Khattar gives nod to recommendations of PAC

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has given approval to the major recommendations of the Pay Anomalies Commission (PAC) which would benefit over 60,000 employees to the tune of Rs 76 crore annually.

The government has accepted the recommendations of incremental benefit on grant of Assured Career Progression (ACP) grade pay to the posts whose pay scale/grade pay has been further upgraded subsequent to January 1, 2006 by individual orders or by common orders, Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu said announcing this here today.

It would benefit about 55,000 employees, he said.

The other major recommendations accepted included removal of disparity in the entry pay of a fresh recruit and a promoted on the same post. This would benefit over 5,000 employees, Abhimanyu said.
 

The disparity has also been removed which arose due to implications of an order regarding up-gradation of the functional grade pay of certain posts of various departments, benefiting over 200 employees, he said.

He also made it clear that these employees would also be eligible to get the benefits of Seventh Pay Commission.

Capt Abhimanyu said it has also decided to grant casual leave of 10 days and medical leave of 10 days in a calendar year to all the employees engaged under Part-II of the outsourcing policy by the government, boards, corporations and public sector undertakings of the state government.

Describing the present BJP government as "pro-employees", as it has taken a number of decisions for their "welfare", Capt Abhimanyu said contrary to it, the previous Congress government had never paid any heed to the employees' demands and constituted the PAC just before the Assembly polls to garner votes.

It was only the BJP government in the state which fast tracked the functioning of the Commission in the larger interest of the employees.

The PAC constituted under the chairmanship of retired IAS officer G Madhvan had submitted its report to the state government on March 10, 2016.