Gujarat govt staff, pensioners to get Rs 3279.79 crore arrears of 7th pay panel

Gandhinagar:

The Gujarat government will pay the arrears of the seventh pay commission to its employees and pensioners in 3 installments during March, May and July this year, Dy CM cum Finance Minister Nitin Patel informed today.

The payment of arrears will put an additional burden of Rs 3279.79 crores on the exchequer, Patel informed in the assembly today.

Of this the the arrears for salary would be of Rs 2258.34 crores while that of pensioners would be Rs 1021.45 crores.

The Gujarat Government had approved the implementation of the recommendations of 7 th pay commission in the state with the retrospective effect of January 1, 2016 in August that year under which over eight lakh employees and pensioners of the state government, panchayats and grant in aid institutions got benefits from the month of August and the seven months arrears (since January) was decided to be paid later in 3 installments.

The implementation had itself put an additional annual burden in excess of Rs 8500 crore on the state exchequer.

The recommendations had benefit over 4.65 lakh Gujarat government, panchayat and grant in aid institution employees and more than 4.12 lakh pensioners.

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