Manipur : Fifteen departments' proposal of pay structure approved.

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COMMITTEE OF Officers constituted to assess adoption of 6th pay commission to the employees of the state in its sitting today has approved proposal of pay structures put up by 38 departments/offices which were rejected as "incomplete" but approved of 15 departments/offices.

The Committee of Officers headed by the state Chief Secretary, mention may be made that was constituted by an order of the state government issued on October 1 last to look into the revision of pay scales of the state government employees based on the recommendations of the sixth Central Pay Commission as adopted by the Central government.

Today's sitting of the committee having seven members with state principal secretary finance as convenor discussed on the proposals of the pay structures recommended by the heads of department or offices under the state government, official source said.

It was the third meeting of the committee since its inception and next round of meeting is scheduled to hold on November 10 next.

So far 53 departments/offices have so far submitted category-wide pay structures of its employees.

The proposals were discussed by the committee today but only 15 of them were found to be complete and flawless while the remaining 38 were found incomplete and rejected, the source said.

The 15 offices/departments which the committee approved included state department of horticulture, forest, development (monitoring shell), labour, employment exchange, planning, economic and statistic, power, IFCD, fire services, civil defense, science and technology, youth affairs and sports departments, etc.

the source said.

Among the rejected proposal it included proposal of all units/sections of the state police department, the source said.

There are 32 units/sections in the police department.

It is pertinent to mention that the Committee of Officers is to submit its reports within four months to the state finance department for onward recommendation to the state government for approval.

Among other the term and reference of the committee included to review the existing pay anomalies that already been submitted to the finance department and recommend appropriate corrections if any apart from reviewing the existing pay scales of state government employees and recommend the revised pay scales on the basis of the Central government pay scales as per the job requirement for each category.

The committee will also review the existing allowances and benefits as applicable to the state government employees and recommend appropriate allowances and benefits with and without modifications and also review the existing pension structure and recommend appropriate revision in pension rates.

To look into and suggest steps to rationalize staff deployment and functions with the objective of improving efficiency and better governance in the working of the government departments is also another term of reference of the Committee on Officers.
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