Bhubaneswar28/8/17;: Odisha government is likely to implement the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission for its employees and pensioners by next month as Finance Minister S B Behera has hinted that the government is planning to roll out the new pay scale soon.
“We have received the report from the fitment committee and the government is considering to implement the new pay scale for the employees soon,” said Behera, adding that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik would take a decision on how soon the employees would receive their salary with the enhanced amount.However, notwithstanding the brewing resentment among the employees, the state government is under constant pressure from employees’ unions as the Seventh Pay Commission Recommendations have been implemented with effect from January 1, 2016 in some States.With the grant of revised pay, the state government would have to bear be an extra load of Rs 5,500 crore per annum on state exchequer, sources stated.