State govt makes pro-employees announcement; Unions withdraw protest

Gandhinagar: The state government has decided to immediately implement the remaining allowances of the 7th pay commission for the employees of the state government, declared state government spokesperson Jitubhai Vaghani.

CM Bhupendra Patel had formed a committee of five leaders for resolution of the issues of the state government employees. The committee consisted of finance minister Kanu Desai, education minister Jitu Vaghani, minister of state for gram vikas Brijesh Merja, state home minister Harsh Sanghavi and minister of state for trade Jagdish Panchal.

State government spokesperson Jitu Vaghani declared that the remaining allowances of the 7th pay commission will be executed immediately as per the standards of the central government. The employees recruited before 1st April 2005 will be included in GPF and Old Pension Scheme. The state government has decided to increase the CPF to 14 percent from 10 percent. The higher pay scale of 10,20,30 like central government employees will be given to the state government employees. The medical allowance will be given Rs 1000 instead of Rs 300.

The female employees will be eligible to get six month maternity leave from the date of actual date of recruitment without considering the duration of job. The financial aid for the death of government employees on duty is increased to Rs 14 lakh from Rs 8 lakh.

Gujarat Rajya Karmachari Mahamandal and Sanyukt Morcha office bearers have decided to withdraw the agitation related programs considering the decisions made by the state government. DeshGujarat