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Price hike hits markets in Durga Puja : 7th Pay Commission rumour fueled commodity price further
TIWN Oct 16, 2018
Price hike hits markets in Durga Puja : 7th Pay Commission rumour fueled commodity price further
PHOTO : Market price hits markets in Agartala. TIWN Pic Oct 16

AGARTALA, Oct 16 (TIWN): Even though 7th Pay Commission has been a far reality for Tripura employees, pensioners, but due to rumour ongoing on 7th Pay Commission price hike has hit the market. On Saptami Day, fruits to vegetable all items prices went high whereas cabbage price crossed 120. Whereas only 0.32 factor was hiked for employees merely with 14.2% hike in salaries, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb and party continue to lie that Govt is done with 7th Pay Commission. As a result in market rates of commodities have been increased more, whereas Govt employees are unable to make shopkeepers to understand that 7th Pay Commission has not been given. CM however mentioned, due to fund crisis followed by CPI-M regime of 25 years, BJP Govt could not implement various allowances for employees. But in Verma Committee report it has been clearly said that since 2014 fund deprivation started with Tripura and thus no Govt could implement 7th Pay Commission. Shockingly Verma Committee has said that since 2014 (Modi Govt) the funding decreased.

Committee report says, "It is observed that the receipt from the Central Government started falling after 2014-15 and obviously it has severely affected the finances of the State Government. Under these circumstances the options for the State Government were limited to

reduce the development expenditure and avoid any further expenditure on salaries". Thus there is no doubt that Modi Govt created economic blockade for Manik Sarkar's Govt and even after change in Govt in state nothing has been changed. 

"State's Own Revenue Receipt is about 20 % of the total receipt of the State which indicates heavy dependence on funds under Revenue Deficit Grant/ Share of Union Taxes, There is not much increase in the Non Plan Gap Grant and the FC Grant during the years 2015 to 2018", said the Committee report revealing how Tripura was fooled in taxing by the Modiu Govt.

However, the Govt employees and pensioners are shocked over Govt's decision of suspending 7th Pay Commission and calling 0.32 factor hike as 7th Pay Commission.

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