7th Pay Commission: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said that Arogya Sanjeevani Scheme will soon be started in the state. With this, state government employees and their families will be able to get free treatment. He also said that the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission constituted in November 2022 are expected to be submitted by next month.
7th Pay Commission: Karnataka employees can get a big gift in the month of November. Indications for this have started coming from the state government. Actually, the state government had constituted the panel to implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission in Karnataka. It is expected that the panel can submit its recommendations to the state government in the next month i.e. November. Meanwhile, State Home Minister G Parameshwara said that the state government will take an appropriate decision if necessary. The panel was asked to submit recommendations in the month of November.
State CM Siddaramaiah has already assured to take a decision to implement the commission’s report. He had said that government employees need not worry. It will be implemented.
NPS will end
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said that the government will scrap the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and implement the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). Congress had promised to implement the old pension in the manifesto for the assembly elections held in the month of May. A committee has been formed on this. The state government will take a decision based on the report. He said that the government will soon launch Karnataka Arogya Sanjeevini scheme to provide free treatment to the state government employees and their families. The state government will fill 2.5 lakh vacant posts in the next 5 years.
Demand to increase DA by 23%
State Government Employees Union President CS Shadakshari has appealed to the minister to implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission as soon as possible. Along with this, there has been a demand to increase Dearness Allowance (DA) by 23 percent.