AGARTALA, May 24 (TIWN): With the completion of 9 day long signature campaigning for State Govt Employees and Pensioners, Tripura BJP has sat on mass demonstration for long 4 hours demanding 7th pay commission for the employees. BJP State President Biplab Deb, who already as a part of election promise told the govt employees if BJP comes in power first it will implement 7th pay commission for the state govt employees, said that Tripura Govt should stop drama of a Rs. 600 crores of budget for employees. “Getting full salary is employees right and thus instead of drama state govt should release the unpaid salaries to its employees”, said BJP President. "In the Assembly also Finance Minister failed to give any clear idea about the would be pay-structure under review committee and gave excuse of limited capacity. Govt should take retirement if it has no capacity", Deb added.However, although responding the demands of ruling and opposition party affiliated employees bodies, the Tripura government on Wednesday set up a high-powered committee on increasing salaries and pensions for its 209,000 employees and pensioners, but if the Govt wishes it can easily clear the pending DA of its employees.

A three-member Pay and Pension Revision Committee has been constituted by the cabinet for giving recommendations for revision of existing pay structure and pension for the government employees and pension holders. Former Chief Secretary G. K. Rao would be the Chairman of the Pay and Pension Revision Committee and Principal Secretary Sushil Kumar and Additional Secretary Debashish Modak would be the member and secretary to the committee respectively.

But employees are unhappy with Govt’s delaying of Pay Commission’s implementation and more bad days are waiting for Manik Sarkar and his finance Minister Bhanulal Saha.

Reportedly,  in the Pay Commission announced by the Central Govt 125 % DA was added with the present basic salary, whereas more 30 % basic has been increased. Already the Central Govt employees are getting the amount from 2016-1st January. Already in other states the 7th pay commission has been implemented or paycommission has been implemented, but surprisingly, while presenting the budget the finance minister with the excuse of no fund denied to implement 7th pay commission, whereas as per the Assembly data from 2013 to 2016 under the sanctioned fund for Tripura Govt employees, there are atleast 932.55 crores have kept as unspent.

In the name of employees welfare Tripura Govt announced a 600 crores of budget for the employees without mentioning anything about pay-hike or DA.

Biplab Deb also criticized the recently created 13,000 posts for unemployed youths claiming the posts are themselves 'contradictory'.