HP staff to get revised pay scales from 2016

CABINET MEETING

HP staff to get revised pay scales from 2016

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Shimla:21.12.2021

The Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Monday decided to provide revised pay scales to about 2 lakh employees of the state government from January 1, 2016. The employees would get salary of January 2022 payable in February 2022 in revised pay scale. This would put an additional burden of about Rs 4,000 crore annually on the state exchequer. The state government has already provided an interim relief of about Rs 5,000 crore to the employees as part of the arrears.

After the revised pay scales due to higher fixation for about 1.05 lakh NPS employees, Rs 260 crore would be spent as government contribution as 6-year arrear under NPS. Decision was also taken to increase the salary of contractual employees.

The cabinet also decided to promulgate Himachal Pradesh Swarn Jayanti (Legacy Cases Resolution) Scheme, 2021 for settlement of arrears of tax, fee, interest, penalty etc which are pending for recovery or are pending in the appellate forums or may accrue in future as a result of disposal of pending tax assessment under the various enactments. This would also address tax dues which are trapped in cases that have not been assessed so far as well as those cases where arrears have been declared under the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954.

The cabinet also accorded its approval for creation of new sub-division (civil) at Kupvi in Chopal assembly constituency of Shimla district. It gave its approval for filling up of three posts of inspector in food, civil supplies and consumer affairs department on a contractual basis through direct recruitment.

It approved FOR science classes in government senior secondary schools, Mahog in Karsog area, Kamad, Sianji, Baggi, Nagwain, Seri Kothi and Talyar in Mandi district, and Gushaini in Banjar area of Kullu district and commerce classes in government senior secondary school, Bathalang in Arki area of Solan district.