AGARTALA, Jan 23 (TIWN): Tripura's opposition parties in competition to lure crowds delivering various announcements from BJP State President Biplab Deb to TMC’s Sudip Barman. As a part of the Election Promise State BJP President Biplab Deb in an official statement announced that if in 2018 BJP comes in power within 3 months from the Election result state govt will implement 7th Pay Commission. Also the party has finalized a draft report for the outome of the promise. However, this announcement may work well for gathering vote banks from the Govt Employees, as 7th Pay Commission has been the long cherished dream of every Govt Employees. A person may support CPI-M or BJP or any other party, but the 7th Pay Commission and Central scale salary has remained as everyone’s priority. Tripura BJP state President Biplab Deb talking to TIWN on the background of the incident said that “Instead of giving full pay scale to the Govt Employees, Tripura Govt is distributing that fund to other employees under the state govt. So many unnecessary jobs were provided by Tripura Govt just to gather the public supports, but the money actually belong to the regular employees”.

When the discussion was going on across the nation about 7th Pay Commission’s implementation, giving an utter surprise on December 28^th  Tripura Finance Dept announced 5 % DA to the employees from Jan 1^st.

The gap of DA was 42 % and now it stands at 38 %, which will cross the limits after the 7^th Pay Commission implemented in Tripura. The opposition parties of Tripura are planning for more protests demanding Central level pay scale but showing a thumb to the oppositions the ruling CPI-M has ended like last time with 5 % DA hike.

It was expected that Tripura Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha will hold a talk about the Pay Commission’s implementation in Tripura during the last Assembly Session. But, the whole winter Assembly session was ended dry without holding any discussion on pay-Commission’s implementation.

However, for the first time Tripura govt. in 2008 implemented Pay Review commission, whereas the employees were expecting the Pay-Commission’s implementation. But in the name of Pay review till day govt. employees have been deprived in Tripura. It took 9 years for grade pay’s introduction in Tripura. Out of 20 PSO for pensioners, Tripura has only 6 out of them which are given to a selective section of employees.

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 9 % DA across the whole year.

 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%. Now after the 5 % DA its 37 % and once the 7^th Pay Commission implemented at Centre then the gap will raise upto 60% most probably.