JKNT

Jammu, Jan 17:

Jammu and Kashmir Government has announced that State Govt Employees will get the revised salaries from April 2018.

In reply to the question of Congress MLA, Nawang Rigzin Jora, the Minister for Finance, Dr Haseeb A. Drabu said that the state government has already announced that revised salary will be paid to the employees from April 2018 and accordingly the state government has constituted pay committee vide G.O No. 1014-GAD of 2017 dated 3-8-17 to examine the revision of pay scales of the state govt employees and pensioners.

While on the interim relief to the employees till the implementation of 7 Th Pay Commission recommendations, the Govt said that it has already announced on the floor of the house that the state govt employees will receive revised salary from April 2018. Payment of interim relief, as such, is not under consideration of the government.