declared it as a dying cadre. In future, the duties discharged by Class IV employees will be outsourced. Continue reading 3 lakh Class IV employees to get benefit of 6th pay panel
Chaos prevailed for over five hours on the two-kilometre stretch of Vidhan Sabha Marg and Ashok Marg in Lucknow’s Hazratganj area, following violent clash between the police and state employees on Thursday. Following this, teachers and employees of several government departments across the state decided to go on an indefinite strike to protest against police lathicharge on the protesting employees.
Six employees reportedly have sustained critical injuries in the lathicharge, said B P Mishra, president of teachers-employees’ joint front. Continue reading Govt employees clash with police in Lucknow, six injured
In an attempt to make bureaucracy accountable, a radical system of assessment has been mooted by an official panel allowing government servants to be sacked after 20 years of service if they are found unfit to continue.
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The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) headed by senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily recommended unprecedented and far-reaching changes in the service rules of government servants and suggested two intensive reviews to make civil servants accountable.
The first of its kind report in 150 years suggests far-reaching recommendations, including removal of non performing bureaucrats and perhaps even a formal degree in public policy.
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