A rosy picture painted by the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations apart, manpower planning in Madhya Pradesh’s government sector only reveals a set of pale figures.
Data updated till March 31, 2010, available with Business Standard reveals that only one employee in the state-owned sector draws a monthly salary of more than Rs 80,000, while just 56 people draw a salary of Rs 65,000-80,000. In some cases, even a street vendor earns more than a government employee.
The state government’s departments have only 32 employees (0.01 per cent of the total 4,49,405 employees) drawing a salary of Rs 80,000 or more, while 82 per cent (3,70,080 employees) draw earn between Rs 5,001 and Rs 20,001 after the sixth pay revision.
Even as the world talks about youth workforce of India, young people have no room in state government departments. There are only two employees in the 18-25 years category, while 66 are under the 26-30 years bracket in first-class officers category, who are entitled to take important decisions. As many as 8495 employees are above 60 years of age and are in the confirmed category.
Similarly, the second-class employee category has none in the 18-21 age bracket, while there are only eight in 22-25 category and 590 in the 26-30 bracket. Of the total employees, only 2,273 falls under the 18-21 age bracket. Only 10,430 employees are under the 22-25 years category in all classes.
A majority of the employees come under the 46-60 years age category. Of the total 4,49,405 employees, more than 92,000 are between 46-50 years of age, while 81,820 under 41-45 years of age and 77,428 are in 51-55 group.
Only six of the total 32 PSUs have implemented the sixth pay panel recommendations. They have just 2,965 women employees vis-a-vis 57,166 male counterparts. Only one person draws a salary of more than Rs 80000 per month.
Those employees who come under fourth-class category in some public-sector undertakings, which have yet to implement even the fifth pay commission recommendations, draw Rs 5000 or less — 80 per cent of them draw Rs 1000-1400 a month, 47 draw Rs 801-1000. A number of government organisations pay a maximum of Rs 2,501-4,200 to almost 30 per cent of the employees with a maximum salary of Rs 19,000 per month.
Universities are no exception. The state has 17 varsities with a total headcount of 7,396. Of the total universities, 1,350 employees are employed in Jawahar Lal Agriculture University, Jabalpur. Only one varsity has implemented the sixth pay commission recommendations (as on 31 March 2010). It has only one employee draws Rs 80,000. A majority of them (3,554) still draws Rs 2,501-4,300 a month, and 575 draws a maximum of Rs 2,500. This, when a skilled labour in a private firm, according to state minimum wage rules, can’t be denied less than Rs 3,000 a month.
