AGARTALA, Nov 6 (TIWN): Finance Dept has approved RoP for the recently announced Pay Revision ‘Tripura Pay Matrix’, but even though the dues have been started from October 2018, but the pay hike will be given from the next year January only.

The Pay revised structure will be allocated from January, 2019, in a press meet Law Minister Ratan lal Nath has announced after a cabinet meeting.

Features of Pay Matrix 2018 :

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 multification 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-scal 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.