Implementation of revised pay scales to Telangana employees likely to take some more time

Submission of study by the Telangana Pay Revision Commission (PRC) — headed by retired bureaucrat N. Siva Sankar — is apt to instrumentality immoderate much time.

The tenure of the committee has been extended till March 31 this twelvemonth and the Government is apt to instrumentality a determination connected the implementation of its recommendations aft receiving the report, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka . The remark assumes value arsenic the request by the employees for implementation of revised wage scales and merchandise of pending dearness allowance (DA) instalments is expanding by each passing day.

The Commission is reviewing the wage structures amid concerns expressed by the teachers and employees unions implicit the hold successful the merchandise of pending arrears. Mr. Vikramarka told the Legislative Assembly that the Government had precocious issued orders revising DA and dearness alleviation for pensioners from 30.03% to 33.67% with effect from July 1, 2023. Arrears connected relationship of revised DA were being paid successful instalments successful accordance with the prescribed procedure.

He alleged that the bequest of the status benefits pending outgo to employees was inherited from the erstwhile Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government. “The BRS authorities has enhanced the status property from 58 years to 61 years to flight the load of outgo of status benefits to employees,” helium alleged adding the implementation of the PRC recommendations was transferred to the contiguous Government arsenic the BRS skirted its responsibility.

The authorities was bearing the further load and was clearing the pending dues towards worker bills (retirement benefits, aesculapian bills and others) amounting to ₹4,575 crore to the employees releasing ₹700 crore a month. “We are readying to heighten releases to ₹1,000 crore from the adjacent twelvemonth onwards,” helium said recalling that the BRS Government near unpaid dues to the tune of ₹40,175 crore which was being cleared by the contiguous Government.