Mumbai, December 28: Implementing the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission or 7th CPC, the Maharashtra government on Thursday announced to raise the salary of its employees and payment of arrears from January 1, 2019. The decision of a salary hike and arrears under the 7th Pay Commission recommendations comes as a New Year bonanza for the state government employees. The arrears in five equal instalments over five years.

Under the 7th Pay Commission, all state government employees will get salaries as per the revised scales from their February 1 pay packets. They will get arrears retrospective from January, 1 2016 for the period of 36 months and it will be given in five instalments. The arrears will be credited directly to the General Provident Fund (GPF) account of the employees. The decision will put an additional burden of Rs 38,655 crore on the state exchequer. 7th Pay Commission: Unmarried Male Employees of Central Government Can Now Avail 730 Days' Child Care Leave.

Finance Mungantiwar, speaking to reporters at Mantralaya (secretariat), said the Cabinet has approved the 7th Pay Commission’s implementation from January 1, 2019, with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016. The New Year-eve bonanza will also bring cheers to 20 lakh employees and pensioners. Over 360 retired government employees who are over 100 years of age will also be the beneficiary.

A Group ‘D’ employee will get Rs 15,000 basic salary per month, while a Group ‘C’ staffer will take home Rs 18,000 per month in basic salary. The retired employees in the age of 80-85 years will get a hike of 10 per cent in their monthly pension, 15 per cent for those in 85-90 age bracket, 20 per cent for 90- 95 years and 50 per cent hike for those who are 100 and above.

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