After BJP led State Govt has announced "Tripura Pay Matrix 2018" claiming it's the recommendation of 7 CPC based on 7 months long researched Verma Committee's report, Tripura Congress has slammed the Govt accusing "fooling the employees/pensioners in Jumla-Style". Congress leader Gopal Roy said, "It's not 7th Pay Commission but a JUMLA-Commission".

 

CPI-M State Secretary Bijan Dhar also said the same.  Bijan Dhar said, "CPI-M Govt's Pay Revision recommendation has cost Rs. 1430 crores whereas now BJP Govt's Pay Revision only to cost Rs. 912 crores"

 

Important Points on 7th CPC Press Meet (No similarity with Central scale), No DA hike, Implementation from 2018, October : 

1) Tripura State Pay Matrix 2018 subject to be condition that whatever the revised pay works out higher than the corresponding pay as per 7th CPC recommendations, as a result of application of multiplication factor of 2.57, suitable adjustments shall be made with a view of keeping parity with 7th Pay Commission recommendation. As a result multiplication factor to be slightly lower than 2.57 factor,

2) Minimum pay at the entry level of the Pay Matrix shall be Rs. 18,000 per month for Group-C and Rs. 16000 per month for Group-D,

3) Employees recruited on fixed basis against formal creation pf fixed pay posts by keeping in abeyance regular-scale posts, there shall be no change in the formula. Their pay shall be fixed at 75% of the initial pay in the relevant level of Tripura Pay Matrix 2018 and will get same benefit as regular employees,

4) Regarding daily workers/ part time workers revised pay shall be arrived by dividing the existing rates by 2.25 and then multiplying by 2.57,

5) Pensioners, family pensions of the State Govt pensioners shall also be revised using the same methodology as adopted by Revision of Pay. Minimum pension shall be from Rs. 8,000 to Rs. 1,07,450.Existing rates of additional pension shall be continue.