Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N
Chandrababu Naidu has announced a substantial salary hike for state government
employees.
He announced a “43 per cent fitment” in pay
revision with retrospective effect from June 2, 2014, when the bifurcation came
into effect.
The move by Andhra Pradesh government comes
days after the Telangana government announced a 43 per cent hike for its
employees, who were on the forefront of the separate statehood agitation. The
hike in Telangana, too, is to be implemented with retrospective effect from
June 2, 2014.
According to rough estimates, the “43 per cent
fitment” for AP government employees would result in the present pay being
almost doubled. The “fitment” is calculated as per a formula that involves
basic pay and dearness allowance.
Replying to a query, Naidu said that the hike
would cause a burden of over Rs 9,254 crore to the AP exchequer.
Naidu’s announcement came after a meeting
between the Cabinet sub-committee on pay revision and leaders of employees’
unions.
He said that the sub-committee would sit with
the employees’ representatives and work out all details regarding the hike.
Saying that AP is faced with poor finances due
to what he charged was a “faulty bifurcation”, Naidu said that the state
government would have to improve its finances and, to that end, sought the
co-operation of government employees.
Expressing gratitude for the substantial pay
hike, AP Non-Gazetted Officers’ Association (APNGOA) leader P Ashok Babu said
state government employees are ready to work hard for the state’s progress.
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