Keypoints:
- The retirement age has been increased from 58 years to 61 years.
- Arrears of past 12 months would be paid to the employees only at the time of their retirement.
- Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced the salary hike in the legislative assembly on Monday.
On Monday, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced in the Legislative Assembly that over nine lakh employees of the Telangana government will get a pay hike of 30% with effect from April 1. Government has also decided to increase the retirement age from 58 years to 61 years respectively.
Based on the recommendations made by 11th pay revision commission headed by retired IAS officer C R Biswal in May 2018, the decision was taken. In 2014, earlier pay revision for the employees was done and the government had then given 43% pay hike for the employees.
“We have decided to give 30% fitment (hike in basic salary) to the employees with effect from April 1,” the chief minister announced.
Adding to this, he also said that salary hike will be extended to all the government employees, grant-in-aid employees, work-charged employees, daily wages employees, full time contingent employees, part-time contingent employees and pensioners among others. “In all, the salary hike would benefit 9,17,797 employees of all categories,” he said.
Chief minister added that as per the promise he had made before the December 2018 assembly elections, the government was enhancing the age of superannuation of the employees from 58 to 61 years.
“So far, we have completed 80% of the promotion exercise and we shall take up the remaining promotions at the earliest. After all the eligible employees get the promotions, the vacancies arising thereon would be filled in due course,” he said.
“The 15 per cent additional quantum of pension, which is given to the retired employees and teachers, will be given at the age of 70 instead of 75. Similarly, retirement gratuity will be increased to 16 lakh from 12 lakh,” the CM said.
