Minimum fundamental pay for Kerala authorities employees fastened at Rs 23,000, most at Rs 1.66 lakh
By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Eleventh Pay Revision Commission has fastened the minimal fundamental pay of state authorities workers and lecturers at Rs 23,000 and the utmost at Rs 1.66 lakh. The fee headed by Okay Mohandas introduced the suggestions to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Finance Minister Thomas Isaac right here on Friday. The revised wage will come into retrospective impact from July 1, 2019.
Though the fee has not proposed any enhancement of retirement age, it really helpful that the state authorities give one yr’s extension to round 20,000 workers who’re about to retire from service this yr as a part of useful resource administration which can permit the state authorities to increase the instant disbursal of Rs 5700 crore for about one yr. The new pay revision can also be estimated to trigger an extra legal responsibility of Rs 4,810 crore to the state exchequer.
The fee additionally advised giving 10 per cent House Rent Allowance (HRA) to workers in company limits, 8 per cent in municipalities in district headquarters, 6 per cent in municipalities in semi city areas and 4 per cent in panchayats. As per the brand new slab, the minimal HRA is fastened at Rs 1200 whereas the utmost is Rs 10,000.
Village officers will probably be given a particular allowance of Rs 1500, whereas a suggestion was made for the unification of salaries of paramedical employees within the well being division. The fee additionally really helpful that the state authorities maintain the subsequent pay revision solely after the pay revision of the central authorities in January 2026.
The minimal pension could be Rs 11,500 and the utmost could be Rs 83,400. The ceiling fastened for the pension gratuity fund has been raised to Rs 17 lakhs from Rs 14 lakhs. Pensioners who attained the age of 80 will probably be given an extra batta of Rs 1000. Full pension will probably be given to mentally challenged kids who obtain the household pension. State workers will probably be given depart of 1 yr with 40 per cent wage and different advantages for taking good care of kids as much as three years and oldsters who’ve dementia or are bedridden. Paternal depart could be prolonged to fifteen days from the present 10 days.
