Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister today ordered the release of the remaining 20 per cent of the arrears of the 7th Pay Commission to State government employees.
An official notification in this connection has been issued today. As a result of this arrears of the State government employees towards the 7th Pay Commission will be cleared.
Already, 80 per cent of the outstanding arrear of the 7th Pay Commission has been paid to the employees. The decision will benefit around 4 lakh State government employees. For this, a sum of Rs 850 crore has been provisioned in the 2021-22 Supplementary Budget. Employees will receive the arrear amount along with their March salary.
Worth mentioning, the State government had accepted the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission and implemented it from January 2016. Accordingly, the hiked salary was paid from September 2017.
As per the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, it was decided to pay a 20-month increase in arrears between January 2014 and August 2018 in various instalments.
As per the decision, 40 per cent of the increased pay was cleared in 2016-17, 10 per cent in 2019-20 and 30 per cent in 2021-22. It is worth noting that pensioners have also received 100 per cent of their salaries.
