The committee will submit the report inside two months and that challenge might be resolved.
The choice got here hours after the Karnataka authorities workers went on an indefinite strike.
After the Karnataka authorities introduced an interim hike of as much as 17 per cent in primary wage, the Karnataka State Government Employees Association (KSGEA) swiftly determined to withdraw their indefinite strike on Wednesday. The state authorities has additionally shaped a committee to look into the calls for of reverting to the Old Pension Scheme. The interim aid will come into impact from April 1.
State Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai held a gathering with members of the affiliation on Tuesday evening and held additional discussions with finance division officers and KSGEA on Wednesday Morning. The state authorities issued an order saying a wage hike of 17 per cent for presidency workers.
Speaking to the media, CM Basavaraj Bommai mentioned, “We will provide a 17 per cent hike to all government employees in the state and orders regarding the same are already issued. The 7th pay commission has already been appointed and I have already discussed it with the employee associations.”
He also added that they will constitute a special committee under an additional chief secretary, and it will submit a detailed study on the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and how other state governments are implementing it. The committee will submit the report within two months and that issue will be resolved. Bommai also requested the government employees to end the protest and resume their duties.
The interim relief will entail an additional Rs 12,000 crore expenditure for the government. An agreement was reached with the employees staging a strike after a discussion with additional chief secretary ISN Prasad and other IAS officers including PC Jaffer and Ekrup Kaur.
However, according to The Indian Express, KSGEA President P Guruswamy expressed his discontent and said that he was not happy with the association’s decision to withdraw from the strike. “We wanted the government to enforce OPS, but they have not done it. Our primary aim was to get it done from the government,” he added.
The decision came hours after the Karnataka government employees went on an indefinite strike, abstaining from work in schools, colleges, hospitals and other government institutions.
The government employees made three major three demands to implement which include the 7th Pay Commission in Karnataka, Old Pension Scheme (OPS), and at least 40 percent of fitment facilities.
On Wednesday, Association President, CS Shadakshari along with government employees held a protest at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Campus in Bengaluru, holding placards with demands written on them.
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