The Maharashtra government implemented the recommendations of the 7th pay commission to its employees which will benefit the officers, employees, teachers from the unaided schools and those from Zilla Parishad institutions.
Announcing the decision after the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the state finance minister, Sudhir Mungantiwar said the move will benefit as many as 20.50 lakh employees of the state government.
He, said, the employees will get arrears from the retrospective effect from 1st January, 2016 and it will be given in 5 instalments. The total amount that will be disbursed as arrears will be 38655 crore rupees.
The minister added that the arrear amount will be credited directly into the GPF account of the employees.
With the implementation of the 7 pay commission, the government will have to shell out as many as 7,731 crore rupees annually, as arrears.
Mungantiwar said, with the new pay commission coming into effect a Group ‘D’ employee will get 15,000 rupees per month, whereas those from Group ‘C’ will get 18,000 rupees per month.
He further said that the pensioners will also get a hike in their monthly pension.
