7th Pay Commission: The central government is also planning to give good news to its employees. At the beginning of the new year, the House Rent Allowance (HRA) of the employees is expected to be increased.
New Delhi: 7th Pay Commission Latest: After the central government, now the state governments are also increasing the salary of the employees. In this sequence, the Himachal Pradesh government has announced a new pay scale for its employees under the Sixth Pay Commission (7th Pay Commission). An official spokesperson has given this information. The state government has announced that the contractual employees will now be regularized in two years.
State government announced
It is worth noting that till now the contract employees are regularized in three years. While addressing the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of Himachal Pradesh Non-Gazetted Employees Federation on Saturday, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur announced new pay scales for the state government employees. This will be applicable from 1 January 2016. According to the information, the salary of January, 2022 will be payable in February, 2022 according to the revised pay scale.
When will you get the benefit of revised pension
Jai Ram Thakur said that the state government is spending about 43% of its total budget on employees and pensioners. After the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission, it will increase to 50 percent. The Chief Minister said that all pensioners and family pensioners would also be given revised pension and other pension benefits from January 1, 2016.
Central government is also preparing
On the other hand, the central government is also planning to give good news to its employees. At the beginning of the new year, the House Rent Allowance (HRA) of the employees is expected to be increased. If this happens then the salary of central employees will also increase. The demand for increasing the HR of employees is also being considered by the Indian Railway Technical Supervisor Association (IRTS) and National Federation of Railwaymen (NFIR).
City wise HRA is available
It is worth noting that the category of House Rent Allowance (HRA) is divided according to the X, Y and Z class cities. That is, the employees who fall in the X category will now get more than Rs 5400 per month HRA. After this, the person of Y class will get Rs 3600 per month and then the person of Z class will get Rs 1800 per month.
Cities with a population of more than 50 lakhs come in the X category. Central employees in these cities will get 27% HRA. It will be 18 percent in Y category cities and 9 percent in Z category.
