AGARTALA, Dec 5 (TIWN): Tripura state BJP on Sunday raised the issue of implementing the pay commission in Tripura which is getting delayed day by day. BJP state leaders in a press meet told media that if within 3 months the pay commission is not implemented then BJP will go for mass protests. In a press meet, BJP spokesperson Subrata Chakraborty said, “Whereas Tripura govt neglects the idea of implementing pay commission at here, on the other hand Assam Govt which came in power just before 6 months after the election result of 19th May, has announced about the implementation of pay commission".

"The gap between Tripura’s high scale employees are much than the other states, which need to be diminished", said Chakraborty.

After the pay commission’s implementation, at Assam the gap between D grade employees and A grade will not be so much high which is an example that the BJP govt is actually for poor people’s govt. Whereas CPI-M claims that it is the poor people’s govt the gap is much higher, said Chakraborty.

“On 17th December 2015, Tripura Finance Secretary GSG Ayyangar said that there would be no loss to the Tripura Govt if the 7th pay commission is implemented here; but after that no action on it was taken”, he added.

It’s worthy to mention here that amidst demonetization, Assam government announced that new pay commission is likely to be implemented by April next year.

The minister said that financial implication for 2017-18 is estimated to be Rs 3,238.28 Crore, of which Rs 2,942.07 Crore is for the revision of salary and pension, including Rs 60 Crore for the additional quantum of pension recommended for pensioners above 80 years of age.

State government has constituted a committee to study the various aspects of the 7th pay commission. State cabinet will examine the same on February.The pay commission has recommended 2.62 times hike in minimum pay prescribed by the 2008 Assam Pay Commission. The commission has recommended that minimum pay will be Rs 15,900.

In 2008 Assam Pay Commission the minimum pay was Rs 6000. The commission has recommended city compensation allowance for employees working in Guwahati.

About Tripura’s pay commission recently Tripura Trinamool also raised voice. In a press meet TMC leader Sudip Barman said,

In a recent development it has been known that whereas all the Noreastern states are implementing 7t Pay Commission, the Left-ruled Tripura & Congress-ruled Mizoram have delayed the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommendations for their employees. Central Govt paying the full salary to Tripura Govt employees, but Tripura giving half of it, saying the half money they are using for other welfare, whereas RMSA working staffs lost their jobs but Tripura govt could not ensure their jobs with that hefty money. All these has generated a huge resentment among the govt employees. 

The whole Northeast, other parts of India are enjoying the full salary but there is no relief for the Tripura state govt employees from their everyday crisis due to the poor pay scale, less DA with much gaps with the Central Pay scales.

Even after High court orders to clear 31% DA to the state government employees, Tripura government once again in the cabinet meeting deprived its employees by giving only mere 4% DA.

 It is to be mentioned here that Tripura High Court has ordered the state govt. to pay 31 % DA unless the govt. here doesn’t take any proper DA system and Pay Commissions implement. High Court Judge Subhashish Talapatra in a divisional bench announced it. Court has ordered to give the 31 % DA since 1/1/2009 to 27/8/2011, in 3 installments. So the first instalment will be started from 1/7/2016. By increasing 4 per cent DA for the pensioners and state government employees the difference between the state and central employees still remained at 42%.