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Resentment fuels over Pending DA of State Employees : 17% gap developed with Central Teachers Employees with 2 years nil pays of DA
TIWN March 12, 2020
Resentment fuels over Pending DA of State Employees : 17% gap developed with Central Teachers Employees with 2 years nil pays of DA
PHOTO : Govt employees working in an office (File Photo)

AGARTALA, March 12 (TIWN): State’s Teaching employees who had undergone a massive loss after BJP led State Govt betrayed to the promise of Pay Matrix effect from 2016, January 1st, instead started 2018, October, now suffering from loss of DA. Whereas the previous Manik Sarkar Govt used to clear 5% DA in each 6 months, but BJP has kept the plate empty without paying off a single DA. Right now 17% DA are pending. Since BJP Govt has taken charge, massive pending DAs have erupted resentment among the Govt employees. Opposition parties leaders have lashed out the BJP over pending DAs after merely 0.32% hike in the name of 7th Pay Commission.

Even though employees were expecting 7th Pay Commission with the effect of 2016 , but the Pay-Matrix's effect came in effect from 2018, October, unmatched with BJP's promise to the employees, pensioners done before election.

The Govt gave these points while announcing Pay Matrix.

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.

No DA was paid and all employees are in wait since after election results. 

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